EXCLUSIVE: After her film Bodies Bodies Bodies earned strong reviews, writer Sarah DeLappe has been set to pen the script for 3000 Pictures’ Single Female, with Jenna Ortega and Taylor Russell to star in the remake of the 1990s box office hit Single White Female.
Insiders also tell Deadline that Stacey Sher and Marisa Paiva will produce alongside Ortega and Russell.
The original 1992 film starred Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh and followed a woman who begins to suspect strange and sinister things about her new roommate moving into the apartment. The film was not only a surprise hit but turned its leads into stars.
Besides DeLappe joining as writer, the producer additions are a sign the studio is considering the project a high priority. Sher is no stranger to producing high-profile projects with past credits including Contagion and the Oscar-nominated Django Unchained. She most recently produced
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