The Oscars in memoriam tribute, meant to honor names in film lost over the past year, skipped Michelle Trachtenberg and several others Sunday night.

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,

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.

Casey Tebo, who is attached to Trachtenberg's film 'Toy Monster,' tells PEOPLE that a new angel investor is already interested in getting the project off the ground