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,

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,

Michelle Trachtenberg was working on a screenplay based on a book that exposed Mattel before her unexpected death