{"id":1960775,"date":"2025-08-14T21:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T21:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1960775"},"modified":"2025-08-14T21:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T21:05:09","slug":"searchlight-wins-bidding-war-for-psychological-thriller-spec-incidents-from-william-gillies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/searchlight-wins-bidding-war-for-psychological-thriller-spec-incidents-from-william-gillies\/","title":{"rendered":"Searchlight Wins Bidding War For Psychological Thriller Spec \u2018Incidents\u2019 From William Gillies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"relative mb-6 aisummary_shadowPulse__HDPrM\">\n<div class=\"box-content rounded-[14px] bg-gradient-to-b from-[#c938e3] to-[#4941fb] p-0.5\" style=\"max-height:5rem\">\n<div class=\"rounded-xl bg-[#fcfbfb] dark:bg-inkwell px-5\">\n<div class=\"relative flex justify-between py-5 text-base font-semibold\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><button aria-label=\"Visually show the key takeways description\" class=\"group z-2\" data-ylk=\"elm:card;itc:1;sec:ai-summary;slk:key-takeaways;\"><span class=\"group relative text-left transition-all duration-1000 ease-in-out\"><svg class=\"absolute size-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><lineargradient id=\"svg-ai-icon-gradient\" x1=\"12.5\" x2=\"12.5\" y1=\"2.5\" y2=\"21.5\" gradientunits=\"userSpaceOnUse\"><stop stop-color=\"#3941FD\"\/><stop offset=\"1\" stop-color=\"#D136E0\"\/><\/lineargradient><\/svg><svg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"mr-1\" fill=\"url(#svg-ai-icon-gradient)\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M21.5 6.5a6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4-4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4-4M3.5 14A12.69 12.69 0 0 0 11 6.5a12.69 12.69 0 0 0 7.5 7.5 12.69 12.69 0 0 0-7.5 7.5A12.7 12.7 0 0 0 3.5 14m7.5 3.638A14.5 14.5 0 0 0 7.362 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 10.362 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 14.638 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 17.638\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"sr-only !absolute !w-[310px] max-w-[80vw] translate-y-full rounded-lg bg-white text-sm font-normal opacity-0 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity ease-in-out group-hover:not-sr-only group-hover:block group-hover:p-4 group-hover:opacity-100 group-hover:delay-300 group-focus-visible:not-sr-only group-focus-visible:block group-focus-visible:p-4 group-focus-visible:opacity-100 dark:border dark:border-charcoal dark:bg-inkwell dark:shadow-dark-elevation-3\" id=\"_R_apckr8lb2mav5ubsddb_\" style=\"bottom:-2px\">Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. 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No word yet on other creative attachments, but sources said there were 11 offers on the material.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Born on Halloween and thus passionate about all things genre ever since, Gillies is best known for his debut feature <em>Hallow Road<\/em>, another psychological thriller that premiered to strong reviews at SXSW 2025. Directed by <em>Under the Shadow<\/em>\u2018s Babak Anvari, the film watches as two parents enter a race against time when they receive a distressing late-night phone call from their daughter after she caused a tragic car accident. We <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/rosamund-pike-matthew-rhys-board-191047610.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:reported exclusively;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">reported exclusively<\/a> on the casting of leads Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Based in London, Gillies is currently developing his second feature, <em>Who Goes There?<\/em>, for Pulse Films alongside director Astrid Thorvaldsen, based on the duo\u2019s RTS Award-winning short film of the same name. He\u2019s staffed extensively in TV \u2014 most recently, on the upcoming Netflix\/Bad Wolf show <em>The Lord\u2019s Day<\/em> \u2014\u00a0and is also developing an original thriller series for Mam Tor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 2020 graduate of the National Film and Television School\u2019s MA in Screenwriting, the writer is currently being mentored by Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent as part of a Dancing Ledge program. He is repped by Kaplan\/Perrone Entertainment, Casarotto Ramsay &amp; Associates, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best of Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.deadline.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Deadline's Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Deadline&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. 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