• Dollhouse

  • Michael Paisley
  • Set Up
  • Horror
  • Thriller
  • 2019
  • Black List
  • 81.4
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Market: Wed, 06 Nov 2019Sold: Wed, 06 Nov 2019
Agent (CAA)
ManagerTracy Kopulsky (MXN Entertainment)
StudioSTX
This is Paisley's first deal, per Deadline.
Set in the world of the upper echelon of the New York City fashion scene. When a struggling fashion model in New York City gets chosen by a mysterious Parisian designer to be the face of his first campaign since his disappearance five years prior, she begins to realize she was chosen for a reason and must decide how much she's willing to sacrifice for beauty and recognition.
A desperate New York fashion model gets her big break to walk for the world’s hottest fashion designer but is she willing to pay the price for her shot at fame.
A struggling young model gets her big break when she's asked to be the face of a famously mysterious designer’s upcoming final farewell collection.
A model begins to suffer from a psychotic break after being chosen as the face of a deadly designer's mysterious new campaign.
Film
High Concept, Female Protagonist, Drama, Detective, Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Dark, Drugs, Demons, Fashion, Ghost, Murder, Mental Illness, Tragedy, Social Commentary, Suicide, Psychological Thriller, Celebrity, Competition, Cop, Criminal, Death, Evil, Fame, Female, Gory, Grief, Husband/Wife, Identity, Illness, Killer, Media, Obsession, Performance, Performer, Police, Psychodrama, Secrets, Serial Killer, Sex, Suspenseful, Transformation
112
R
Medium
F
White / European
19
Attractive
American Psycho, The Neon Demon, Velvet Buzzsaw, Black Swan, Whiplash,
32 Days
Several locations around New York City including, Metropolitan Museum, Subway, apartment, streets, penthouse, theater, fitting room, make up room, interrogation room,
ADALENE (30s) walks into a lake with blood dripping down her wrists and clothed in a white gown. She submerges.

MIA (19) meets up with her friends SOPHIE (20) and ALIX (20) at a penthouse party after bombing another model call. She complains about her career not going the way she intended and her friends suggest reaching out to their industry connect DREW (LATE 20s). Mia refuses due to bad history. Drew congratulates Alix and Sophie on their new bookings which spark Mia’s insecurities.

Mia meets with her psychiatrist DR. WOODARD (50s). Dr. Woodard expresses concern over Mia’s anxiety and Mia requests for an increase in her medication which Woodard grants.

Mia shares an intimate night with Drew and asks for career help. He sets up a private photoshoot where Mia is the star.

Mia sees images of Adalene before she awakes from a night terror on her couch. Mis scores an audition for a runway show for famed designer SAINT PIERRE (ADULT) in his long-awaited return fashion show, Dollhouse.

CLAUDE (40s), Saint Pierre’s assistant, informs Mia that she got the gig. She’s invited to a private party at Pierre’s mansion. Mia arrives and is escorted to Pierre’...