EXCLUSIVE: Following a competitive situation, Netflix has landed the comedy spec Starf*ckers from writer Heather Regnier. Regnier will pen the script with Jonah Hill and Matt and Alison Goodwin producing for Strong Baby.
Plot details are being kept under wraps. The auction saw several bids come in over the past week with the streamer landing the winning offer.
Regnier’s film Creature, is set to go into production later this year with A24, with Paul Rudd attached to star. She is coming out of an overall deal at Warner Bros TV where she developed a live-action adaptation of Powerpuff Girls which she co-wrote with Diablo Cody, amongst other projects. She previously produced the animated pilot Ghosting for HBO which she co-wrote with Matt Fogel and which featured Kiernan Culkin in the lead voice. She has worked on several series, including Veronica Mars for Hulu and Smilf for Showtime. Heather most recently was a consulting producer on Amazon’s Ride or Die.
She is repped by UTA.
