IFC Midnight to Distribute 'Kill List'
If you didn't make it to SXSW this year, here's a reason not to sweat it... Unlike a number of well-regarded horror films that played the festival in recent years, Kill List will soon be making its way to your home. The much talked about indie has just been picked up by IFC Midnight. More after the jump.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film from director Ben Wheatley (pictured above with his cast), "IFC Midnight has acquired North American rights to Ben Wheatley's SXFantastic horror entry Kill List."
"Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley and MyAnna Buring star in the story of a psychologically damaged ex-soldier who takes on a new assignment as a contract killer and descends into paranoia. The film had its raucous world premiere (complete with beer shotgunning contest) Saturday at midnight at the Alamo Lamar and played again at the Alamo Ritz on Sunday night. Magnolia Pictures was also in the mix in trying to pick up the film.
"The WME-repped Wheatley, whose Down Terrace won best feature at the Austin-based Fantastic Fest in 2009 and was released by Magnolia's Magnet Releasing last year, wrote the script with Amy Jump. Claire Jones and Andy Starke produced; Barry Ryan co-produced for Warp X.
"Our team was blown away by Kill List," said Sundance Selects/IFC Films president Jonathan Sehring. "It is a relentless, stylish, brilliantly directed journey into darkness that confirms Ben Wheatley as a major director. This is a film that is destined to be discussed for years and we are honored to begin the conversation with audiences across the country."
IFC Midnight will also release director James Gunn's Super and The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence).
