We’ve seen Groundhog’s Day as a slasher with Happy Death Day, It’s a Wonderful Life as a slasher with It’s a Wonderful Knife, Freaky Friday as a slasher with Freaky, and Back to the Future as a slasher with Totally Killer. Next in the “this movie, but it’s a slasher” line-up is Departing Seniors, which mixes the high school slasher set-up with elements from Stephen King’s The Dead Zone. Dark Sky Films will be giving Departing Seniors a limited theatrical and VOD release on February 2nd, and with that date right around the corner a trailer has arrived online. You can check it out in the embed above.
The feature directorial debut of actress Clare Cooney, Departing Seniors was written by actor Jose Nateras and centers on high school student Javier, who doesn’t exactly fit in with the popular kids as a queer Mexican-American.
The feature directorial debut of actress Clare Cooney, Departing Seniors was written by actor Jose Nateras and centers on high school student Javier, who doesn’t exactly fit in with the popular kids as a queer Mexican-American.
- 1/10/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Roster includes LoopTrack, Mother May I?
MPI Media Group has kicked off talks with buyers on a Cannes sales slate led by horror title Departing Seniors which screen tomorrow (Friday) and stars Ignacio Diaz-Silverio from the comedy series Primo which debuts on Amazon Freevee this weekend.
Departing Seniors is part of the genre showcase of market titles at Cannes Fantastic Pavilions Gala and centres on a bullied high school student whose visions reveal the truth behind a supposed spate of classmate suicides and may thwart a serial killer.
Clare Cooney makes her feature directorial debut and Dashawna Wright’s Choppe Productions produced alongside Cooney,...
MPI Media Group has kicked off talks with buyers on a Cannes sales slate led by horror title Departing Seniors which screen tomorrow (Friday) and stars Ignacio Diaz-Silverio from the comedy series Primo which debuts on Amazon Freevee this weekend.
Departing Seniors is part of the genre showcase of market titles at Cannes Fantastic Pavilions Gala and centres on a bullied high school student whose visions reveal the truth behind a supposed spate of classmate suicides and may thwart a serial killer.
Clare Cooney makes her feature directorial debut and Dashawna Wright’s Choppe Productions produced alongside Cooney,...
- 5/18/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Signature Entertainment has acquired U.K. and Ireland rights to supernatural horror “The Harbinger” from MPI Media Group.
The film is produced by Jay Dunn (“The Witch in the Window”), Richard W. King (“We Go On”) and Andy Mitton (“YellowBrickRoad”), with Mitton also directing and writing. It stars Gabby Beans (“House of Cards”), Emily Davis (“The Plagiarists”) and Raymond Anthony Thomas (“Shutter Island”).
The New York-set film sees Monique (Beans) reluctantly break quarantine during the pandemic to care for her friend Mavis (Davis) who’s plagued by horrific nightmares. Monique soon learns that the dreams are contagious, and originate from a demonic, reality-warping force – The Harbinger. Monique and Mavis must discover a way to defeat the malevolent entity before it consumes their souls entirely.
The film was selected at Canada’s Fantasia International Film Festival, the U.K.’s FrightFest and the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival. It won Best Scare at the U.
The film is produced by Jay Dunn (“The Witch in the Window”), Richard W. King (“We Go On”) and Andy Mitton (“YellowBrickRoad”), with Mitton also directing and writing. It stars Gabby Beans (“House of Cards”), Emily Davis (“The Plagiarists”) and Raymond Anthony Thomas (“Shutter Island”).
The New York-set film sees Monique (Beans) reluctantly break quarantine during the pandemic to care for her friend Mavis (Davis) who’s plagued by horrific nightmares. Monique soon learns that the dreams are contagious, and originate from a demonic, reality-warping force – The Harbinger. Monique and Mavis must discover a way to defeat the malevolent entity before it consumes their souls entirely.
The film was selected at Canada’s Fantasia International Film Festival, the U.K.’s FrightFest and the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival. It won Best Scare at the U.
- 12/1/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Slate includes Waking Karma, The Third Saturday In October.
MPI Media Group is in talks with AFM buyers on a slate led by horror titles Night Of The Bastard and The Harbinger, both of which screened at London’s FrightFest.
Night Of The Bastard marks the feature directorial debut of Erik Boccio and stars London May (The Dark Knight Rises) as a hermit in the desert who along with a youngster must defend himself from a savage cult. Mya Hudson, Hannah Pierce, and Henry Mortensen also star.
The Harbinger, Andy Mitton’s follow-up to The Witch In The Window, stars...
MPI Media Group is in talks with AFM buyers on a slate led by horror titles Night Of The Bastard and The Harbinger, both of which screened at London’s FrightFest.
Night Of The Bastard marks the feature directorial debut of Erik Boccio and stars London May (The Dark Knight Rises) as a hermit in the desert who along with a youngster must defend himself from a savage cult. Mya Hudson, Hannah Pierce, and Henry Mortensen also star.
The Harbinger, Andy Mitton’s follow-up to The Witch In The Window, stars...
- 11/3/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Australia, France, Germany among buyers for horror titles.
MPI Media Group has been busy at TIFF and reported strong territory sales on horror titles Two Witches and The Summoned.
MPI’s VP of sales and acquisitions Nicola Goelzhaeuser announced her team has closed deals for Two Witches with Umbrella for Australia and New Zealand, Synapse for Latin America, Factoris for France, Tiberius for Germany, Media4Fun for Poland, and Njuta for Scandinavia.
Two Witches is directed by Pierre Tsigaridis and traces the parallel stories of a newly pregnant woman who believes she has been cursed by an old woman, and a...
MPI Media Group has been busy at TIFF and reported strong territory sales on horror titles Two Witches and The Summoned.
