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Paramount Acquires ‘High Side’ Motocross Heist Thriller With Mangold, Chalamet

The studio’s new co-chairs have greenlit development on the thriller after winning the package in a five-hour auction.

Overview

  • Paramount secured the unpublished feature package High Side in a heated bidding war led by co-chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein
  • Oscar-nominated director James Mangold will helm the project, reuniting him with star Timothée Chalamet after A Complete Unknown Chernin Entertainment is producing with Peter Chernin and David Ready attached and original author Jaime Oliveira adapting his own story
  • The plot centers on a former MotoGP racer drawn back into high-speed bank robberies by his estranged brother under FBI pursuit
  • Financing arrangements and production scheduling are being finalized as the studio prepares to enter pre-production