The script is described as a Knives Out-style whodunnit set inside the White House.
Deadline is reporting that Paramount Pictures has bought Jonathan Stokes’ spec script for Murder in the White House with Neal Mortiz and Toby Jaffe set to produce for Original Film.
The outlet notes that Stokes has currently landed four of his scripts on The Blacklist and has made sales to Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal, Sony, Fox, and New Line.
Stokes is also an author who has written seven novels in his Addison Cooke and Thrifty Time Travel Guide series.