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Jack Quaid & Amber Midthunder Thriller ‘Novocaine’ Acquired By Paramount; Robert Olsen & Dan Berk Direct


EXCLUSIVE: Paramount has acquired Novocaine, an action film with franchise potential that will star Jack Quaid (The Boys), and Amber Midthunder, who was a revelation in the Predator spinoff Prey. P…

Sources pegged Paramount’s commitment in the $30 million range, with Robert Olsen and Dan Berk ( Villains) directing a Lars Jacobson script. Lars Jacobson, Paul Barbeau, Josh Adler and Julian Rosenberg (Circle of Confusion) will be executive producers. Quaid will play a sheltered bank executive named Nathan Caine, who has a rare genetic condition that prevents him from feeling physical pain when he is enduring it.

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