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A remake of the 1990s psychological thriller Single White Female is moving forward with new creative additions.

According to reports, screenwriter Sarah DeLappe has been tapped to write the script for the new project titled Single Female, which will star Jenna Ortega and Taylor Russell.

The film is being developed by 3000 Pictures, with producers Stacey Sher and Marisa Paiva joining the project alongside Ortega and Russell.

The original Single White Female starred Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The thriller followed a woman who begins to suspect disturbing behaviour from her new roommate after she moves into her apartment. The film went on to become a box office success and helped bring wider recognition to its lead actors.

DeLappe’s involvement marks another notable project for the award-winning playwright and screenwriter. She previously wrote the screenplay for Bodies Bodies Bodies, the 2022 horror-comedy released by A24.

Beyond film, DeLappe is also known for her acclaimed stage play The Wolves, which received the inaugural Relentless Award from the American Playwriting Foundation and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2017.

Veteran producer Sher has previously worked on high-profile titles such as Contagion and the Oscar-nominated Django Unchained. She most recently produced the horror thriller Heretic.

For Paiva, the project marks her first major producing role after spending more than two decades working as a studio executive.

Ortega currently stars as Wednesday Addams in the Wednesday series on Netflix, directed by Tim Burton, which is currently in production on its third season.

She will next appear in Klara and the Sun directed by Taika Waititi and distributed by Sony Pictures, as well as The Great Beyond from Warner Bros. directed by J. J. Abrams.

Russell will next star in Hope directed by Na Hong-jin. She recently made her stage debut in The Effect directed by Jamie Lloyd with runs in both London and New York.

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Her breakout screen role came in Bones and All directed by Luca Guadagnino, where she starred opposite Timothée Chalamet.