Margot Robbie’s production company LuckyChap Entertainment has partnered up with Wattpad Webtoon Studios to produce the upcoming live-action movie.
The project is based on Punko’s hit Webtoon horror series of the same name, which has already garnered more than 18 million views. “Punko’s Stagtown has captured the obsession of the internet with its imaginative horrors and addictive mystery,” Wattpad Webtoon Studios executive Jason Goldberg said in a statement. “We’re beyond thrilled to partner with LuckyChap, who tackle adaptations with singular filmmakers and undeniably bold ambition.
We also couldn’t be more excited to bring the scares of Stagtown to life with Benjamin Brewer, an artist with an ingenious take on the source material that will make a generation-defining horror movie.” The Stagtown movie will be written and directed by Benjamin Brewer, who was a VFX artist on A24’s Oscar-winning movie Everything Everywhere All at Once.
This marks Brewer’s latest directorial effort after previously working on the Nicolas Cage-led movies Arcadian and The Trust.
The filmmaker is also best known for directing music videos for artists like Justin Bieber, David Guetta, and The Chainsmokers.