MPI’s VP of sales and acquisitions Nicola Goelzhaeuser announced her team has closed deals for Two Witches with Umbrella for Australia and New Zealand, Synapse for Latin America, Factoris for France, Tiberius for Germany, Media4Fun for Poland, and Njuta for Scandinavia.
Two Witches is directed by Pierre Tsigaridis and traces the parallel stories of a newly pregnant woman who believes she has been cursed by an old woman, and a...
- 9/13/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
MPI Media Group has added Kevin Kopacka’s German-language arthouse horror and Fright Fest 2021 premiere Dawn Breaks Behind The Eyes to its international sales slate for the virtual EFM.
The gothic homage to European mind-bending genre from the 1960s and 1970s stars Luisa Taraz and Frederik von Lüttichau as a married couple whose relationship and sanity are tested when they spend the night at a dilapidated castle where time and space become fluid.
Anna Platen, Robert Nickisch and Jeff Wilbusch round out the main cast. Kopacka co-wrote the screenplay with Lili Villanyi, who served as producer.
The company’s VP of television,...
The gothic homage to European mind-bending genre from the 1960s and 1970s stars Luisa Taraz and Frederik von Lüttichau as a married couple whose relationship and sanity are tested when they spend the night at a dilapidated castle where time and space become fluid.
Anna Platen, Robert Nickisch and Jeff Wilbusch round out the main cast. Kopacka co-wrote the screenplay with Lili Villanyi, who served as producer.
The company’s VP of television,...
- 2/8/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
MPI Media Group has acquired U.S. and international sales rights, outside the U.K. and Latin America, to award-winning sci-fi thriller “Minor Premise,” making its market debut at this year’s Cannes Marché du Film. MPI has already closed sales in three key territories: France to Koba Films, the Middle East to Phoenicia Pictures Intl. and in Taiwan with Moviecloud.
MPI VP of sales and acquisitions Nicola Goelzhaeuser handles sales of the company’s catalog, including “Minor Premise.”
“Minor Premise” is the debut directorial feature of exciting up-and-coming filmmaker Eric Schultz, which impressed at Spain’s prestigious Sitges Festival for genre films and finished 2020 as the year’s second best-reviewed film on Rotten Tomatoes.
Starring Dana Ashbrook, a genre cult icon for his work as Bobby Briggs in David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks,” and featuring a critically acclaimed performance by emerging actor Sathya Sridharan (“Bikini Moon”), “Minor Premise” is...
MPI VP of sales and acquisitions Nicola Goelzhaeuser handles sales of the company’s catalog, including “Minor Premise.”
“Minor Premise” is the debut directorial feature of exciting up-and-coming filmmaker Eric Schultz, which impressed at Spain’s prestigious Sitges Festival for genre films and finished 2020 as the year’s second best-reviewed film on Rotten Tomatoes.
Starring Dana Ashbrook, a genre cult icon for his work as Bobby Briggs in David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks,” and featuring a critically acclaimed performance by emerging actor Sathya Sridharan (“Bikini Moon”), “Minor Premise” is...
- 7/7/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Tech thriller premiered at SXSW earlier this year.
MPI Media Group has added SXSW tech thriller Broadcast Signal Intrusion to its Pre-Cannes Screenings slate and launches talks with buyers next week.
Jacob Gentry, whose credits include Synchronicity, directed the story about a video archivist in the late 1990s who unearths sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes obsessed with uncovering the dark conspiracy behind them.
The film is inspired by actual broadcast interruptions that occurred in Chicago in the late 1980s and remain unsolved to this day. Phil Drinkwater and Tim Woodall wrote the screenplay.
Harry Shum Jr. of Crazy Rich Asians...
MPI Media Group has added SXSW tech thriller Broadcast Signal Intrusion to its Pre-Cannes Screenings slate and launches talks with buyers next week.
Jacob Gentry, whose credits include Synchronicity, directed the story about a video archivist in the late 1990s who unearths sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes obsessed with uncovering the dark conspiracy behind them.
The film is inspired by actual broadcast interruptions that occurred in Chicago in the late 1980s and remain unsolved to this day. Phil Drinkwater and Tim Woodall wrote the screenplay.
Harry Shum Jr. of Crazy Rich Asians...
- 6/17/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Germany, Spain, Scandinavia among buyers.
MPI International has struck key territory sales at EFM on the highly regarded New Zealand Sundance thriller Coming Home In The Dark.
James Ashcroft’s debut feature premiered in Midnight and centres on a schoolteacher who must confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of drifters force him and his family on a terrifying road trip. Daniel Gillies stars.
Deals have closed in Germany (Capelight), Scandinavia (Njuta), Spain (A Contracorriente), France (Swift), and the Middle East (Phoenicia).
Monster Pictures will distribute Coming Home In The Dark in Australia and New Zealand and...
MPI International has struck key territory sales at EFM on the highly regarded New Zealand Sundance thriller Coming Home In The Dark.
James Ashcroft’s debut feature premiered in Midnight and centres on a schoolteacher who must confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of drifters force him and his family on a terrifying road trip. Daniel Gillies stars.
Deals have closed in Germany (Capelight), Scandinavia (Njuta), Spain (A Contracorriente), France (Swift), and the Middle East (Phoenicia).
Monster Pictures will distribute Coming Home In The Dark in Australia and New Zealand and...
- 3/4/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Next month marks the 28th annual SXSW Film Festival, which will take place online from March 16th–20th. As in past years, genre fans will have plenty of films to look forward to seeing (this time from the comfort of their own homes!), with an impressive Midnighters slate of eight eclectic movies that will have their world premiers at the festival.
You can check out the full Midnighters slate below, as well as additional details on this year's virtual South by Southwest Film Festival, and be sure to keep an eye on Daily Dead's online hub for our coverage of the festival!
From the Press Release: Austin, Texas, February 10, 2021 – South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals announced the full program for the 28th edition of the SXSW Film Festival. This year, the acclaimed program will be online, where it will draw thousands of fans, filmmakers, press, and industry leaders...
