EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, New Regency has secured rights to “They’re Still Here,” a short story from Stephen Herman that he will adapt for film, with Phantom Four (The Night House, Antlers) and Good Fear (Mulan) producing alongside New Regency.
Set in the aftermath of a brutal home invasion, They’re Still Here follows a family struggling to put their lives back together — only to discover the real nightmare isn’t what was taken, but what was left behind.
News of the acquisition comes following a couple of recent hires at New Regency: Tesha Crawford as EVP, Head of International Television, and Colin Greten as Vice President of Film.
Herman is perhaps best known for writing Black Box, a 2020 sci-fi horror film starring Mamoudou Athie, which was exec produced by Jason Blum under his Blumhouse Television banner and released on Prime Video. He also currently has projects in development at Paramount and Netflix.
Phantom Four has worked on shows like Murderbot (Apple TV+) and The Sandman (Netflix), as well as films like The Night House, Antlers, and The First Omen.
Currently in post on Flowervale Street, Warner Bros’ sci-fi pic from their Under the Silver Lake collaborator David Robert Mitchell, Good Fear is otherwise best known for producing the My Spy films and 2020’s Mulan.
New Regency’s upcoming feature slate includes Blood Meridian — based on Pulitzer Prize-winner Cormac McCarthy’s novel, with Academy Award winner John Logan writing and John Hillcoat directing; Watch Dogs, an adaptation of Ubisoft’s best-selling video game franchise starring Tom Blyth and Sophie Wilde; and Psycho Killer, written by Andrew Kevin Walker and starring Georgina Campbell. Other recent and upcoming titles include Steve McQueen’s Blitz, Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders, an untitled Elon Musk doc from Alex Gibney (HBO), Asif Kapadia’s 2073, and Jimi, a Jimi Hendrix doc from Bao Nguyen.
Herman is represented by Verve, Good Fear, and Marios Rush at Marks Law Group.
