IFC Midnight acquires Eli Roth-produced "The Stranger"January 22, 2015 - 13:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - IFC Midnight announced the acquisition of the U.S. rights to “Eli Roth Presents ‘The Stranger,'” which premiered at the 2014 Fantastic Fest, TheWrap reports. Guillermo Amoedo wrote and directed the violent genre film, which centers around a mysterious man who travels to a small Canadian town looking for his wife and instead finds a bloodbath. Lorenza Izzo, Aaron Burns, Ariel Levy, Nicolás Durán, Cristobal Tapia-Mont and Louis Gniecho star in “The Stranger,” which was produced by Miguel Asensio, Nicolás López and Eli Roth and executive produced by Cassian Elwes. Sean Berney, manager of acquisitions from Sundance Selects/IFC Films negotiated the deal for the film, with CAA and Elwes representing the filmmakers. “I’m incredibly proud of my ‘Knock Knock’ / ‘Green Inferno’ / ‘Aftershock’ co-writer Guillermo Amoedo’s directing debut,” Roth said in a statement. “Guillermo made a very beautiful, haunting, and creepy film that was stunningly photographed in Chile. It’s a gem of a movie, one that needs special handling, and we could not be in better hands than IFC Midnight. They’ve been releasing incredibly smart, well done unique genre movies and we’re proud to be part of their label.” “I think the film will really surprise people, with superb performances across the board, especially from newcomer Nicolas Duran, who I believe could get real critical recognition from his breakthrough performance,” he added. IFC Midnight, a sister label to IFC Films and Sundance Selects, specializes in distributing horror, science-fiction, thrillers and other genre entertainment, including films like “The Babadook” and “The Human Centipede.” IFC Midnight is owned and operated by AMC Networks Inc. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |