"Cat Person" author Kristen Roupenian has sold a new horror script to A24

Regardless, take it on credit that there was a time once, in the distant past of December 2017, when the internet was absolutely riveted by a piece of short fiction—we swear!—and now, Roupenian is continuing to capitalize smartly on that sudden wave of interest. Variety reports that the author has just sold a new horror script to A24, the up-and-coming studio whose recent credits include Lady Bird, A Ghost Story, and the soon-to-be-released nightmare factory Hereditary. The purchase will be the first time the studio has bought a script solely on spec; the company is keeping details about the contents of the package mum, but we do know its name: Bodies Bodies Bodies.

Say what you like about “Cat Person,” but it proved Roupenian knows exactly how to tap into modern anxieties with alarming specificity; we’ll have to see whether that zeitgeist-poking talent extends into her screenwriting work, as well.