IFC Midnight has endeared itself to many a genre fan by acquiring films like Super and The Human Centipede for distribution. And now IFC's cool little sister has picked up Rites of Spring, writer-director Padraig Reynolds' thriller, which made a splash at this year's Screamfest. More after the break. The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop on the Rites of Spring deal... "A.J. Bowen, Anessa Ramsey, Sonny Marinelli, Katherine Randolf, Marco St. John, Hannah Bryan, Sarah Pachelli, James Bartz, Shanna Forestall, Skylar Burke and Andrew Breland star in the story of kidnappers whose hideout in an abandoned school is attacked by a mysterious creature. Wes Benton and Eric Thompson produced the film; Bobby...
- 12/16/2011
- FEARnet
IFC Midnight has acquired U.S. rights to the thriller "Rites of Spring," directed and written by Padraig Reynolds.The genre bending film concerns a group of kidnappers whose plans are thwarted when they encounter a mysterious creature in their hideout. No release date has been announced of yet. Full release below: IFC Midnight Takes U.S. Right To Padraig Reynolds’ Rites Of Spring New York, NY (December 15, 2011)– IFC Midnight announced today that the company is acquiring U.S. rights to director Padraig Reynolds’ thriller Rites Of Spring. The film, with a screenplay also by Reynolds, stars A.J. Bowen, Anessa Ramsey, Sonny Marinelli, Katherine Randolf, Marco St. John, Hannah Bryan, Sarah Pachelli, James Bartz, Shanna Forestall, Skylar Burke, and Andrew Breland. Bobby Benton and John Norris served as executive producers while Wes Benton and Eric Thompson produced. In Rites Of Spring, a group of kidnappers abduct the daughter of a.
- 12/15/2011
- Indiewire
IFC Midnight has acquired U.S. rights to writer-director Padraig Reynolds’ thriller Rites of Spring. A.J. Bowen, Anessa Ramsey, Sonny Marinelli, Katherine Randolf, Marco St. John, Hannah Bryan, Sarah Pachelli, James Bartz, Shanna Forestall, Skylar Burke and Andrew Breland star in the story of kidnappers whose hideout in an abandoned school is attacked by a mysterious creature. Wes Benton and Eric Thompson produced the film; Bobby Benton and John Norris served as executive producers. "We're thrilled to be working with Padraig Reynolds on his immensely entertaining, genre-bending thriller," said Sundance Selects/IFC Films president Jonathan Sehring. "He's a
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- 12/15/2011
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With the 11th annual and venerated Screamfest La Film Festival running this Friday, October 14th through Saturday, October 22nd at Manns Chinese 6 in Hollywood, CA, we chatted yesterday with the director of one of the fest's selections, the feature Rites of Spring, and got the skinny on the slasher/hybrid, which is set for its world premiere on Saturday, October 22nd, at 12:00 noon.
Produced by Wes Benton, Bobby Benton, John Norris and Eric Thompson and written and directed by Padraig Reynolds, Rites of Spring stars Aj Bowen (House of the Devil, Hatchet 2), Anessa Ramsey (Footloose, YellowBrickRoad), Sonny Marinelli (Rosewood Lane), Katherine Randolf (Jarhead), Hannah Bryan, Sarah Pachelli, and James Bartz and (according to the film’s synopsis) centers around ‘a group of kidnappers who abduct the daughter of a wealthy socialite and hide out in an abandoned school in the middle of the woods. But feelings of guilt soon overtake the kidnappers,...
Produced by Wes Benton, Bobby Benton, John Norris and Eric Thompson and written and directed by Padraig Reynolds, Rites of Spring stars Aj Bowen (House of the Devil, Hatchet 2), Anessa Ramsey (Footloose, YellowBrickRoad), Sonny Marinelli (Rosewood Lane), Katherine Randolf (Jarhead), Hannah Bryan, Sarah Pachelli, and James Bartz and (according to the film’s synopsis) centers around ‘a group of kidnappers who abduct the daughter of a wealthy socialite and hide out in an abandoned school in the middle of the woods. But feelings of guilt soon overtake the kidnappers,...
- 10/13/2011
- by SeanD.
- DreadCentral.com
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