There are those of us who’ve been waiting a long time for the chance to see director Joe Lynch’s (Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, Chillerama, Holliston) Knights of Badassdom and now it looks like we fill finally get our chance. Entertainment One has acquired the North American distribution rights to the film and plan a theatrical and VOD run, read on for more details.
According to Deadline, Entertainment One has acquired North American distribution rights to the long-in-the-can film Knights Of Badassdom, which stars Game Of Thrones‘ Peter Dinklage, Ryan Kwanten, Steve Zahn and Summer Glau. The indie fantasy comedy revolves around a group of live-action role players who mistakenly conjure up a demon from Hell and must deal with the consequences. EOne plans a day-and-date U.S. release in theaters and on VOD. The Joe Lynch-directed pic, written by Kevin Dreyfuss and Matt Wall, hit Comic-Con with its geek-cred cast in 2011 (Community‘s Danny Pudi, Revenge‘s Margarita Levieva and Josh Molina also co-star). Dreyfuss, Wall and IndieVest Pictures’ Mark Burton produced. Daniel J. Heffner, Ketura Krestin, Rizwan Virk, Rich Cowan and Mike Elizalde executive produced.
All I have to say is woohoo for this great news. Keep it here at Horror Society for the latest on the film.
Watch the trailer here,