You can check out the full Midnighters slate below, as well as additional details on this year's virtual South by Southwest Film Festival, and be sure to keep an eye on Daily Dead's online hub for our coverage of the festival!
From the Press Release: Austin, Texas, February 10, 2021 – South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals announced the full program for the 28th edition of the SXSW Film Festival. This year, the acclaimed program will be online, where it will draw thousands of fans, filmmakers, press, and industry leaders...
- 2/11/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
In today's Horror Highlights: the motion trailer for the upcoming Dracula graphic novel, details on the acquisitions of Caveat and Bloody Hell, and an interview for Noise in the Middle!
New Motion Trailer for Legendary Comics' Dracula starring Bela Lugosi Graphic Novel: "Bram Stoker. Bela Lugosi. Two names forever bound by Dracula. And for the first time ever, Bram Stoker’s gothic masterpiece is being united with the definitive screen Dracula, Bela Lugosi, in Legendary Comics' all new graphic novel!
In the late 19th Century, Dracula, an ancient Transylvanian vampire, moves to England to find fresh blood and spread his evil contagion. There, he encounters two women, Lucy and Mina, who become the targets of his dark obsession. Aided by a group of brave men, Professor Van Helsing arrives on the scene to take on the Vampire Prince in the ultimate battle between the forces of light and dark!"
Creative...
New Motion Trailer for Legendary Comics' Dracula starring Bela Lugosi Graphic Novel: "Bram Stoker. Bela Lugosi. Two names forever bound by Dracula. And for the first time ever, Bram Stoker’s gothic masterpiece is being united with the definitive screen Dracula, Bela Lugosi, in Legendary Comics' all new graphic novel!
In the late 19th Century, Dracula, an ancient Transylvanian vampire, moves to England to find fresh blood and spread his evil contagion. There, he encounters two women, Lucy and Mina, who become the targets of his dark obsession. Aided by a group of brave men, Professor Van Helsing arrives on the scene to take on the Vampire Prince in the ultimate battle between the forces of light and dark!"
Creative...
- 10/28/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Dark Sky plans US theatrical release in early 2021.
Mpi Media Group has acquired worldwide sales right to Irish director Damian McCarthy’s Frightfest selection Caveat and will introduce the film to buyers at the virtual AFM next month.
Mpi’s US genre arm Dark Sky Films has acquired all US rights to the film, which besides the London festival also screened recently at Screamfest in Los Angeles.
McCarthy’s feature directorial debut takes place on a remote island where a man with partial memory loss accepts a job to take care of his landlord’s troubled niece.
The man must...
Mpi Media Group has acquired worldwide sales right to Irish director Damian McCarthy’s Frightfest selection Caveat and will introduce the film to buyers at the virtual AFM next month.
Mpi’s US genre arm Dark Sky Films has acquired all US rights to the film, which besides the London festival also screened recently at Screamfest in Los Angeles.
McCarthy’s feature directorial debut takes place on a remote island where a man with partial memory loss accepts a job to take care of his landlord’s troubled niece.
The man must...
- 10/27/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Colombian folk horror tale set to open in US through Dark Sky Films.
Mpi Media Group has struck another key deal on Colombian dark western fairy tale Luz: The Flower Of Evil, securing Mexican distribution deal on the Sitges and Morbido selection.
Juan Diego Escobar Alzate’s film won the Silver Skull for best Latin American film at Morbido last year and has sold to elevated genre specialist Mantícora Distribución, whose recent releases include Peter Strickland’s In Fabric and a restored version of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Santa Sangre.
Mantícora Distribución will partner with genre aces Mórbido Group to promote...
Mpi Media Group has struck another key deal on Colombian dark western fairy tale Luz: The Flower Of Evil, securing Mexican distribution deal on the Sitges and Morbido selection.
Juan Diego Escobar Alzate’s film won the Silver Skull for best Latin American film at Morbido last year and has sold to elevated genre specialist Mantícora Distribución, whose recent releases include Peter Strickland’s In Fabric and a restored version of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Santa Sangre.
Mantícora Distribución will partner with genre aces Mórbido Group to promote...
- 7/16/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Mpi Media Group has acquired international sales right to U.S. found footage horror film Followed.
In the indie pic, a controversial social media influencer stays at a cursed hotel to gain more subscribers. But what begins as a fun investigative challenge quickly descends into a personal hell. Followed was released two weeks ago in North America, where in a coronavirus context it has been a top ten movie at the box office, accumulating more than $300,000 from only 44 theaters at widest point of release. The film has had particular success at drive-ins, according to producers.
The film stars Matthew Solomon (Ballers), John Savage (The Deer Hunter), Sam Valentine, Caitlin Grace, Tim Drier, and Kelsey Griswold. It was directed by Antoine Le, written by Todd Klick and produced by Matthew Ryan Brewbaker, each making their feature debuts.
Executive producers include J. Todd Harris, Thomas Pettinelli, Greg Berlant and Gregory Adkins as well as Grant Cramer,...
In the indie pic, a controversial social media influencer stays at a cursed hotel to gain more subscribers. But what begins as a fun investigative challenge quickly descends into a personal hell. Followed was released two weeks ago in North America, where in a coronavirus context it has been a top ten movie at the box office, accumulating more than $300,000 from only 44 theaters at widest point of release. The film has had particular success at drive-ins, according to producers.
The film stars Matthew Solomon (Ballers), John Savage (The Deer Hunter), Sam Valentine, Caitlin Grace, Tim Drier, and Kelsey Griswold. It was directed by Antoine Le, written by Todd Klick and produced by Matthew Ryan Brewbaker, each making their feature debuts.
Executive producers include J. Todd Harris, Thomas Pettinelli, Greg Berlant and Gregory Adkins as well as Grant Cramer,...
