Monarch Pictures and Crossroads Prods. are co-financing the psychological thriller "Damaged," which Joe Rassulo will write and direct.
Production is slated to begin this summer.
Story, based on a series of real events that took place in Arizona and California in the late 1990s, concerns a girl suffering from agoraphobia -- the fear of being in open spaces -- who struggles to overcome her problem while being convinced she is involved in a series of grisly murders.
Gary Adelman and John Orland are producing.
Rassulo most recently directed the indie pic "Bull Run."
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