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EXCLUSIVE: Directing and screenwriting duo Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg have signed with Grandview for illustration.
Cohen and Halberg directed Display screen Gems’ Tarot this previous spring which grossed $50M off an $8M manufacturing value — 62% of that from offshore.
The twosome had been the primary choice for Display screen Gems’ directing incubator, the place they wrote, directed, and produced their quick movie / proof of idea, Blink, for the Sony label. This led to Tarot which they wrote and directed.
They most not too long ago closed a deal to write down and direct You Take Care Now primarily based on their authentic quick story for Common with Atomic Monster and Blumhouse producing.
Their authentic spec script Distant was purchased and made by Amblin and is presently awaiting a 2024 launch; Will Speck and Josh Gordon directed with Anthony Ramos and Naomi Scott starring.
Cohen additionally wrote Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall starring Patrick Wilson and Halle Berry. Moreover, they’ve the upcoming Netflix film Home/Maid developing with Alice Braga and Sarah Gadon starring.
Over the last yr in addition they wrote The Wand for Amblin and bought their authentic sci-fi thriller Raindrop to Amazon Studios. On the TV aspect they’re presently in publish on Ballistic for Automatik with Jennifer Carpenter starring. Cohen and Halberg are additionally recognized for having written Extinction which was launched on Netflix in 2018, starring Michael Pena and Lizzy Caplan, and in 2016 their authentic pilot Keep was shot for Freeform which Jon Turtletaub directed.
Cohen and Halberg continued to be repped by CAA and Yorn Levine.
