Sony Taps Blankenship for Medieval Action Film 'Castle'
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- Sony Pictures signed Jill Blankenship to write 'Castle,' a medieval action film based on an original idea from Chris Bremner's Unknown Quantity, with plot details being kept under wraps.
- Chris Bremner will produce alongside Jeff Arkuss, who the source describes as instrumental in bringing the project together.
- Jill Blankenship is a TV showrunner making her feature film debut, with the source noting she becomes one of the rare female writers invited to tackle muscular action within the studio space.
- Blankenship previously co-created The CW's superhero drama 'Naomi' with Ava DuVernay and has developed shows for Amazon and Netflix, later working on 'Sweet Tooth' for Netflix and 'Daredevil: Born Again' for Marvel/Disney+.
- Blankenship also has the Black List thriller 'Trapped' set up with Sarah Bremner and Noah Oppenheim's Prologue Entertainment and is repped by WME, Kaplan/Perrone, and attorneys Abel Lezcano and Chris Namba.
- Chris Bremner wrote Sony's recent 'Bad Boys for Life' and 'Bad Boys: Ride or Die' before Unknown Quantity secured a writing and producing deal with the studio.
Why it matters: Blankenship's leap from TV showrunning to a studio-level action feature is what the source specifically flags as a rarity for female writers in the muscular-action space. For Sony, the deal deepens its relationship with Bremner and Unknown Quantity, whose existing agreement followed two Bad Boys blockbusters.
