According to Variety, Twentieth Century Fox and New Regency have purchased the horror project The Patient Who Nearly Drove Me Out of Medicine, with Ryan Reynolds set to produce through his Maximum Effort production company alongside Vertigo Entertainment.
The novella, written by Jasper DeWitt, was originally published on Reddit’s No Sleep subreddit, a community for original horror stories.
No word on whether Reynolds will star in the film, or remain behind the scenes.
According to the report, tells the story of “an idealistic young doctor who tries to solve a mystery and heal its most difficult patient.”