Simon Brew Published Date Wednesday, August 10, 2016 - 05:36
A real surprise, this. Arriving in the UK off the back of mixed reviews in the Us, I found Nerve to be an enthralling thriller, that gradually veers off its rails a little, yet still finds plenty to say in the midst of an entertaining 96 minutes.
It centres on Vee, played by Emma Roberts, a high school student who’s treated shoddily by her best friend Sydney (Emily Meade), and thus, in a quick moment, signs up to play Nerve. Nerve, we learn, is a social media-driven game of truth or dare, where you can either play or watch. Watching costs you 20 bucks a month, playing can earn you fame and big cash prizes. But, inevitably, the dares you have to undertake - chosen by the watchers, who search out everything they can find about you online - get gradually more and more dramatic.
A real surprise, this. Arriving in the UK off the back of mixed reviews in the Us, I found Nerve to be an enthralling thriller, that gradually veers off its rails a little, yet still finds plenty to say in the midst of an entertaining 96 minutes.
It centres on Vee, played by Emma Roberts, a high school student who’s treated shoddily by her best friend Sydney (Emily Meade), and thus, in a quick moment, signs up to play Nerve. Nerve, we learn, is a social media-driven game of truth or dare, where you can either play or watch. Watching costs you 20 bucks a month, playing can earn you fame and big cash prizes. But, inevitably, the dares you have to undertake - chosen by the watchers, who search out everything they can find about you online - get gradually more and more dramatic.
- 8/3/2016
- Den of Geek
Industrious high school senior, Vee Delmonico (Emma Roberts), has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve, Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun. But as she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline-fueled competition, the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts, leading her into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future.
Nerve is directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman (Catfish, Paranormal Activity 3) from a screenplay by Jessica Sharzer (“American Horror Story,” “Turn the Beat Around”), based on the novel by Jeanne Ryan.
Starring Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Emily Meade, Miles Heizer, Colson Baker and Juliette Lewis, Nerve is playing in theaters now.
Wamg is giving away a Nerve poster – signed by Emma Roberts, Dave Franco and Ariel Schulman.
Nerve is directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman (Catfish, Paranormal Activity 3) from a screenplay by Jessica Sharzer (“American Horror Story,” “Turn the Beat Around”), based on the novel by Jeanne Ryan.
Starring Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Emily Meade, Miles Heizer, Colson Baker and Juliette Lewis, Nerve is playing in theaters now.
Wamg is giving away a Nerve poster – signed by Emma Roberts, Dave Franco and Ariel Schulman.
- 8/2/2016
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost are having a good week. The “Nerve” directors opened their latest film on Tuesday evening to a stellar $1.1 million, and by the time they sat down with IndieWire on Wednesday afternoon, it was trucking its way to an estimated first-day take of $3.8 million. Not too bad for a mid-week, mid-summer release about an online game gone bad.
And that’s not the only thing the duo have on their plate right now: The long-time filmmaking pair are opening another film this week, the horror feature “Viral,” which will hit limited release and VOD on Friday. It’s clear, however, that “Nerve” is their primary concern and one they’re very pleased to see hitting the zeitgeist so perfectly.
“You work on this thing for two years plus and you screened it a couple months ago and all of a sudden you know that people respond,...
And that’s not the only thing the duo have on their plate right now: The long-time filmmaking pair are opening another film this week, the horror feature “Viral,” which will hit limited release and VOD on Friday. It’s clear, however, that “Nerve” is their primary concern and one they’re very pleased to see hitting the zeitgeist so perfectly.
“You work on this thing for two years plus and you screened it a couple months ago and all of a sudden you know that people respond,...
- 7/29/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
There's a killer idea circling this tricked-up teen thriller, which is more than you can say for most summer movies. But the idea never lands because Nerve lacks the, well, nerve to follow through on its convictions. These days, with Pokemon Go turning smartphone app users into digitally-led zombies, a film about a livestream online game that dares its users to risk their lives for likes, follows and cash rewards couldn't be more timely. Directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, who had us all questioning our web contacts with the 2010 documentary Catfish,...
- 7/27/2016
- Rollingstone.com
It would be a stretch to call “Nerve” a good film. The Ya adaptation, the latest film from directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (“Catfish,” “Paranormal Activity 3” and “4”) and based on Jeanne Ryan’s novel of the same name, is formulaic, lumpy and a little too implausible in its approach. But in the age […]
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- 7/27/2016
- by Will Ashton
- The Playlist
Perhaps the ideal thriller in a Pokémon Go era where Facebook Live, Periscope, and augmented reality have proven to be game-changers, Nerve ups the stakes and tension as the sport evolves and ultimately devolves into a Hunger Games-esque battle. The characters are just complex enough and the action is just engrossing enough to keep us interested, but Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, working from Jeanne Ryan’s novel, haven’t quite built a solid-enough foundation to foster a genuinely compelling commentary on today’s social media obsession.