- 6/29/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
We're back with a jam-packed Horror Highlights! In today's installment, we have an exclusive clip from Coven, details on the acquisition of It Cuts Deep, first details for the graphic novel The Science of Ghosts, news on the new podcast Missing Dial Radio, a press release from Saban's acquisition of Initiation, a look at The Miskatonic's archival classes, advanced word on NYC's Shock Macabre Mansion in November, and a look at Arrow Video Channel's July lineup:
Exclusive Clip from Coven: "The Craft meets Suspiria in the bewitching Coven, set to spellbind audiences on DVD and Digital this summer.
Five undergrad witches come together in order to perform a ritual to invoke the ancient powers of the witch Ashura. The leader of the coven gets carried away and accidentally kills one of the witches during the ritual. She needs the strength of a complete coven to invoke Ashura’s powers and...
Exclusive Clip from Coven: "The Craft meets Suspiria in the bewitching Coven, set to spellbind audiences on DVD and Digital this summer.
Five undergrad witches come together in order to perform a ritual to invoke the ancient powers of the witch Ashura. The leader of the coven gets carried away and accidentally kills one of the witches during the ritual. She needs the strength of a complete coven to invoke Ashura’s powers and...
- 6/26/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Rising comedian Charles Gould stars.
Dark Sky Films today has acquired all North American rights to horror comedy It Cuts Deeps and parent company Mpi Media Group has begun talks with buyers at the virtual Cannes market.
The film stars rising comedian Charles Gould. Gould is an LA-based stand-up comedian who was named a “Comic To Watch” by Comedy Central and was most recently named a “New Face of Comedy” at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal.
The 88/90 Production in association with BullMoose Pictures stars rising comedian Charles Gould as a man terrified of marriage who gets jealous...
Dark Sky Films today has acquired all North American rights to horror comedy It Cuts Deeps and parent company Mpi Media Group has begun talks with buyers at the virtual Cannes market.
The film stars rising comedian Charles Gould. Gould is an LA-based stand-up comedian who was named a “Comic To Watch” by Comedy Central and was most recently named a “New Face of Comedy” at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal.
The 88/90 Production in association with BullMoose Pictures stars rising comedian Charles Gould as a man terrified of marriage who gets jealous...
- 6/24/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Rising comedian Charles Gould stars.
Dark Sky Films today has acquired all North American rights to horror comedy It Cuts Deeps and parent company Mpi Media Group has begun talks with buyers at the virtual Cannes market.
The film stars rising comedian Charles Gould. Gould is an LA-based stand-up comedian who was named a “Comic To Watch” by Comedy Central and was most recently named a “New Face of Comedy” at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal.
The 88/90 Production in association with BullMoose Pictures stars rising comedian Charles Gould as a man terrified of marriage who gets jealous...
Dark Sky Films today has acquired all North American rights to horror comedy It Cuts Deeps and parent company Mpi Media Group has begun talks with buyers at the virtual Cannes market.
The film stars rising comedian Charles Gould. Gould is an LA-based stand-up comedian who was named a “Comic To Watch” by Comedy Central and was most recently named a “New Face of Comedy” at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal.
The 88/90 Production in association with BullMoose Pictures stars rising comedian Charles Gould as a man terrified of marriage who gets jealous...
- 6/24/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Dark Sky Films plans late 2020 release in Us.
Dark Sky Films has acquired all Us rights to supernatural horror Hosts, which Mpi Media Group will introduce to buyers at the Cannes virtual market next week.
The Odin’s Light and Dark Fable Media co-production centres on a couple who unwittingly become possessed by a malicious entity on Christmas Eve and terrorise a family throughout the night.
The demonic possessions mark the onset of a global pandemic of possession that runs loved ones against each other.
Samantha Loxley, Neal Ward, Nadia Lamin, Frank Jakeman (Game Of Thrones), and Lee Hunter (Vikings) star.
Dark Sky Films has acquired all Us rights to supernatural horror Hosts, which Mpi Media Group will introduce to buyers at the Cannes virtual market next week.
The Odin’s Light and Dark Fable Media co-production centres on a couple who unwittingly become possessed by a malicious entity on Christmas Eve and terrorise a family throughout the night.
The demonic possessions mark the onset of a global pandemic of possession that runs loved ones against each other.
Samantha Loxley, Neal Ward, Nadia Lamin, Frank Jakeman (Game Of Thrones), and Lee Hunter (Vikings) star.
- 6/16/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Dark Sky Films plans late 2020 release in Us.
Dark Sky Films has acquired all Us rights to supernatural horror Hosts, which Mpi Media Group will introduce to buyers at the Cannes virtual market next week.
The Odin’s Light and Dark Fable Media co-production centres on a couple who unwittingly become possessed by a malicious entity on Christmas Eve and terrorise a family throughout the night.
The demonic possessions mark the onset of a global pandemic of possession that runs loved ones against each other.
Samantha Loxley, Neal Ward, Nadia Lamin, Frank Jakeman (Game Of Thrones), and Lee Hunter (Vikings) star.
Dark Sky Films has acquired all Us rights to supernatural horror Hosts, which Mpi Media Group will introduce to buyers at the Cannes virtual market next week.
The Odin’s Light and Dark Fable Media co-production centres on a couple who unwittingly become possessed by a malicious entity on Christmas Eve and terrorise a family throughout the night.
The demonic possessions mark the onset of a global pandemic of possession that runs loved ones against each other.
Samantha Loxley, Neal Ward, Nadia Lamin, Frank Jakeman (Game Of Thrones), and Lee Hunter (Vikings) star.
