Paramount presents the ’80s action thriller Bella, starring Samara Weaving

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures is developing the action thriller bella of scream VI Actress Samara Weaving stars in the title, directed by Larysa Kondracki.

Craig Flores produced by Bread & Circuses Entertainment and Chad Stahleski produced by his 87Eleven. Jason Spitz and Alex Young are executive producers on 87Eleven.

Jesse Wigutow is writing from the script by Jason Markarian.

Against the background of an unprecedented crime spree that hit New York in the 1980s, bella is a hyper-stylized action thriller about a cop’s daughter who, after her father hangs alive following an assassination attempt, goes on a rampage to track down her father’s killer and expose the ingrained corruption within the New York City Police Department.

Flores tells Deadline: “bella cleverly reinvents the female lead action genre by combining a sexy and outrageous rock ‘n’ roll edge with the gritty, heightened realism of 1980s New York City. Working with Chad Stahelski and 87Eleven, whose unique talent brings unparalleled action films to global audiences, is a dream come true for me, Larysa and Samara.

Flores credits include the profitable Paramount genre film, Crawl, Earned $92 million in WW on a $14 million budget. He was an EP on Warner Bros.’ WW brings in nearly $800 million 300 franchise and a co-EP on WW grossing nearly $227 million immortal.

87Eleven had a record worldwide franchise opening hit with Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4 last weekend, which debuted to $137.5 million. The US/Canada film earned an estimated US$5.7 million on Monday, bringing its domestic running total to US$79.5 million. The John Wick The worldwide franchise currently exceeds $732 million across four films.

Weaving is currently prominent in its worldwide earnings of over $139 million scream VI and can soon be seen in Searchlight’s Knight on 21/04 She was also head of Paramount’s Oscar nominations Babylon, played in Scarlett snake eyes, played together Bill & Ted take on the music and broke out in the United States in the pre-pandemic horror hit Searchlight, Ready or not.

Kondracki has directed episodes of notable television series such as Better call Saul, The Americans, The Fix, Power And Powerbook IV: Power. Her film debut was in the crime drama Rachel Weisz The whistleblower.

Weaving is repped by CAA, 111 Media and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole. Wigutow is represented by Verve, Kaplan/Perrone and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern. Kondracki is repped by WME, Anonymous Content and Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler, Feldman & Clark.