High school senior Venus aka “Vee” (Emma Roberts) is a shy, sometimes anti-social wallflower living in a social media age. Living on Staten Island in public housing with mom Nancy (Juliette Lewis) she’s on track to commute to a public college after her senior year while never getting close to the football jock she pines for. Her pal Sydney (Emily Mead) has...
High school senior Venus aka “Vee” (Emma Roberts) is a shy, sometimes anti-social wallflower living in a social media age. Living on Staten Island in public housing with mom Nancy (Juliette Lewis) she’s on track to commute to a public college after her senior year while never getting close to the football jock she pines for. Her pal Sydney (Emily Mead) has...
- 7/27/2016
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Nerve is a paranoid suspenser about an extreme on-line game as well as a look at the ridiculousness of our contemporary fame-obsessed culture. Taking place throughout a single night and crafted with precision by co-directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, this timely story is an enjoyable watch which at times strains credibility, but it’s clever and well-paced. While Nerve can’t escape from the limitations of its premise and builds to an unsatisfying conclusion, it’s better than expected.
Nerve tells of 18-year old, risk-averse high school photographer Venus (or ‘Vee’ – played by 25-year old Emma Roberts) who lives with her single nurse mom (Juliette Lewis) and had a brother who died two years earlier. A humiliating encounter with the football stud she has a crush on inspires her to join her more popular best friend Sydney (27-year old Emily Meade) in playing Nerve, a game where she can...
Nerve tells of 18-year old, risk-averse high school photographer Venus (or ‘Vee’ – played by 25-year old Emma Roberts) who lives with her single nurse mom (Juliette Lewis) and had a brother who died two years earlier. A humiliating encounter with the football stud she has a crush on inspires her to join her more popular best friend Sydney (27-year old Emily Meade) in playing Nerve, a game where she can...
- 7/26/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Beneath the neon haze of its teenage fantasia and the throbbing obviousness of its platitudes about the perils of social media, “Nerve” highlights some ugly truths about the economy of anonymous spectacle. This is a film that knows what people really want to see when they think that nobody is watching them. Blisteringly cool one moment and ridiculously silly the next (much like its high school heroine), this punchy and propulsive late summer surprise is able to capture the way we live now because it displays such a vivid understanding of the reasons why we live that way.
Based on Jeanne Ryan’s 2012 novel of the same name and helmed by “Catfish” directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, “Nerve” will have a shelf-life of approximately 12 minutes (the technology it depicts has been revolutionized at least once since the movie wrapped production), but it sure is fun while it lasts.
The...
Based on Jeanne Ryan’s 2012 novel of the same name and helmed by “Catfish” directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, “Nerve” will have a shelf-life of approximately 12 minutes (the technology it depicts has been revolutionized at least once since the movie wrapped production), but it sure is fun while it lasts.
The...
- 7/26/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Industrious high school senior, Vee Delmonico (Emma Roberts), has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve, Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun. But as she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline-fueled competition, the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts, leading her into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future.
Nerve is directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman (Catfish, Paranormal Activity 3) from a screenplay by Jessica Sharzer (“American Horror Story,” “Turn the Beat Around”), based on the novel by Jeanne Ryan.
Starring Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Emily Meade, Miles Heizer, Colson Baker and Juliette Lewis, Nerve opens in theaters on July 27.
Wamg invites you to enter for the chance to win Two (2) seats to the advance screening...
Nerve is directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman (Catfish, Paranormal Activity 3) from a screenplay by Jessica Sharzer (“American Horror Story,” “Turn the Beat Around”), based on the novel by Jeanne Ryan.
Starring Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Emily Meade, Miles Heizer, Colson Baker and Juliette Lewis, Nerve opens in theaters on July 27.
Wamg invites you to enter for the chance to win Two (2) seats to the advance screening...
- 7/19/2016
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Take another look @ the new thriller "Nerve", directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, based on the 2012 novel of the same name by author Jeanne Ryan, starring Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Kimiko Glenn, Juliette Lewis, Emily Meade and Marc John Jefferies, opening July 27, 2016:
"...college junior 'Vee' (Roberts) enters an online reality video game of truth or dare called 'Nerve'...