- 6/16/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
We're back with another edition of Horror Highlights! In today's installment, we have news of Dark Sky acquiring Before the Fire, details on the digital edition of the Etheria Film Festival, a look at the trailer for Two Heads Creek, and details on the We Summon the Darkness soundtrack release:
Dark Sky Films Acquires Before The Fire: "Dark Sky Films today announced it has acquired all North American distribution rights to the timely new pandemic thriller Before The Fire, the debut feature from director Charlie Buhler and written by and starring Jenna Lyng Adams of The Kominsky Method.
Nicola Goelzhaeuser, Mpi/Dark Sky's VP of Sales & Acquisitions, negotiated the deal for the Madfire Picturesproduction with John W. Bosher and Chris Charles of Throughline Films and Michelle Chang of Ramo Law on behalf of the filmmakers, including producer Kristen Murtha. Dark Sky plans to release the film in theaters and...
Dark Sky Films Acquires Before The Fire: "Dark Sky Films today announced it has acquired all North American distribution rights to the timely new pandemic thriller Before The Fire, the debut feature from director Charlie Buhler and written by and starring Jenna Lyng Adams of The Kominsky Method.
Nicola Goelzhaeuser, Mpi/Dark Sky's VP of Sales & Acquisitions, negotiated the deal for the Madfire Picturesproduction with John W. Bosher and Chris Charles of Throughline Films and Michelle Chang of Ramo Law on behalf of the filmmakers, including producer Kristen Murtha. Dark Sky plans to release the film in theaters and...
- 5/27/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Cabin-in-the-woods story Josh Ruben, Aya Cash, Chris Redd.
Chicago-based Mpi Media Group has boarded international sales on Sundance Midnight selection Scare Me and is launching talks with buyers immediately.
Josh Ruben stars in his feature debut alongside Aya Cash and Chris Redd (SNL) in the story of two strangers caught in a power outage who start to tell each other scary stories.
The more Fred, a copywriter trying to write his first novel, and successful young horror author Fanny, commit to their tales, the more the stories come to life in the remote Catskills cabin. Ultimately Fred must confront his...
Chicago-based Mpi Media Group has boarded international sales on Sundance Midnight selection Scare Me and is launching talks with buyers immediately.
Josh Ruben stars in his feature debut alongside Aya Cash and Chris Redd (SNL) in the story of two strangers caught in a power outage who start to tell each other scary stories.
The more Fred, a copywriter trying to write his first novel, and successful young horror author Fanny, commit to their tales, the more the stories come to life in the remote Catskills cabin. Ultimately Fred must confront his...
- 4/23/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Genre fantasy in style of The Witch, The Wind, We Are What We Are.
Heading into Afm Toronto-based genre label Raven Banner Entertainment has brokered a deal with Mpi Media Group for Colombian fantasy western Luz: The Flower Of Evil.
Mpi Media Group will distribute in the Us, and its Dark Sky Films label will handle international sales at the market in Santa Monica next week. Raven Banner will distribute the film in Canada.
Described as being in the style of The Witch, The Wind and We Are What We Are, Luz: The Flower Of Evil tells the story of...
Heading into Afm Toronto-based genre label Raven Banner Entertainment has brokered a deal with Mpi Media Group for Colombian fantasy western Luz: The Flower Of Evil.
Mpi Media Group will distribute in the Us, and its Dark Sky Films label will handle international sales at the market in Santa Monica next week. Raven Banner will distribute the film in Canada.
Described as being in the style of The Witch, The Wind and We Are What We Are, Luz: The Flower Of Evil tells the story of...
- 10/30/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Dark Sky Films has acquired U.S. rights to the festival circuit hit horror thriller 1Br.
The feature debut of writer-director David Marmor will also make its market debut at this year’s American Film Market, with Mpi Media Group's Nicola Goelzhaeuser handling worldwide sales of the film.
Described by the filmmakers as a "stirring, unsettling shocker rooted in everyday reality," 1Br follow Sarah (played by The Affair's Nicole Brydon Bloom) ) who, after leaving behind a painful past, scores the perfect Hollywood one-bedroom apartment, only to discover that her surprisingly welcoming neighbors may harbor a sinister ...
The feature debut of writer-director David Marmor will also make its market debut at this year’s American Film Market, with Mpi Media Group's Nicola Goelzhaeuser handling worldwide sales of the film.
Described by the filmmakers as a "stirring, unsettling shocker rooted in everyday reality," 1Br follow Sarah (played by The Affair's Nicole Brydon Bloom) ) who, after leaving behind a painful past, scores the perfect Hollywood one-bedroom apartment, only to discover that her surprisingly welcoming neighbors may harbor a sinister ...
- 10/25/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dark Sky Films has acquired U.S. rights to the festival circuit hit horror thriller 1Br.
The feature debut of writer-director David Marmor will also make its market debut at this year’s American Film Market, with Mpi Media Group's Nicola Goelzhaeuser handling worldwide sales of the film.
Described by the filmmakers as a "stirring, unsettling shocker rooted in everyday reality," 1Br follow Sarah (played by The Affair's Nicole Brydon Bloom) ) who, after leaving behind a painful past, scores the perfect Hollywood one-bedroom apartment, only to discover that her surprisingly welcoming neighbors may harbor a sinister ...
The feature debut of writer-director David Marmor will also make its market debut at this year’s American Film Market, with Mpi Media Group's Nicola Goelzhaeuser handling worldwide sales of the film.
Described by the filmmakers as a "stirring, unsettling shocker rooted in everyday reality," 1Br follow Sarah (played by The Affair's Nicole Brydon Bloom) ) who, after leaving behind a painful past, scores the perfect Hollywood one-bedroom apartment, only to discover that her surprisingly welcoming neighbors may harbor a sinister ...
- 10/25/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: Crazy Rich Asians and Glee star Harry Shum Jr. leads cast with Chris Sullivan (This Is Us) in movie thriller Broadcast Signal Intrusion, which is now shooting in Chicago.
Jacob Gentry (Synchronicity) directs the feature which is inspired by real broadcast interruptions that occurred in the Windy City in the late 1980s.
