This year has seen a handful of horror movies set within the wild and wacky world of Hollywood, from Ti West’s MaXXXine to Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance.
Up next, Akela Cooper (Malignant, M3GAN) has been attached to write and produce an adaptation of horror comic The Lot. The news was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
From publisher Bad Idea, the comic book “centers on a woman named Aviva Copeland, who has just landed the biggest job of her career, becoming one of the few Black women to run a Hollywood studio. But as she sets out to revitalize the aging studio, her plan to refurbish and reopen a shuttered soundstage uncovers a buried secret: a legendary filmmaker, obsessed with authenticity, hired actual cult members to perform a real-life occult ritual for his latest horror masterpiece.
“Now the executive must deal with a reawakened evil in the most vicious pit of vipers — a Hollywood studio lot.”
Akela Cooper is attached to produce the movie adaptation alongside Bad Idea founder and CEO Dinesh Shamdasani, and the company’s head of film and TV Benjamin Simpson (Thelma).
A four-issue comic book series, The Lot was written by Marguerite Bennett (Batwoman) and drawn by Renato Guedes. You can learn more about The Lot over on Comic Book Realm.
