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January 30, 2026 Despite the striking similarities between my screenplay THE ONLY WAY OUT and Charlize Theron’s film, APEX, there is no evidence of plagiarism. What initially felt like theft ultimately revealed a powerful case of parallel development. I was reading the trades a couple weeks ago when I saw an ad for the new Charlize Theron movie, APEX, and I have to say I about blew my lid. The film's premise hauntingly similar to mine, (a grieving widow rock climber, hunted i

Paramount loved the script, but passed because they had a "similar" female-driven project in development.

Who better than Emily Blunt and John Krasinski to turn this film into a success?

We agreed to start with Charlize Theron because, well, she's Charlize Theron and Marty had worked with her on the film, REINDEER GAMES.

But Stephanie's a miracle worker and one day she called and said she had a producer who was interested and said he'd read the script.