Fox Buys Vampire Spec Bleed the Night Set in 1994
A lonely teenager answers an ad that reads “MUST LOVE BLOOD”. He meets a charismatic young vampire. One summer night in 1994 turns into a bloody crime spree.
That is the hook of Bleed the Night, a spec screenplay acquired by Fox Entertainment Studios from writers Keith Cooper and Zoe Cooper, as reported by Deadline on 1 October. A spec is a script written without a buyer in place, then taken out to studios to find a home. The sale puts the 1990s vampire story on Fox’s books as a future production prospect. For a general reader, think of it as Fox buying the blueprint and the right to build the house.
The script is based on a story by Keith Cooper and Justin Dyck, according to the same report. Mark Ankner is producing for Mountain Top Pictures alongside Adam Goldworm via Aperture. Dyck will serve as executive producer, a senior credit that usually involves guiding a project creatively rather than running day-to-day physical production. In practice, Ankner and Goldworm would drive the hiring and organise the shoot if the project advances.
The team arrives with horror history. Keith Cooper and Dyck previously partnered on Anything for Jackson, the 2020 horror film. They have also teamed again on Casket Girls, QC Entertainment’s forthcoming horror-thriller starring Gabrielle Union. That shared record helps explain the new pairing, with familiar collaborators staying inside the genre they know best.
For viewers new to the business side, those producing lines matter. A producer shepherds a film from script to screen, helping to hire key staff and oversee budget and schedule. An executive producer often joins earlier, sometimes as the source of the underlying idea, which fits Dyck’s story credit here. Two production banners are involved in this case, with Ankner acting for Mountain Top Pictures and Goldworm acting via Aperture.
What makes this stand out is its scale. One teenager. One vampire. One night. The 1994 setting keeps the action in a world of payphones and late-night television, with no easy digital escape. The crime-spree element points to movement, with the story unfolding across that single summer night rather than staying in one room.
For fans, this means patience. A spec purchase is only the start, with casting, shooting and a release date to follow if the film moves ahead. No cast or director was named in the announcement, and no release timetable was disclosed. The next public steps would normally be attachments that tell audiences who will direct it and who will play the two leads at the centre of that bloody night out.
