Lyrical Media Acquires Reddit/NoSleep Short Story “Purgatory Games”; Bryan Edward Hill adapted for the screen

EXCLUSIVE: Lyrical Media picked up Sam Haysom’s short story play purgatory which Titans And Ash vs Evil Dead Writer Bryan Edward Hill will adapt into a feature film.

In play purgatoryWhen a mysterious narrator obtains a USB stick from an unknown source containing videos and transcripts of six strangers trapped in an underground bunker with unusual rules to gain their freedom, an investigation into this secret, disturbing experiment. The project was billed as ring meet Squid Game.

The big screen adaptation of the short story from the viral Reddit/NoSleep thread is produced by Alex Black and Natalie Sellers on behalf of Lyrical Media with Brian Kavanaugh Jones and Fred Berger producing on Automatic. Hill and Gemma Levinson will also serve as EPs.

Hill is an African-American creator who works in film, television, and comics. As for the film, he is currently writing the untitled Prince project for Universal Pictures. He has five features in various stages of active deep development, including his own comic, Vehicle, which he made into a feature film for Warner Bros. Pictures and 21 Rounds; Power Rangers which he rewrites for eOne/AllSpark, Black for Studio 8 and just cause for Constantine Film. He also adapts the comic, bitter rootfor Legendary, directed by Regina King, and the book, revenge of magic, for Stampede. On the TV side, Hill serves as supervising producer for Greg Berlanti’s DC series Titans and recently sold the spin-off, little red riding hoodto Max. He previously wrote on Starz’s Ash vs Evil Dead. Hill is also the voice behind several comics and writes for Marvel, DC, Top Cow, Boom and Vertigo. He is represented by Verve and Heroes & Villains. Haysom of Verve, Circle of Confusion and attorney Alex Contratto. Lyrical Media is represented by UTA.

This short story is Verve’s tenth short story sale in this space in a short period of time. Verve was sold a few weeks ago I am not alone to Netflix, starring Jessica Chastain and written and directed by Misha Green, while Scott Glassgold’s Ground Control is producing with Simon Kinberg and Craig Flores. The month before they packed the resident for New Line Cinema, with barbarian‘s Zach Cregger and Roy Lee are also producing with Glassgold. Other short story sales include My wife and I bought a farm And We used to live here to netflix, doorman to Universal with Sydney Sweeney, I think my mother in law is trying to kill me to Sony 3000 and wilderness reform to Paramount.

Based in New York and Los Angeles, Lyrical Media is a startup, cross-platform funder, developer and producer creating content for film, television, video games, podcasts and graphic novels in the fields of horror, sci-fi, comedy, action and unusual drama .