"...along with another player (Franco) that escalates to a series of dangerous levels...
"...with her every move being manipulated by an anonymous community of 'watchers'..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Nerve"...
"...college junior 'Vee' (Roberts) enters an online reality video game of truth or dare called 'Nerve'...
"...along with another player (Franco) that escalates to a series of dangerous levels...
"...with her every move being manipulated by an anonymous community of 'watchers'..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Nerve"...
- 6/25/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
We’ve had a lengthy run of Young Adult fiction adaptations, and almost all of them have fallen into one of two categories: ‘young adult bucks the system, finds themselves, and saves the world’ (The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, Divergent, The Fifth Wave), or ‘young adult finds tragic love’ (If I Stay, The Fault In Our Stars, The Spectacular Now, any movie based on a Nicholas Sparks novel). But, this year brings us Nerve, which is potentially something quite different from the usual Young Adult adaptations that flow relentlessly into movie theatres.
Based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Jeanne Ryan, this film takes a large swipe at the current culture of reality shows, YouTube stars and gaming. Nerve is the name of a fictional online game that allows anonymous viewers to manipulate the actions of players for their own entertainment. High school senior Vee (Emma Roberts...
Based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Jeanne Ryan, this film takes a large swipe at the current culture of reality shows, YouTube stars and gaming. Nerve is the name of a fictional online game that allows anonymous viewers to manipulate the actions of players for their own entertainment. High school senior Vee (Emma Roberts...
- 6/20/2016
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Take a look @ the upcoming thriller "Nerve", directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, based on the 2012 novel of the same name by author Jeanne Ryan, starring Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Kimiko Glenn, Juliette Lewis, Emily Meade and Marc John Jefferies, opening July 27, 2016:
"...college junior 'Vee' (Roberts) enters an online reality video game of truth or dare called 'Nerve'...
"...along with another player (Franco) that escalates to a series of dangerous levels...
"...with her every move being manipulated by an anonymous community of 'watchers'..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Nerve"...
"...college junior 'Vee' (Roberts) enters an online reality video game of truth or dare called 'Nerve'...
"...along with another player (Franco) that escalates to a series of dangerous levels...
"...with her every move being manipulated by an anonymous community of 'watchers'..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Nerve"...
- 6/10/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Emma Roberts and Neighbors star Dave Franco test their mettle in the vibrant new trailer for Nerve, Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman’s tech-savvy thriller that thrusts its leading duo into the midst of a deadly online game.
Part The Hunger Games, part The Game, Roberts’ industrious senior student Vee Delmonico anchors the feature as a straight-laced, academic goody two shoes, one coaxed into stepping outside her own comfort zone by signing up to partake in the titular game.
But Nerve masks dark secrets, with themes associated with a warped, Orwellian future coursing through the veins of today’s all-new snippet. Below, you’ll find the official logline for the action-thriller, which looks set to offer a stylish spin on Jeanne Ryan’s original novel.
Industrious high school senior, Vee Delmonico [Emma Roberts], has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve,...
Part The Hunger Games, part The Game, Roberts’ industrious senior student Vee Delmonico anchors the feature as a straight-laced, academic goody two shoes, one coaxed into stepping outside her own comfort zone by signing up to partake in the titular game.
But Nerve masks dark secrets, with themes associated with a warped, Orwellian future coursing through the veins of today’s all-new snippet. Below, you’ll find the official logline for the action-thriller, which looks set to offer a stylish spin on Jeanne Ryan’s original novel.
Industrious high school senior, Vee Delmonico [Emma Roberts], has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve,...
- 6/2/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
We dare you to watch this movie trailer and not get totally sucked in. Emma Roberts and Dave Franco have teamed up to give fans a daring and action-packed film that pretty much illustrates Hunger Games theories in the modern age. Let us explain... Nerve, based off of Jeanne Ryan's novel by the same name, illustrates how destructive the Internet can be. The enticing thriller tells the story of a high school senior named Vee (Roberts) immersed in an online game of Truth or Dare, where her every move becomes controlled by an anonymous group of "watchers." The recently released trailer shows Vee getting hounded by her friends for not being exciting enough, so (because peer pressure), she ends up...
