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‘Something’ Discovered in Space… It’s a Horror/Comedy!
Color me intrigued. Space and horror don’t always mix (although the Alien franchise is my favorite), and neither does horror and comedy (yet, look at Zombieland), yet I can’t help but find myself completely fascinated by this new announcement. Universal pictures is heading to space with Something, a horror/comedy from a writer on “Late Night With David Letterman”. Read on for the skinny.
Just when it appeared that the spec market had all but dried up, Universal Pictures has preemptively acquired Rodney Rothman’s pitch “The Something” for mid-six figures.
Rothman, who was the youngest head writer in the history of “Late Night With David Letterman,” will write and produce via his newly minted banner.
Story, which the studio is keeping under wraps, is described as an ensemble comedy/horror hybrid set in deep space, similar in tone to Sony’s breakout hit “Zombieland.”
Over the past year, the spec marketplace has become dismal, particularly for original material without talent attachments. In the past 12 months, only a handful of specs have sold that didn’t have a director or thesp attached.
Universal’s Erik Baiers and Anikah McLaren will oversee “The Something” for the studio.
Rothman, who began his career writing for “Letterman,” previously sold his script “Early Bird” to Paramount. He was also an exec producer on “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and a producer on the upcoming “Get Him to the Greek” — both Universal pics.
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‘Home Bodies’ Image & Poster Introduce Isolated Twins in Sci-Fi Nightmare [Fantasia 2026]
Sci-fi thriller Home Bodies is set to unsettle audiences at the 30th edition of Fantasia, and our exclusive image introduces a peculiar pair of twins at the center.
Home Bodies makes its World Premiere July 23, at 9:30 PM at Cinéma du Musée in Montreal, with the filmmakers and cast in attendance.
An eerie new poster created by Justin Erickson of Phantom City Creative heralds the film’s premiere.
In the film, “Red and Blue, twins raised in total isolation by an automated house, live according to the rules set by Papa, a disembodied voice behind a locked door who provides food, shelter, entertainment, and order. Their carefully controlled world is disrupted by the arrival of Pal, an enigmatic humanoid stranger whose presence begins to fracture the only life the twins have ever known.”
It’s a premise that calls another Canadian creeper to mind and has us intrigued: Pin.
Emma Ho, Ian Ho, and Ess Hödlmoser star.
Home Bodies is directed and produced by Casey Walker, who returns to Fantasia more than a decade after his horror-comedy A Little Bit Zombie screened at the festival in 2012. He’s since gone on to produce a number of defining Canadian genre films like In a Violent Nature, The Void, and Pyewacket.
“I started my career in Montreal and Fantasia has been part of my life ever since,” said Walker. “I couldn’t be more thrilled to return to where it all started and share Home Bodies on such a special anniversary of the festival.“
Karen Harnisch (Infinity Pool, Sleeping Giant) also produces. Executive producers are Todd Brown (The Raid, Mandy) and Chad Archibald (undertone).
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