Paramount Primal, the style label run by J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules, continues to roll in excessive gear.
The label, which launched in late 2025, and is at present in manufacturing on its first function, has picked up an unique erotic thriller spec script titled Candy Spot by screenwriting social media influencer Nic Curcio and his spouse Kirby Gladstein.
Particulars are being saved within the underneath lock and key however the mission is described as a high-concept thriller.
No producers or filmmakers are hooked up.
Curcio has gained a loyal following of just about 143,000 followers on TikTok the place his screenwriting recommendation, business knowledge and takes on the films of the day have acquired over 10.2 million likes. However he’s not simply an influencer, he’s a working screenwriter, as nicely. He was a author on Sony Photos Animation’s GOAT, produced by Stephen Curry. He has developed tasks for a number of studios, together with a live-action Magic College Bus for Common and an adaptation of Planet of the Nerds for Paramount. His comedy script Barron, centered on President Donald Trump’s son Barron Trump, appeared on the 2019 Black Listing.
In September 2025, Curcio and Gladstein gained Implausible Fest’s inaugural “Implausible Pitches” competitors and acquired funding and distribution for his or her horror movie Play Home, which is Curcio’s function directorial debut. Additionally they wrote and produced the movie, which is able to premiere at Implausible Fest in September. Curcio and Gladstein are represented by UTA, 3 Arts, Jackoway Austen.
Primal is in manufacturing on Boys for Life, a comedy that Paramount has dated for April 9, 2027. It additionally made headlines earlier this month when it picked up the home display rights to Wes Craven’s unique A Nightmare on Elm Avenue script.
