Michelle Trachtenberg’s boyfriend, Jay Cohen, and her producing accomplice, Casey Tebo, are decided to show her last script right into a completed movie within the wake of her surprising demise, Tebo instructed The Put up.
The filmmaker, who directed the 2021 film “Black Friday” starring Devon Sawa and Bruce Campbell, revealed that the late “Gossip Girl” star penned what he known as “one of the best screenplays I’ve ever read” in a publish on X shortly after The Put up completely reported about her passing on Feb. 26.
An adaptation of Jerry Oppenheimer’s 2009 ebook “Toy Monster” (which was excerpted in The Put up), Trachtenberg’s screenplay of the identical title facilities on the scandalous lifetime of Jack Ryan, who shucked a job on the Pentagon designing missiles for a job as Mattel’s chief engineer. The infamous “playboy,” who allegedly considered “sundry sexual pursuits as a way of life,” performed a hand within the creation of Barbie and Sizzling Wheels, amongst different toys, throughout his tenure at Mattel.
“Toy Monster” made its method into Tebo’s fingers courtesy of Cohen, a accomplice on the Gersh expertise company and his longtime pal.
“This script jumps off the page; a dizzying tale of jealousy soaked in whiskey and clad in ’50s fashion,” Tebo completely instructed The Put up.
“I guarantee you, it gets made and people are gonna say, ‘Holy sh-t. She really did write the best script!’”
Tebo additionally stated that he and Cohen plan to make the film to honor Trachtenberg “if it’s the last movie Jay and I ever make.”
“I would say that he will do whatever he needs to do to honor her and show the industry — that he has done so much for so many in — what she was truly capable of,” Tebo added of Cohen.
Referring to “Toy Monster,” the filmmaker added, “When it gets made, my hope is that our industry will maybe take a second look at the thought that maybe what you know someone for isn’t all they’re good at.”
Tebo additionally revealed that the mission received the inexperienced mild from a serious studio again in 2017, however the deal fell aside when the chief championing the mission left the studio.
In a press release launched earlier Tuesday, Cohen stated he and Jay are “putting the pieces together to get this film made for Michelle.”
He additionally revealed that an angel investor named Tay Nicole DM’ed him on X after he posted concerning the script. “How can I help?” Tebo claimed Nicole messaged.
“So …. maybe Michelle is looking out for us,” Tebo mirrored. “I’ve never been a superstitious or spiritual person, but things like that are hard to deny.”
The Put up broke the information of Trachtenberg’s demise.
The “Ice Princess” star, 39, was discovered by her mom round 8 a.m. at her luxurious house complicated in Manhattan’s Central Park South neighborhood on Feb. 26, sources stated.
The actress underwent a liver transplant throughout the final yr, although her physique could have rejected the organ, insiders revealed, including that she died of pure causes.
Her official explanation for demise has been dominated “undetermined” after her household objected to an post-mortem, based on a spokeswoman for the town health worker’s workplace and sources.
