Michelle Trachtenberg’s boyfriend, producer will…
Michelle Trachtenberg’s boyfriend, Jay Cohen, and her producing accomplice, Casey Tebo, are decided to show her ultimate script into a completed movie within the wake of her surprising death, Tebo instructed The Post.
The filmmaker, who directed the 2021 film “Black Friday” starring Devon Sawa and Bruce Campbell, revealed that the late “Gossip Girl” star penned what he known as “one of the best screenplays I’ve ever read” in a post on X shortly after The Post solely reported about her passing on Feb. 26.
An adaptation of Jerry Oppenheimer’s 2009 guide “Toy Monster” (which was excerpted in The Post), Trachtenberg’s screenplay of the identical identify facilities on the scandalous life of Jack Ryan, who shucked a job on the Pentagon designing missiles for a job as Mattel’s chief engineer. The infamous “playboy,” who allegedly considered “sundry sexual pursuits as a way of life,” performed a hand within the creation of Barbie and Hot Wheels, amongst different toys, during his tenure at Mattel.
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Michelle Trachtenberg and Jay Cohen Michelle Trachtenberg/Instagram
“Toy Monster” made its means into Tebo’s palms courtesy of Cohen, a accomplice on the Gersh expertise company and his longtime buddy.
“This script jumps off the page; a dizzying tale of jealousy soaked in whiskey and clad in ’50s fashion,” Tebo solely instructed The Post.
“I guarantee you, it gets made and people are gonna say, ‘Holy sh-t. She really did write the best script!’”
Director and producer Casey Tebo caseypatricktebo/Instagram
Filmmaker Jay Cohen (C) attends the 2017 Aspen Shortsfest filmmakers breakout periods on April 7, 2017 at Mountain Chalet, in Aspen, Colorado. Tibrina Hobson
Tebo additionally mentioned that he and Cohen plan to make the film to honor Trachtenberg “if it’s the last movie Jay and I ever make.”
“I would say that he will do whatever he needs to do to honor her and show the industry — that he has done so much for so many in — what she was truly capable of,” Tebo added of Cohen.
Referring to “Toy Monster,” the filmmaker added, “When it gets made, my hope is that our industry will maybe take a second look at the thought that maybe what you know someone for isn’t all they’re good at.”
Director and producer Casey Tebo caseyshoots/Twitter
Michelle Trachtenberg and Jay Cohen Instagram/jaymcohen
Michelle Trachtenberg, 2009 AP
Tebo additionally revealed that the project acquired the inexperienced gentle from a main studio back in 2017, however the deal fell aside when the manager championing the project left the studio.
In a assertion launched earlier Tuesday, Cohen mentioned he and Jay are “putting the pieces together to get this film made for Michelle.”
He additionally revealed that an angel investor named Tay Nicole DM’ed him on X after he posted in regards to the script. “How can I help?” Tebo claimed Nicole messaged.
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Michelle Trachtenberg on “Gossip Girl.” THE CW
“Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World of Mattel” by Jerry Oppenheimer. Wiley Publishing
“So …. maybe Michelle is looking out for us,” Tebo mirrored. “I’ve never been a superstitious or spiritual person, but things like that are hard to deny.”
The Post broke the information of Trachtenberg’s death.
The “Ice Princess” star, 39, was discovered by her mom round 8 a.m. at her luxurious condominium complicated in Manhattan’s Central Park South neighborhood on Feb. 26, sources mentioned.
The actress underwent a liver transplant within the final yr, although her physique might have rejected the organ, insiders revealed, including that she died of natural causes.
Her official trigger of death has been ruled “undetermined” after her household objected to an post-mortem, in line with a spokeswoman for the town medical expert’s workplace and sources.
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