Nerve Dave Franco and Emma Roberts have closed deals to star in Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman's young adult thriller "Nerve" at Lionsgate. Allison Shearmur and Anthony Katagas are producing. Based on the Jeanne Ryan novel, the story follows a high school senior who finds herself immersed in an online game of truth of dare, where her every move starts to become manipulated by an anonymous community of voyeurs.