W2 GETS INTO “THEATRE BIZARRE”
W2 Media To Co-Finance and Distribute Sequel To Horror Anthology “The Theatre Bizarre”
Los Angeles, CA – November 4, 2011 – W2 Media, the Los Angeles and Vancouver based film distribution, financing and international sales company, announced today that it will co-finance and distribute THE THEATRE BIZARRE 2 – the sequel to Severin Films and Mataluna Productions’ gripping horror anthology THE THEATRE BIZARRE, executive produced by Daryl J. Tucker. The announcement was made by W2 Media CEO John Flock.
W2 Media is releasing THE THEATRE BIZARRE theatrically in the U.S. in January 2012 and plans to release the sequel in January 2013. W2 Media is also handling worldwide sales for both films.
Severin Films and France’s Metaluna Productions co-produced the original THE THEATRE BIZARRE, a modern horror anthology inspired by the over-the-top shocks of Paris’ early 20th century ‘Theatre du Grand Guignol,’ featuring films by directors Douglas Buck, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Jeremy Kasten, Tom Savini & Richard Stanley.
The film’s original producing team will also produce the sequel.
Generating major buzz throughout the horror festival circuit and even causing audience members to pass out during screenings, THE THEATRE BIZARRE is comprised of seven separate and disturbing chapters from seven cutting-edge genre directors enlisted from around the world and granted total creative freedom.
The deal for THEATRE BIZARRE 2 comes on the heals of W2 Media’s recently announced deal to co-finance and handle international sales for THE DRUMMER starring Aaron Eckhart.
About THE THEATRE BIZARRE
Down a seedy city street, a young woman is obsessed with what appears to be a long abandoned theater. One night, she sees the front door slightly ajar and impulsively decides to sneak inside. But there in the vast, eerie auditorium, a show unlike any other unfolds before her eyes. Its host is an odd marionette-like man (Udo Kier) who will introduce her to six tales of the truly bizarre:
● A couple traveling in a remote part of the French Pyrenees crosses paths with a lustful witch
● A paranoid lover faces the wrath of a partner who has pushed her to the limit
● The Freudian dreams of an unfaithful husband blur the lines between fantasy and reality
● The horrors of the real world are interpreted through the mind of a child
● A woman addicted to other people’s memories gets her fix through the fluid of her victims’ eyeballs
● And a perverse obsession with sweets turns sour for a couple in too deep.
About W2 Media
W2 Media is a motion picture distribution company operating out of Los Angeles and Vancouver that acquires both completed films and film packages for domestic, international and/or worldwide distribution.
Through its affiliate, W2 Entertainment Finance, W2 finances tax credits and other production incentives, provides cash flow against domestic and international pre-sale contracts, funds print and advertising expenses for studio and independent releases, and arranges gap financing on quality feature projects in the $2 million to $25 million budget range.
W2 Media’s most recent acquisitions for theatrical release are the British coming of age comedy/drama “Toast,” which is in theaters nationwide now, and the ensemble comedy “Pete Smalls is Dead.”
“Toast” is an adaptation of UK food writer Nigel Slater’s best selling memoirs of his childhood, starring Helena Bonham Carter, Ken Stott, Victoria Hamilton, Freddie Highmore and Oscar Kennedy. The film is directed by SJ Clarkson (“Bad Girls,” “Heroes”) and produced by Faye Ward (“The Other Boleyn Girl,” “Tamara Drewe”) for Ruby Film & Television.
Set for U.S. theatrical release on November 11, “Pete Smalls is Dead” stars Peter Dinklage, Tim Roth, Seymour Cassell, Rosie Perez, Steve Buscemi and Mark Boone Jr. and is directed by Alexandre Rockwell. Rockwell also wrote and produced the film with Brandon Cole. Producing alongside Rockwell and Cole were Floyd Byars, Paul Hudson, Dan Kreston, Jen Li and Sean-Michael Smith.
About Metaluna Productions
Metaluna Productions is a Paris-based production company specializing in features (DYING GOD), shorts (DOLOROSA, INSANITY) and documentaries (“MARVEL 14: SUPER HEROES VS CENSORSHIP). The company has several films in development, including MANDRAGORE, TOUTES LES NUITS, and Douglas Buck’s THE BROKEN IMAGO.
About Severin Films
Severin Films, founded by Carl Daft, David Gregory and John Cregan in 2006 with offices in Los Angeles and London, has been called “well on its way to becoming the greatest indie label of all time” by BlogCritics.org. Their DVD and Blu-ray releases include Alejandro Jodorowsky’s SANTA SANGRE, the unrated Director’s Cut of Just Jaeckin’s GWENDOLINE, Richard Stanley’s restored HARDWARE, Enzo Castellari’s original INGLORIOUS BASTARDS, Oscar®-nominee Patrice Leconte’s THE HAIRDRESSER’S HUSBAND, horror classics PSYCHOMANIA and HORROR EXPRESS, Roman Polanski’s WHAT? and the 2010 midnight movie sensation BIRDEMIC – SHOCK & TERROR.
Hurray for Udo Kier! He's the coolest..