Shum Jr., also known for his role in Disney-ABC’s Shadowhunters, will play a video archivist who comes across a surreal and disturbing clip of what appears to be an imprisoned android. He believes it’s the product of broadcast signal hacking, but his discovery takes a sinister turn when he tracks down similar broadcast intrusions.
Greg Newman, Nicola Goelzhaeuser, Giles Edwards and Brett Hays are producing for UK and U.S.-based genre firm Queensbury Pictures. Shum Jr. is an executive producer. Writers are Brit duo Tim Woodall and Phil Drinkwater who submitted the screenplay through New Blood,...
Jacob Gentry (Synchronicity) directs the feature which is inspired by real broadcast interruptions that occurred in the Windy City in the late 1980s.
Shum Jr., also known for his role in Disney-ABC’s Shadowhunters, will play a video archivist who comes across a surreal and disturbing clip of what appears to be an imprisoned android. He believes it’s the product of broadcast signal hacking, but his discovery takes a sinister turn when he tracks down similar broadcast intrusions.
Greg Newman, Nicola Goelzhaeuser, Giles Edwards and Brett Hays are producing for UK and U.S.-based genre firm Queensbury Pictures. Shum Jr. is an executive producer. Writers are Brit duo Tim Woodall and Phil Drinkwater who submitted the screenplay through New Blood,...
- 10/18/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The recently launched production company, Queensbury Pictures, today announced the production wrap of Girl On The Third Floor, the writing and directing debut of producer Travis Stevens and starring pop culture staple and former WWE superstar, Phil Brooks (aka Cm Punk).
Shooting has wrapped in the Chicago suburb of Frankfort, Illinois – in a house that has long been considered by local residents to be haunted.
A name consistently in the news and synonymous with pop culture, mixed martial artist and comic book writer Phil Brooks is best known for his record setting career in the WWE under the name Cm Punk. Brooks has a recurring role in Marc Maron’s IFC comedy series Maron and will appear in the remake of David Cronenberg’s Rabid. Girl On The Third Floor marks his first leading role.
“I’m thrilled to have had the opportunity to take on the lead role in Girl On The Third Floor,...
Shooting has wrapped in the Chicago suburb of Frankfort, Illinois – in a house that has long been considered by local residents to be haunted.
A name consistently in the news and synonymous with pop culture, mixed martial artist and comic book writer Phil Brooks is best known for his record setting career in the WWE under the name Cm Punk. Brooks has a recurring role in Marc Maron’s IFC comedy series Maron and will appear in the remake of David Cronenberg’s Rabid. Girl On The Third Floor marks his first leading role.
“I’m thrilled to have had the opportunity to take on the lead role in Girl On The Third Floor,...
- 9/20/2018
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
The Dark, the zombie debut from Justin Lange, is getting a U.S. release after Mpi Media Group’s genre film label Dark Sky Films picked up the rights. The deal, negotiated in between Nicola Goelzhaeuser, Mpi Media Group’s VP of international sales and Xyz Films’ director of sales and acquisitions Pip Ngo, will see it get a release this fall. The Dark, which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, puts a new spin on the zombie genre when an undead teenage girl befriends a blind boy that she meets in a forest she haunts and hunts in. Both have been victims of abuse, and each finds solace in the other. It stars The Sinner’s Nadia Alexander and Trumbo’s Toby Nichols. Goelzhaeuser said, “Since its festival premiere, there has been a great buzz about The Dark. We’re thrilled to be able to bring the film to U.
- 5/10/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Dead Night, What Keeps You Alive also receive market premieres.
Mpi Media Group arrives in Berlin with Await Further Instructions from the director of The Disappeared, and Dead Night, from the producers of John Dies At The End.
The company said recently announced What Keeps You Alive starring Hannah Emily Anderson from Jigsaw will also receive its market premiere at the Efm.
Johnny Kevorkian directs Await Further Instructions, which stars David Bradley, Sam Gittins, Neerja Naik, Grant Masters, Abigail Cruttenden, and Holly Weston.
The story takes place on Christmas Day as a family awakens to discover a mysterious black substance covering their house. Bewilderment turns into terror and in-fighting as they turn on the television and read a message that tells them to stay indoors and await further instructions.
Dead Night from director Brad Baruh stars Barbara Crampton, Aj Bowen, Brea Grant and was an official selection at Fantastic Fest 2017.
An idyllic weekend vacation at a secluded...
Mpi Media Group arrives in Berlin with Await Further Instructions from the director of The Disappeared, and Dead Night, from the producers of John Dies At The End.
The company said recently announced What Keeps You Alive starring Hannah Emily Anderson from Jigsaw will also receive its market premiere at the Efm.
Johnny Kevorkian directs Await Further Instructions, which stars David Bradley, Sam Gittins, Neerja Naik, Grant Masters, Abigail Cruttenden, and Holly Weston.
The story takes place on Christmas Day as a family awakens to discover a mysterious black substance covering their house. Bewilderment turns into terror and in-fighting as they turn on the television and read a message that tells them to stay indoors and await further instructions.
Dead Night from director Brad Baruh stars Barbara Crampton, Aj Bowen, Brea Grant and was an official selection at Fantastic Fest 2017.
An idyllic weekend vacation at a secluded...
- 2/14/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
As scary as a cabin in the woods can be, one of the most disturbing backdrops for a film can be the college culture, where horrors that are all too real sometimes take place. Such is the case in Natalie Leite’s M.F.A., which made its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival (read Heather's review here) and has now been acquired for Us distribution by Dark Sky Films.
Press Release: New York, NY (June 8, 2017) - Mpi Media Group announced today that it has acquired all rights in the U.S. to M.F.A., a critically acclaimed powerful thriller starring Francesca Eastwood in a stand out role. The film, from female director and female screenwriter, takes on the searing current issue of sexual violence on campus. M.F.A will be released domestically this fall under the company's Dark Sky Films banner.