- 5/13/2016
- E! Online
The Ya adaption craze marches on, and Catfish director’s Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman are diving back into the murky world of the Internet with Nerve, based on the novel by Jeanne Ryan, which sees Emma Roberts and Dave Franco become mildly Internet famous thanks to the popular online, Truth or Dare style game of the title, only for things to take a very dark turn when the game makers steal their identities. While it probably won’t make any bold statements on our currently Internet obsessed society, there is the makings a nice little thriller, even it is packaged solely “for the kids”. And Dave Franco is endlessly watchable in anything he does, so it has that going for it too. Released: 27th July...
- 5/12/2016
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Are you a Watcher or Player? That’s the question poised by today’s debut trailer for Nerve, the darkly stylish adaptation of Jeanne Ryan’s original novel.
Boasting a plot that reads as though David Fincher’s The Game had been retooled for the Snapchat generation, Emma Roberts and Dave Franco become prey to a series of truth-or-dare challenges, becoming little more than entertainment for viewers at home.
Themes of surveillance and George Orwell’s Big Brother are somewhat lost amid the garish style and frenetic editing, but we remain cautiously optimistic that Liongate’s viral-friendly thriller can carve out an audience. Guiding Ryan’s novel from page to screen are co-directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, best known for their work on Paranormal Activity 4 and, more appropriately, Catfish.
Here’s a synopsis pulled from the author’s source material:
Industrious high school senior, Vee Delmonico [Emma Roberts], has had...
Boasting a plot that reads as though David Fincher’s The Game had been retooled for the Snapchat generation, Emma Roberts and Dave Franco become prey to a series of truth-or-dare challenges, becoming little more than entertainment for viewers at home.
Themes of surveillance and George Orwell’s Big Brother are somewhat lost amid the garish style and frenetic editing, but we remain cautiously optimistic that Liongate’s viral-friendly thriller can carve out an audience. Guiding Ryan’s novel from page to screen are co-directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, best known for their work on Paranormal Activity 4 and, more appropriately, Catfish.
Here’s a synopsis pulled from the author’s source material:
Industrious high school senior, Vee Delmonico [Emma Roberts], has had...
- 5/11/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
You may want to rethink the next time you advise someone to take a risk after watching the trailer to “Nerve,” which was released today. The Ya adaptation is going to take Emma Roberts and Dave Franco on a wild ride. Based on Jeanne Ryan’s 2012 novel, the film centers on the extremely cautious Vee (Roberts). Her friends suggest Vee do something exciting, so she starts playing interactive game Nerve. “Watchers” challenge “players” to complete dares on camera to win money. Vee’s first dare is to kiss a stranger and she picks Franco’s Ian. When the “watchers” decide to pair [...]
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- 5/11/2016
- by Alamin Yohannes
- UpandComers
"The only way out is to win."
Here's the first trailer for Nerve, a new young adult thriller from the directors of Catfish (Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost) that stars two younger relatives of more famous actors, Emma Roberts and Dave Franco.
Based on a book by Jeanne Ryan, the film follows an uptight high school student (Roberts) who is pressured into joining a mega-popular online game called Nerve, in which there are "players" who accept dares from "watchers" for cash rewards. As the game goes on, she meets a mysterious guy (Franco) and has to team up with him as the stakes get higher and higher. I'm not surprised that the Catfish guys are the ones behind this, because in that movie they showed a knack for pacing and using graphics and computer screens to enhance their story, and this looks like a major escalation of those techniques. I'm...
Here's the first trailer for Nerve, a new young adult thriller from the directors of Catfish (Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost) that stars two younger relatives of more famous actors, Emma Roberts and Dave Franco.
Based on a book by Jeanne Ryan, the film follows an uptight high school student (Roberts) who is pressured into joining a mega-popular online game called Nerve, in which there are "players" who accept dares from "watchers" for cash rewards. As the game goes on, she meets a mysterious guy (Franco) and has to team up with him as the stakes get higher and higher. I'm not surprised that the Catfish guys are the ones behind this, because in that movie they showed a knack for pacing and using graphics and computer screens to enhance their story, and this looks like a major escalation of those techniques. I'm...
- 5/11/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
Lionsgate has released the first trailer for the young adult thriller "Nerve" starring Emma Roberts and Dave Franco.
Based on the novel by Jeanne Ryan, Roberts plays an industrious high school senior who has had it with living life on the sidelines. Pressured to join the popular online game Nerve, she signs up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun.
Caught in the adrenaline-fueled competition and partnered with a mysterious stranger (Dave Franco), the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman ("Catfish") helm from a script by Jessica Sharzer ("Scream Queens") with the film to open July 27th.
Based on the novel by Jeanne Ryan, Roberts plays an industrious high school senior who has had it with living life on the sidelines. Pressured to join the popular online game Nerve, she signs up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun.
