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Paramount Primal buys “Tower Defense” script, names Louis Winters

8/14/2026

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Paramount Primal bought the medieval-fantasy spec script “Tower Defense” from Evan Daugherty.
The deal, with no attached filmmaker or producer, names Louis Winters to oversee the R-rated project.
Daugherty’s scripts, which have earned over $1.5 billion worldwide, support Paramount Primal’s first film Boys for Life, slated for an April 9, 2027 release.
The label also acquired the erotic thriller Sweet Spot and domestic rights to Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street script.

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Story summary

Paramount Primal bought the medieval-fantasy spec script “Tower Defense” from Evan Daugherty.
The deal, with no attached filmmaker or producer, names Louis Winters to oversee the R-rated project.
Daugherty’s scripts, which have earned over $1.5 billion worldwide, support Paramount Primal’s first film Boys for Life, slated for an April 9, 2027 release.
The label also acquired the erotic thriller Sweet Spot and domestic rights to Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street script.