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New York to Face Killer Rat Infestation in Survival Horror From ‘Isn’t It Romantic’ Director and ‘Pitch Perfect’ Producer, Heading to Cannes With Lionsgate

The film, in which New York faces a killer rat infestation, comes from director Todd Strauss-Schulson and producer Paul Brooks

“Rats!” comes from director Todd Strauss-Schulson, whose credits include the Rebel Wilson rom-com “Isn’t It Romantic,” comedy slasher “The Final Girls” and buddy stoney sequel “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas.” Strauss-Schulson was also behind the viral melancholic short film “Rat,” shot in the lockdown of 2020. Strauss-Schulson directs from a script he co-wrote with Paul Sado, who penned the Netflix animated feature “Leo,” starring Adam Sandler and Bill Burr, and “The Cobbler,” directed by Tom McCarthy and starring Sandler, Dustin Hoffman, Steve Buscemi and Ellen Barkin. Fuchs is the co-creator and co-showrunner of HBO’s upcoming “It” prequel series “Welcome to Derry” and was a co-producer on “It Chapter Two.” Fishbach, meanwhile, was exec producer on “Argylle,” “Smile” and “Narcos.”

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