Paul Schrader Teams with Bret Easton Ellis on Shark Thriller 'Bait'

Iconoclastic filmmaker Paul Schrader is joining track of nihilistic author Bret Easton Ellis for that shark-plagued mental horror project Bait. Schrader, the author behind Taxi Driver and Raging Bull and also the author-director of yankee Gigolo, has signed to direct the image, and can collaborate with Ellis about the latest draft from the script, which follows a youthful guy itchiness to consider his revenge from the wealthy. The guy, who works in a classy beach club, angles his way onto a yacht full of the obnoxious elite, commandeering it into waters full of the finned guy-people. Galavis Film, Picture Machine and Ithaka Entertainment are behind the film. Jesus Martinez of Galavis, Kevin Mann and Matthew Perniciaro of Picture Machine and Braxton Pope of Ithaka are creating. Lionsgate/Mandate worldwide is handle worldwide sales. The producers are striving for any November begin in Puerto Rico, with casting beginning immediately. The thriller is yet another project in Schrader's elective oeuvre. The man's last movie was the Holocaust drama Adam Raised from the dead but his genre choices range from the 2005 Excorcist prequel Dominion and 1982's Cat People. "Pairing Schrader and Ellis, a couple of the finest literary minds of the decades, will elevate the genre," states Perniciaro while Pope stated the combo will "produce a distinct undertake a summer time, youth thriller." Email: Borys.Package@thr.com Twitter: @Borys_Package