Netflix unscripted hit Worst Roommate Ever to get Blumhouse treatment with Paul Feig
Worst Roommate Ever is based on a New York Magazine article
Netflix unscripted series Worst Roommate Ever is getting a scripted movie spin-off to be directed by Paul Feig (Bridesmaids) and produced by horror specialist Blumhouse.
The film is based on the same New York Magazine article by William Brennan that inspired the television series and marks the first time Blumhouse has created a TV series and a movie based on the same IP.
The film will follow a newly single woman who finds a seemingly perfect gentleman to sublet the spare room in her dream home, but she soon learns that his deceit goes beyond a phoney name and application, and she has unwittingly invited a serial squatter into her home who won’t leave without a fight.
The first season of Worst Roommate Ever launched on Netflix in 2022 and featured stories about roommates with malevolent and sometimes violent intentions who turn the lives of their unsuspecting victims into real-life nightmares. Its second season debuted on June 26. It has also spawned the spin-off Worst Ex Ever, which launched in 2022.
Blumhouse has been behind horror movies such as Halloween, The Purge, The Black Phone, Paranormal Activity, The Exorcist, Insidious, M3GAN and Five Nights at Freddy’s.
Its scripted and unscripted TV series and documentaries include upcoming original series The Sticky, produced by Jamie Lee Curtis for Prime Video; The Bondsman, starring Kevin Bacon and also for Prime Video; and The Jinx for HBO.
Blumhouse CEO and Founder Jason Blum said: “Worst Roommate Ever resonates so much because as the internet has connected so many of us, it also makes it easier than ever to lie about who you are. But then the story is jaw-dropping and keeps you on the edge of your seat.”
Feig added: “Jason and I have been trying to find the perfect project to collaborate on for years and this story is tailor-made to deliver the scares, thrills, emotion and comedy of dread that both he and I like to entertain audiences with.”
