Michelle Trachtenberg
Wrote A Screenplay Earlier than Dying …
Curiosity From Main Studio
Revealed
Michelle Trachtenberg was on the verge of closing a deal for a screenplay she had been searching for years earlier than her dying, TMZ has discovered.
Director and producer Casey Tebo tells TMZ the late actress wrote among the best screenplays he is ever learn — “Toy Monster,” based mostly on the guide of the identical identify — they usually had been near touchdown studio assist within the weeks earlier than she died.
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The biopic-drama follows the controversial lifetime of Jack Ryan — who left a job designing missiles for the Pentagon through the Chilly Conflict to develop into chief engineer for Mattel through the creation of the Barbie doll, Chatty Cathy and Sizzling Wheels. Apparently Ryan had a naughty facet — dwelling a lifetime of extra as he was making a number of the most vital toys of the century.
Getting the mission funded was a roller-coaster for Michelle and Casey. Years in the past, the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” star discovered a significant studio to tackle the mission … solely to have the studio head depart to handle one other firm, forcing them again to the drafting board.
Nevertheless, he says that they had one other breakthrough nearly a month in the past … when a “very successful finance studio” expressed their curiosity. The mission is now on a pause attributable to Michelle’s tragic passing … however Casey says he’s decided to have it made in her honor, including she 100% needed to see the film by means of.
Casey — who directed Bruce Campbell in 2021’s “Black Friday” and is at present bringing initiatives to Cross Creek Photos — notes the screenplay impressed studios when it was first pitched … including that followers will probably be equally as happy to learn the way “brilliant” of a author the “Gossip Girl” alum was.
He feels probably the most “tragic” a part of the screenplay is how uncared for Michelle’s skills had been by trade honchos who solely noticed her because the witty schoolgirl from “Harriet the Spy,” the new lady from “EuroTrip” and the evil genius villain Georgina from “Gossip Girl.” He sees this because the mission that may give her the popularity she deeply deserved.
As followers know … the “Ice Princess” star was pronounced lifeless final Wednesday after her mother discovered her unresponsive in her New York Metropolis house. Her household has declined an post-mortem, which means her reason for dying is undetermined.
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TMZ discovered Michelle had a liver transplant simply months earlier than her passing, although it is unclear if that performed a job in her sudden dying.
We do know her passing was surprising … as Michelle’s “Spyral” producer Jennifer Hutchins informed us she was planning to seem at a non-public psychological well being profit screening for the movie throughout SXSW in Austin, Texas on March 12.
