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Vertical Will Release Festival Hit ‘Here Alone’
Vertical Entertainment has secured the worldwide rights to Rod Blackhurst’s post-apocalyptic thriller Here Alone starring Lucy Walters, Gina Piersanti, Adam David Thompson, and Shane West.
The film previously played at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year where it won the Audience Award, and upcoming festivals include the Traverse City Film Festival this weekend on July 30th and then FrightFest in the UK in August. Vertical will release the film theatrically in early 2017.
In Here Alone, “A young woman struggles to survive on her own in the wake of a mysterious epidemic that has decimated society and forced her deep into the unforgiving wilderness, until she encounters two other survivors who make her confront her past while putting all of their lives at risk.“
Here Alone is directed by Rod Blackhurst, written by David Ebeltoft, produced by Noah Lang, David Ebeltoft, Rod Blackhurst, Arun Kumar, and Josh Murphy, executive produced by Kevin Iwashina, Marc Bortz, Anthony Gentile, John Gentile, Kanwaldeep Kalsi, Nalit Patel, Paul Ebeltoft, Gail Ebeltoft, Sinan Germirli, Leigh Jones, Ian Keiser, Paul Pathikal, Bradley J. Ross, Brendan Walsh, and Eric Schultz, with cinematography by Adam McDaid, editing by Rod Blackhurst, and music composition by Eric D. Johnson.
The production companies were Gentile Entertainment Group and Preferred Content, presented by Lola’s Productions, in association with Manhattan Productions, Easy Open Productions, Young Gunner Films, and Unparalleled Productions with consulting from Relic Pictures.
Get ready for double the fun, protagonists, and body count when Ready or Not 2: Here I Come explodes on streaming next week.
Just in time for the fireworks, the sequel makes its streaming debut on Hulu and Disney+ on July 2.
Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett are back, along with Samara Weaving, for more hide and slay mayhem.
Picking up moments after the all-out attack from the Le Domas family in the first Ready or Not movie, Grace (Weaving) discovers she’s reached the next level of the nightmarish game — and this time with her estranged sister Faith (Kathryn Newton) at her side. Grace has one chance to survive, keep her sister alive, and claim the High Seat of the Council that controls the world. Four rival families are hunting her for the throne, and whoever wins rules it all.
That means a higher body count and even more explosive carnage. Just how much? A whopping 325 gallons worth, the directors previously told BD.
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Shawn Hatosy, Néstor Carbonell, David Cronenberg, Elijah Wood, Kevin Durand, Olivia Cheng, Varun Saranga, and Daniel Beirne also star.
I wrote in my review for Bloody Disgusting, “More is more in Ready or Not 2. Bigger stakes, larger playing field, a higher (and more gruesome) body count, and even double the protagonists. It’s all designed to deliver maximum crowd-pleasing fun.”
The horror-comedy sequel is written by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy.
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