The distribution agreement was negotiated by Nicola Goelzhaeuser, Mpi's...
Press Release: New York, NY (June 8, 2017) - Mpi Media Group announced today that it has acquired all rights in the U.S. to M.F.A., a critically acclaimed powerful thriller starring Francesca Eastwood in a stand out role. The film, from female director and female screenwriter, takes on the searing current issue of sexual violence on campus. M.F.A will be released domestically this fall under the company's Dark Sky Films banner.
The distribution agreement was negotiated by Nicola Goelzhaeuser, Mpi's...
- 6/8/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
SXSW premiere to debut in autumn.
Mpi Media Group has picked up all Us rights from Visit Films to M.F.A. starring Francesca Eastwood and will distribute through its Dark Sky Films label.
Natalia Leite directed the drama about sexual violence on campus from a debut screenplay by Leah McKendrick.
M.F.A. stars Eastwood as art student Noelle who is sexually assaulted by a classmate and confronts her attacker, leading to an altercation that results in his accidental death.
When Noelle discovers she is one of many sexual assault survivors on campus, she takes justice into her hands and becomes a vigilante.
McKendrick and Clifton Collins Jr. also star in the film, which premiered earlier this year at SXSW and will open through Dark Sky this autumn.
Mpi’s Nicola Goelzhaeuser brokered the deal with Visit Films president Ryan Kampe.
“M.F.A. is a bold new film in which Francesca Eastwood gives an absolute break-out performance,” Dark Sky executive...
Mpi Media Group has picked up all Us rights from Visit Films to M.F.A. starring Francesca Eastwood and will distribute through its Dark Sky Films label.
Natalia Leite directed the drama about sexual violence on campus from a debut screenplay by Leah McKendrick.
M.F.A. stars Eastwood as art student Noelle who is sexually assaulted by a classmate and confronts her attacker, leading to an altercation that results in his accidental death.
When Noelle discovers she is one of many sexual assault survivors on campus, she takes justice into her hands and becomes a vigilante.
McKendrick and Clifton Collins Jr. also star in the film, which premiered earlier this year at SXSW and will open through Dark Sky this autumn.
Mpi’s Nicola Goelzhaeuser brokered the deal with Visit Films president Ryan Kampe.
“M.F.A. is a bold new film in which Francesca Eastwood gives an absolute break-out performance,” Dark Sky executive...
- 6/8/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Bitch has been acquired by Mpi Media Group and Dark Sky Films, with a Us release planned for later this year.
Press Release: New York (May 9, 2017) - Mpi Media Group announced today that it has acquired multi-territory rights to Bitch, a dark and unsettling dramedy from writer-director Marianna Palka, who also stars alongside Jason Ritter. The film, which premiered to critical raves at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, is one of the boldest in the growing body of work by new female directors. Mpi Media Group will be handling international territory sales of the film in Cannes and will release Bitch domestically under the company's Dark Sky Films banner later this year.
The distribution agreement was negotiated by Nicola Goelzhaeuser, VP of Digital and International Sales at Mpi along with Giles Edwards, Mpi's Head of Acquisitions and Development, Mpi Europe and
Peter Van Steemburg...
Press Release: New York (May 9, 2017) - Mpi Media Group announced today that it has acquired multi-territory rights to Bitch, a dark and unsettling dramedy from writer-director Marianna Palka, who also stars alongside Jason Ritter. The film, which premiered to critical raves at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, is one of the boldest in the growing body of work by new female directors. Mpi Media Group will be handling international territory sales of the film in Cannes and will release Bitch domestically under the company's Dark Sky Films banner later this year.
The distribution agreement was negotiated by Nicola Goelzhaeuser, VP of Digital and International Sales at Mpi along with Giles Edwards, Mpi's Head of Acquisitions and Development, Mpi Europe and
Peter Van Steemburg...
- 5/9/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Elijah Wood produced Sundance Midnight selection.
Mpi Media Group has acquired Us distribution rights and international sales excluding Latin America and the Middle East to MarVista Entertainment and Company X’s Sundance selection Bitch.
Marianna Palka directed and stars alongside Jason Ritter in the story of a downtrodden wife and mother who adopts the psyche of a vicious dog. Elijah Wood served as producer.
Mpi Media Group will distribute in the Us through its Dark Sky Films label.
MarVista Entertainment retains rights to Latin America and the Middle East.
“Dark Sky Films continues its commitment to supporting the work of female directors, and Marianna Palka’s new film is a brave, uncompromising statement from one of the movement’s newest leading voices,” Mpi Media Group’s vice-president of digital and international sales Nicola Goelzhaeuser said.
“Bitch is a totally unique take on a domestic breakdown – intimate, disturbing, tender and incredibly funny,” Wood said. “If...
Mpi Media Group has acquired Us distribution rights and international sales excluding Latin America and the Middle East to MarVista Entertainment and Company X’s Sundance selection Bitch.
Marianna Palka directed and stars alongside Jason Ritter in the story of a downtrodden wife and mother who adopts the psyche of a vicious dog. Elijah Wood served as producer.
Mpi Media Group will distribute in the Us through its Dark Sky Films label.
MarVista Entertainment retains rights to Latin America and the Middle East.
“Dark Sky Films continues its commitment to supporting the work of female directors, and Marianna Palka’s new film is a brave, uncompromising statement from one of the movement’s newest leading voices,” Mpi Media Group’s vice-president of digital and international sales Nicola Goelzhaeuser said.
“Bitch is a totally unique take on a domestic breakdown – intimate, disturbing, tender and incredibly funny,” Wood said. “If...
- 5/9/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sales outfit also has two documentaries on its Efm slate.
