Denise Thé Boards Don Cheadle-Produced ‘The Getaway’ In Works At Sony TV

EXCLUSIVE: Westworld alums Denise Thé and Desa Larkin-Boutté are reteaming to work on The Getaway, the series adaptation of Lamar Giles’ YA novel, produced by Don Cheadle, which is in development at Sony Pictures TV.

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Thé has been tapped to pen the series adaptation and produce via her Third Rail Productions as part of her deal with Sony Pictures Television, and Larkin-Boutté has been brought on to co-write.

The near-future horror drama contemplates what would happen if the world fell into chaos, and you and your family were stuck working at one of the world’s most famous resorts – with some of the world’s richest and most powerful as guests. Unknown to employees, the resort has been selling shares in an end-of-the-world oasis, to have the best of the best at the end of days. What they didn’t count on was a group of teens, and how far they’ll go to find out the truth and save themselves.

Cheadle and his producing partner Karyn Smith-Forge will executive produce via Cheadle’s Radicle Act.

Thé, along with veteran TV writer/producers Melissa Scrivner Love and Amanda Segel, recently launched their production company Third Rail and secured a first look deal with Sony TV.  She served as executive producer and writer on HBO’s Westworld on Seasons 3 and 4 from 2020 to 2022. Larkin-Boutté served as assisant/writer with Thé on Westworld where she and Thé co-wrote the series’ penultimate episode, “Metanoia”. Larkin-Boutté’s other credits include Better Call Saul and The Walking Dead.

Giles is repped by UTA and Jamie Weiss Chilton at Andrea Brown Literary; Cheadle is repped by UTA; Thé is repped by CAA and Felker Toczek Suddleson; Larkin-Boutté is repped by Dustin Alpern & Conrad Sun at SunDust Management.

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