Spec Script Deal: “Shiver”

Warner Bros. acquires action science fiction spec script “Shiver” written by Ian Shorr. Via THR:

Ian Shorr wrote the script for Shiver, which has been described as having shades of Edge of Tomorrow, the Tom Cruise sci-fi movie about a soldier trapped in a time loop during an alien invasion, and The Shallows, the Blake Lively shark survival movie.

Plot details are very hazy, but the word on the street is that the story centers on a ne’er-do-well smuggler who finds himself in the middle of a deadly double-cross while on a job in the Caribbean Sea, resulting in him surrounded by bodies, hostile mercenaries and thirsty sharks alike. He next finds himself a deathly time loop and scrambling to break the cycle.

Some significant attachments: Keanu Reeves (John Wick) to star, Tim Miller (Deadpool) to direct, Matthew Vaughan (Kingsman) to produce.

Shorr is repped by WME and Bellevue Productions.

By my count, this is the 25th spec script deal in 2025.

There were 19 spec script deals year-to-date in 2024.