Caught in the adrenaline-fueled competition and partnered with a mysterious stranger (Dave Franco), the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman ("Catfish") helm from a script by Jessica Sharzer ("Scream Queens") with the film to open July 27th.
- 5/11/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Kimiko Glenn has joined the cast of Nerve.
The Orange is the New Black actress joins Emma Roberts and Dave Franco in the online thriller from Lionsgate, reports Deadline.
Glenn will play the worried best friend of a high school senior (Roberts) who finds herself in an online game of truth or dare.
The game involves being watched by an anonymous group of people and soon escalates out of the senior's control.
Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, who directed the online documentary Catfish, will direct the film adapted from the novel by Jeanne Ryan.
Glenn appears as naive prison inmate Brook Soso in Orange is the New Black, which returns for a third season on June 12 on Netflix.
The Orange is the New Black actress joins Emma Roberts and Dave Franco in the online thriller from Lionsgate, reports Deadline.
Glenn will play the worried best friend of a high school senior (Roberts) who finds herself in an online game of truth or dare.
The game involves being watched by an anonymous group of people and soon escalates out of the senior's control.
Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, who directed the online documentary Catfish, will direct the film adapted from the novel by Jeanne Ryan.
Glenn appears as naive prison inmate Brook Soso in Orange is the New Black, which returns for a third season on June 12 on Netflix.
- 4/18/2015
- Digital Spy
Emma Roberts and Dave Franco will star in the young adult thriller Nerve.
The film follows a high school senior (Roberts) who enters into an online game of truth or dare that soon escalates out of her control, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
The game involves every move being watched by an anonymous group of people, who manipulate the players.
Nerve is based on a novel by Jeanne Ryan, while American Horror Story executive producer Jessica Sharzer has penned the script.
Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, who directed the online documentary Catfish, will direct the project.
Roberts recently joined the cast of Ryan Murphy's Scream Queens, alongside Jamie Lee Curtis and Lea Michele.
Franco will star in Now You See Me: The Second Act, due for release in 2016.
The film follows a high school senior (Roberts) who enters into an online game of truth or dare that soon escalates out of her control, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
The game involves every move being watched by an anonymous group of people, who manipulate the players.
Nerve is based on a novel by Jeanne Ryan, while American Horror Story executive producer Jessica Sharzer has penned the script.
Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, who directed the online documentary Catfish, will direct the project.
Roberts recently joined the cast of Ryan Murphy's Scream Queens, alongside Jamie Lee Curtis and Lea Michele.
Franco will star in Now You See Me: The Second Act, due for release in 2016.
- 1/28/2015
- Digital Spy
Octavia Spencer is attached to star in Seacole, a period biopic about "a pioneering Jamaican doctress who battled prejudice to play a key role in the Crimean War, rivaling Florence Nightingale." The film will reteam Spencer with producer of The Help, Brunson Green, and is set to be directed by Charlie Stratton (In Secret). [The Hollywood Reporter] Emma Roberts and Dave Franco will star in Nerve, Lionsgate’s adaptation of Jeanne Ryan's young adult novel. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (Catfish), will direct and the script was penned by Jessica Sharzer. The book told the story of a high school wallflower who...
- 1/28/2015
- by Jennifer Maas
- EW - Inside Movies
Neighbors‘ Dave Franco and American Horror Story‘s Emma Roberts have signed on to star in Lionsgate’s young adult adaptation, Nerve. Based on the novel by Jeanne Ryan and adapted by Jessica Sharzer, the feature will be directed by Catfish duo Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost.
In a synopsis offered up by The Wrap, the movie “follows good-girl Vee (Roberts), who breaks out of her shell after plunging into an online game of truth-or-dare called “Nerve” with the sexy and mysterious Ian (Franco). However, Vee quickly finds the initial thrills turn dark as the stakes grow increasingly higher and the game turns personal – ultimately revealing just how far she will go to win Nerve.”
Both Roberts and Franco seem to have the clout and experience to instil their characters with the necessary fear and menace to make this adaptation worthwhile. It has to be said, the young adult phenomena...
In a synopsis offered up by The Wrap, the movie “follows good-girl Vee (Roberts), who breaks out of her shell after plunging into an online game of truth-or-dare called “Nerve” with the sexy and mysterious Ian (Franco). However, Vee quickly finds the initial thrills turn dark as the stakes grow increasingly higher and the game turns personal – ultimately revealing just how far she will go to win Nerve.”
