16 States | zombie pandemic movie by Fede Alvarez

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In what is a timely and surely sensitive subject matter, Lionsgate has won 16 States, a hot spec script package from John Requa and Glenn Ficarra that has Don’t Breathe filmmaker Fede Alvarez attached to direct.

The topic: a pandemic, this time with zombies, with a story of a mother trying to reach her family at the center of it. The project has been described as having shades of the Will Smith zombie movie I Am Legend.

In moves that felt reminiscent of a time when spec scripts deals were a weekly occurrences, 16 States hit the town last weekend, engendering immediate interest from a set of buyers who were not afraid of the subject matter. Over the course of the week, Lionsgate came out on top.

Requa and Ficarra have been brewing the project since last year but world events caught up to the script, making it as timely as it could get. [SOURCE]