Leigh Janiak to Direct PANIC, a New Pilot For Amazon Studios

Leigh Janiak has signed on to direct and executive produce Amazon Studios' Young Adult pilot, Panic, according to Deadline. The show comes from writer Lauren Oliver based on her best-selling book.

Written and created by Oliver, Panic centers on a forgotten rural town where every year the graduating seniors risk their lives in an illegal, high-stakes game to win life-changing money-and a chance to escape. Anonymous judges force the players through a series of challenges that will compel them to confront their deepest fears - and upend their ideas of who they are, who to trust, and who they might become. This year, 47 players will compete for the biggest pot ever. All of them will be changed. Only one will win.

Janiak executive produces with Oliver, Joe Roth & Jeff Kirschenbaum of Roth Kirschenbaum Films and Elle Triedman. Alyssa Altman serves as co-executive producer along with Lynley Bird of Glasstown Entertainment.

Janiak made her feature directorial debut with Honeymoon, a 2014 indie horror film. She also directed episodes of SCREAM and Outcast. She will also direct the upcoming Fear Street film for Chernin Entertainment and 20th Century Fox.

Read the original article on Deadline.