Both Roberts and Franco seem to have the clout and experience to instil their characters with the necessary fear and menace to make this adaptation worthwhile. It has to be said, the young adult phenomena...
- 1/27/2015
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
The latest young adult adaptation has found its two leads. Variety reports Dave Franco and Emma Roberts have landed the roles in Lionsgate’s “Nerve.” The film is based on Jeanne Ryan’s novel of the same name. It follows a high school senior, played by Roberts, as she gets involved in a high stakes online game of truth or dare. To make it through she will have to be wary of the anonymous “watchers” steering her however they see fit. Jessica Sharzer adapted the novel, which will be directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulamn. Allison Shurmur will produce. Roberts has [...]
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- 1/27/2015
- by Alamin Yohannes
- UpandComers
Dave Franco and Emma Roberts have been set to star in Ya novel adaptation “Nerve” for Lionsgate.
The “Catfish” duo of Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman will direct the thriller based on the book by Jeanne Ryan. Jessica Sharzer adapted the screenplay.
Also Read: TheWrap’s Exclusive Sundance Portraits (Photos)
Story follows good-girl Vee (Roberts), who breaks out of her shell after plunging into an online game of truth-or-dare called “Nerve” with the sexy and mysterious Ian (Franco). However, Vee quickly finds the initial thrills turn dark as the stakes grow increasingly higher and the game turns personal – ultimately revealing...
The “Catfish” duo of Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman will direct the thriller based on the book by Jeanne Ryan. Jessica Sharzer adapted the screenplay.
Also Read: TheWrap’s Exclusive Sundance Portraits (Photos)
Story follows good-girl Vee (Roberts), who breaks out of her shell after plunging into an online game of truth-or-dare called “Nerve” with the sexy and mysterious Ian (Franco). However, Vee quickly finds the initial thrills turn dark as the stakes grow increasingly higher and the game turns personal – ultimately revealing...
- 1/27/2015
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
With The Hunger Games wrapping up this year and the Divergent films rumbling along, the hunt continues for the new big young adult adaptation franchise. Catfish / Paranormal Activity 4 collaborators Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost signed on to Nerve last year and have at last rounded up Emma Roberts and Dave Franco to star.Written by Jeanne Ryan, the book follows high school senior Vee (Roberts), a girl more used to lingering on the edges of her class, never catching the eye of the popular set. To try to break out of her rut, she joins a global online game built around a provocative, amped-up version of truth or dare, which features an audience of “watchers” who vote for their favourites and comment on what’s going on.Soon, Vee becomes a sensation, advancing higher and higher, until she discovers that the game at the upper levels becomes something quire different.
- 1/27/2015
- EmpireOnline
Nerve
Dave Franco and Emma Roberts have closed deals to star in Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman's young adult thriller "Nerve" at Lionsgate. Allison Shearmur and Anthony Katagas are producing.
Based on the Jeanne Ryan novel, the story follows a high school senior who finds herself immersed in an online game of truth of dare, where her every move starts to become manipulated by an anonymous community of voyeurs. Jessica Sharzer adapted the script. [Source: Variety]
Untitled Hurricane Katrina Film
"Selma" director Ava DuVernay and actor David Oyelowo are teaming for an untitled romance/murder mystery film set around Hurricane Katrina which is set up at Participant Media.
DuVernay will write, produce, and direct, whilst Oyelowo is in negotiations to produce and star. No schedule has yet been set. [Source: Variety]
Let It Snow
Alan Arkin, Diane Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Wilde, Anthony Mackie, John Goodman, Ed Helms, June Squibb and Marisa Tomei...
Dave Franco and Emma Roberts have closed deals to star in Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman's young adult thriller "Nerve" at Lionsgate. Allison Shearmur and Anthony Katagas are producing.
Based on the Jeanne Ryan novel, the story follows a high school senior who finds herself immersed in an online game of truth of dare, where her every move starts to become manipulated by an anonymous community of voyeurs. Jessica Sharzer adapted the script. [Source: Variety]
Untitled Hurricane Katrina Film
"Selma" director Ava DuVernay and actor David Oyelowo are teaming for an untitled romance/murder mystery film set around Hurricane Katrina which is set up at Participant Media.
DuVernay will write, produce, and direct, whilst Oyelowo is in negotiations to produce and star. No schedule has yet been set. [Source: Variety]
Let It Snow
Alan Arkin, Diane Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Wilde, Anthony Mackie, John Goodman, Ed Helms, June Squibb and Marisa Tomei...
- 1/27/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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