Mpi Media Group has commenced talks with buyers in Berlin on its new slate led by awards-winning zombie thriller It Stains The Sands Red from The Vicious Brothers and two documentaries.
Colin Minihan directed Sitges 2016 Midnight X-Treme winner It Stains The Sands Red and co-wrote with his Vicious Brothers associate and Grave Encounters co-director Stuart Ortiz.
Brittany Allen stars in the post-apocalyptic tale as a troubled woman from Las Vegas who flees across the desert from a relentless zombie. Juan Riedinger also stars.
Mpi will screen two documentaries. Meat explores the lives and practices of four compassionate food producers including TV and YouTube star Josh James, known as ‘The Kiwi Bushman’. David White directed.
Paul Oremland’s 100 Men follows the director on a personal quest as he chronicles changing attitudes towards homosexuality over four decades and tracks down some of the memorable men he has met...
Mpi Media Group has commenced talks with buyers in Berlin on its new slate led by awards-winning zombie thriller It Stains The Sands Red from The Vicious Brothers and two documentaries.
Colin Minihan directed Sitges 2016 Midnight X-Treme winner It Stains The Sands Red and co-wrote with his Vicious Brothers associate and Grave Encounters co-director Stuart Ortiz.
Brittany Allen stars in the post-apocalyptic tale as a troubled woman from Las Vegas who flees across the desert from a relentless zombie. Juan Riedinger also stars.
Mpi will screen two documentaries. Meat explores the lives and practices of four compassionate food producers including TV and YouTube star Josh James, known as ‘The Kiwi Bushman’. David White directed.
Paul Oremland’s 100 Men follows the director on a personal quest as he chronicles changing attitudes towards homosexuality over four decades and tracks down some of the memorable men he has met...
- 2/11/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Raven Banner has picked up Canadian rights from Dark Sky Films/Mpi to a trio of genre titles.
The deal covers SXSW Midnighter’s Late Phases directed by Adrian Garcia Bogliano, Starry Eyes from directors Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer and producer Travis Stevens and Conor McMahon’s Fantastic Fest premiere From The Dark (pictured).
“It’s always a real joy to be working with like-minded genre enthusiasts like Dark Sky/Mpi and their filmmaking partners,” said managing partner Michael Paszt. “We’re excited to be joining forces with them to bring these unique films to Canadian audiences.”
Paszt and James Fler of Raven Banner brokered the deal with Mpi vice-president of sales Nicola Goelzhaeuser.
The deal covers SXSW Midnighter’s Late Phases directed by Adrian Garcia Bogliano, Starry Eyes from directors Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer and producer Travis Stevens and Conor McMahon’s Fantastic Fest premiere From The Dark (pictured).
“It’s always a real joy to be working with like-minded genre enthusiasts like Dark Sky/Mpi and their filmmaking partners,” said managing partner Michael Paszt. “We’re excited to be joining forces with them to bring these unique films to Canadian audiences.”
Paszt and James Fler of Raven Banner brokered the deal with Mpi vice-president of sales Nicola Goelzhaeuser.
- 11/8/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes a new clip from Preservation, release details for Lfo, App, the first photo from Altergeist, an interview with Felissa Rose, and much more:
First Clip from Preservation: “Actor Christopher Denham takes his second turn in the director’s chair with this finely crafted horror-thriller starring Pablo Schreiber (The Wire, Orange is the New Black), Aaron Staton (Mad Men), and Wrenn Schmidt (Boardwalk Empire). Brothers Sean and Mike Neary, along with Mike’s wife Wit, head out on a hunting trip that doubles as a distraction from their troubles at home. But ignoring the “closed” sign and heading deep into an overgrown nature preserve, they soon find their troubles are only beginning. When all of their gear is stolen, they immediately turn on each other. But the hunted...
First Clip from Preservation: “Actor Christopher Denham takes his second turn in the director’s chair with this finely crafted horror-thriller starring Pablo Schreiber (The Wire, Orange is the New Black), Aaron Staton (Mad Men), and Wrenn Schmidt (Boardwalk Empire). Brothers Sean and Mike Neary, along with Mike’s wife Wit, head out on a hunting trip that doubles as a distraction from their troubles at home. But ignoring the “closed” sign and heading deep into an overgrown nature preserve, they soon find their troubles are only beginning. When all of their gear is stolen, they immediately turn on each other. But the hunted...
- 4/20/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Omg! Breaking news! Omfg, Mpi and Dsf (Dark Sky Films) have secured rights for Lfo! Wtf? Lol! Okay, enough with the Internet shorthand. We just couldn't help ourselves. Read on for all the details you need. G2G! Ttys! Rotflmao!
From the Press Release
Mpi Media Group today announced it has acquired all U.S. distribution and international sales rights to Lfo, a new science fiction thriller from Sweden. A fall 2014 theatrical release is anticipated for the film, which will be released under Mpi's Dark Sky Films banner.
The deal was negotiated by Nicola Goelzhaeuser, VP Television, Digital and International Sales for Mpi, and Alexander Brøndsted, Producer and President of PingPongFilm. In addition to Mpi's acquisition of the project, SpectreVision, the genre film production company founded by Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah and Josh C. Waller, has come on board to present Lfo, with the trio serving as executive producers.
Writer-director...
From the Press Release
Mpi Media Group today announced it has acquired all U.S. distribution and international sales rights to Lfo, a new science fiction thriller from Sweden. A fall 2014 theatrical release is anticipated for the film, which will be released under Mpi's Dark Sky Films banner.
The deal was negotiated by Nicola Goelzhaeuser, VP Television, Digital and International Sales for Mpi, and Alexander Brøndsted, Producer and President of PingPongFilm. In addition to Mpi's acquisition of the project, SpectreVision, the genre film production company founded by Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah and Josh C. Waller, has come on board to present Lfo, with the trio serving as executive producers.
Writer-director...
- 4/17/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
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