Scream VI filmmakers Radio Silence, the collective that comprises Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett and Chad Villella, and Project X Entertainment co-founders James Vanderbilt, William Sherak and Paul Neinstein have signed a film production and financing pact with Knives Out producer MRC.
The joint venture between Project X, Radio Silence and production company MRC will collaborate on a slate of horror movies and thrillers, with an initial two or three films to be produced each year. The collaboration is looking to bring on board up-and-coming and established writers and directors in the genre space.
Project X and Radio Silence have already established their genre film credentials with film credits like Ready or Not, the legacy sequel Scream (2022), Scream VI and Universal’s Abigail.
“Our partnership with Radio Silence, combined with MRC’s stellar track-record, innovative deal-making and creative and production support, will enable us to explore new horizons in this type of filmmaking and become a one-stop shop for creative talent in this space,” Project X’s Vanderbilt, Sherak and Neinstein said in a joint statement.
Project X, Radio Silence and MRC are currently jointly developing projects to kickstart the joint venture, and have yet to announce specific titles. “We are thrilled and honored to join forces with these two companies who share a love of fun and distinctive films. It is rare to find partners so like-minded and entrepreneurial and we are excited to make a bunch of movies together!” added MRC Film co-presidents Brye Adler and Jonathan Golfman in a statement.
After reviving the Scream franchise for Spyglass and Paramount, Radio Silence is in production on an untitled monster thriller for Universal Pictures.
“To be able to formalize our alliance with Project X and work with a studio in MRC that champions original and fresh films couldn’t be more exciting to us as storytellers. We look forward to championing original movies for a global horror and thriller audience and hope to create new franchises for genre enthusiasts for years to come,” Radio Silence principals Villella, Gillett and Bettinelli-Olpin said in their own statement.
UTA, which represents Radio Silence, negotiated the movie slate deal with MRC and Project X.
