Overview
- Deadline reported that Sarah Catherine Hook has been cast as the lead of Crush, marking her first major feature starring role.
- Julius Avery is attached to direct the survival thriller from a script by John Fischer, with Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey producing for Temple Hill and Scott Glassgold producing for 12:01 Films.
- Trade coverage describes the film as a real-time Everglades survival story about a woman trapped in a massive python’s coils, promotional language that the outlets label as “inspired by true events.”
- 20th Century Studios acquired the screenplay after it gained industry heat on the Black List and drew a reported bidding war, though financial terms and distribution details were not disclosed.
- Core creative and production attachments are in place but the schedule and release plan remain unannounced, so the next milestones to watch are the start of filming and an official release window.