Before her death at 39, Michelle Trachtenberg wrote a screenplay titled, 'Toy Monster.' Director Casey Tebo exclusively tells PEOPLE that studio executives struggled to see the late actress for anything beyond her iconic television roles,

A producer is fighting to get a screenplay Michelle Trachtenberg wrote before her passing made into a film, calling it one of the best he's read.

Michelle Trachtenberg was embarking on a new path as a screenwriter before her death at the age of 39. The actress was on the verge of closing a deal on a screenplay she'd written based on the book Toy Monster: The Big,

Michelle Trachtenberg was close to closing a deal for a screenplay she had been working on for years before her shocking death last week, TMZ reports. Speaking to a director and producer involved with the project,

Gossip Girl star Michelle Trachtenberg was reportedly working on a screenplay based on the 2009 book 'Toy Monster' by Jerry Oppenheimer before her death

A director friend of the late actress Michelle Trachtenberg has told how she was close to securing a deal for a screenplay she had been shopping around to studios for years before her death.

Michelle Trachtenberg was in poor health before she died at age 39 on Feb. 26. Several sources spoke to Us Weekly about the “Gossip Girl” alum’s final days after she got a liver transplant, which may have contributed to her death.