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EXCLUSIVE:<\/strong> Sonja O\u2019Hara has emerged as the inaugural grand prize winner of a new writing competition, aimed at discovering commercially viable short stories for feature adaptation, from Roadmap Writers, a program founded by Joey Tuccio and Dorian Connelley that connects emerging writers with industry professionals, and Ben Everard\u2019s Everard Entertainment (Netflix\u2019s Yes Day<\/em> and Family Switch<\/em>).<\/p>\n Selected from thousands of submissions, O\u2019Hara\u2019s short story \u201cSlay\u201d will be optioned by Everard Entertainment for development. She developed the title alongside Scott Glassgold of 12:01 Films, who in recent years has emerged as a major force in selling short stories for feature adaptations, and will serve as a producer on the project.<\/p>\n More from Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n In \u201cSlay,\u201d a successful lawyer\u2019s dream prot\u00e9g\u00e9 becomes her worst nightmare when the woman she hires begins copying her life \u2014 and won\u2019t stop until she replaces her completely. Inspired by O\u2019Hara\u2019s real-life experience, the story blends psychological thriller with body horror in the vein of Single White Female <\/em>meets Gone Girl<\/em>. Drawing from a stranger-than-fiction personal history, O\u2019Hara \u2014an Emmy-nominated, queer, Canadian filmmaker \u2014 explores the psychological and physical violation of seeing herself replicated after a real-life girlfriend underwent plastic surgery to mirror her exact likeness.<\/p>\n O;Hara, who just finished co-directing her sophomore feature Snare <\/em>this month, shared that her agent, David Boxerbaum of Verve encouraged her to write \u201cSlay\u201d after hearing about her experience.<\/p>\n In a statement on the option, Ben Everard said, \u201cSonja\u2019s genre instincts in both concept and execution jumped off the page \u2013 her short story Slay has all the ingredients necessary for adaptation into a successful feature film. I\u2019m thrilled to help bring it to life with her.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to Verve, the writer is repped by Anonymous Content and Fox Rothschild.<\/p>\n Founded in 2023, Everard Entertainment\u2019s upcoming slate includes Apple\/Skydance\u2019s Way of the Warrior Kid <\/em>starring Chris Pratt, as well as Amazon MGM\u2019s The Man with the Bag<\/em>, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alan Ritchson, and Awkwafina.<\/p>\n Notable recent projects set up by Glassgold include Long Lost<\/em> at Universal with Steven Spielberg, The Dwelling <\/em>at Amazon with Michael B Jordan, Ripped<\/em> at 20th Century with The Rock, After Shock<\/em> at Lionsgate with Brand Sklenar, The Occupant <\/em>at New Line Cinema with Zach Cregger, Code Black <\/em>at Amazon with Jake Gyllenhaal, and The Caretaker <\/em>with Sydney Sweeney, to name just a few. Up next for him is Drew Hancock\u2019s Amazon MGM film My Wife and I Bought a Ranch<\/em>, based on the acclaimed short story and subsequent novel by Harrison & Matt Query. Glassgold is repped by Verve and Jeff Frankel.<\/p>\n Best of Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Deadline’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" EXCLUSIVE: Sonja O\u2019Hara has emerged as the inaugural grand prize winner of a new writing competition, aimed at discovering commercially viable short stories for feature adaptation, from Roadmap Writers, a program founded by Joey Tuccio and Dorian Connelley that connects emerging writers with industry professionals, and Ben Everard\u2019s Everard Entertainment (Netflix\u2019s Yes Day and Family […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2345456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[455007,410068,410559,455008,410555],"class_list":["post-2345455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-ben-everard","tag-feature-adaptation","tag-glassgold","tag-joey-tuccio","tag-scott-glassgold"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Roadmap-Writers-Everard-Entertainment-Set-Sonja-OHaras-\u2018Slay-For-Feature.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2345455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2345457,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345455\/revisions\/2345457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2345456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2345455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2345455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2345455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}