Adaptation of Carla Norton’s serial killer novel to begin production this Spring
XYZ Films has set Chloë Grace Moretz to star in serial-killer thriller THE EDGE OF NORMAL, the first English-language feature from director Carlota Pereda (Piggy). THE EDGE OF NORMAL was written by Matt Venne (Dexter: Resurrection, Test Drive) with revisions by Lori Evans Taylor (Final Destination: Bloodlines), based on Carla Norton’s acclaimed novel of the same name from St. Martin’s Press. XYZ Films is producing and financing with funding from IPR.VC. Vanishing Angle will produce alongside Andrew Deane and Ava Jamshidi for Industry Entertainment.
Reeve LeClaire is still haunted from when she was held captive as a teenager by a sadistic man, but when her psychiatrist asks her to mentor a newly rescued survivor, she’s pulled into a chilling game of cat-and-mouse—one that threatens to drag her back into the nightmare she barely escaped.
Chloë Grace Moretz is an American actress known for her versatile performances across film and television. Most recently, Moretz has starred in The Peripheral for Amazon, THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST which was awarded the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and the Oscar Nominated Animated film NIMONA for Netflix. She will next be seen in Michael Showalter’s OH WHAT FUN opposite Michelle Pfeiffer and Felicity Jones for Amazon MGM as well as Joey Powers’ LOVE LANGUAGE opposite Anthony Ramos.
Carlota Pereda is a bilingual writer-director based in Spain whose debut feature Piggy (Cerdita) had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2022 and was released by Magnolia Pictures. The project was selected in 2020 at script stage for the Cannes Film Festival’s Focus Coproduction Initiative. Piggy expands on Carlota’s celebrated short of the same title, which marked her breakthrough as a film director, and has since won 90 awards, including the Spanish Academy Goya Award for Best Short Film in 2019, and the 2020 Slamdance AGBO Fellowship. Carlota has also worked in television for the past 20 years, most notably with Money Heist creator Alex Pina. She studied film at UCLA.
Upcoming titles from XYZ Films include The Trip starring Jason Segel, Samara Weaving, Juliette Lewis and Timothy Olyphant, which is currently in production; Havoc, directed by Gareth Evans and starring Tom Hardy and Forrest Whitaker which premieres on Netflix this year; True-story exorcism thriller The Ritual starring Al Pacino and Dan Stevens which releases wide this spring; Kill Me starring Charlie Day and Allison Williams and Ash starring Eiza González and Aaron Paul and directed by Flying Lotus, releasing wide in March from IFC.
Industry Entertainment is producing the upcoming MAN WITH A BAG for Amazon and RUNNER starring Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson. Industry’s Deane recently EP’d WOMAN OF THE HOUR directed by and starring Anna Kendrick, for Netflix.
Chloë Grace Moretz is represented by CAA and Robert Offer and Shelby Weiser from Sloane, Offer, Weber, Dern. Carlota Pereda is represented by CAA and Peter Van Steemburg at XYZ. Matt Venne is represented by IAG and Heroes and Villains Entertainment and Peter Sample at Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein. Lori Evans Taylor is represented by WME, Kaplan / Perrone Entertainment and Rob Goldman at McKuin Frankel Whitehead LLP. Norton is repped by Liza Dawson Associates and IAG.
About XYZ Films:
XYZ Films is an independent studio whose mission is to empower visionary storytellers from every corner of the planet. As a producer, financier, and distributor, the company is uniquely suited to identify talented filmmakers and bring their stories to life. XYZ recently expanded into talent management, working with a global roster of filmmakers. XYZ was founded in 2008 by Nate Bolotin, Nick Spicer, and Aram Tertzakian.
