Moviehouse Entertainment has boarded Sunburn and is kicking off the international sales effort at AFM, says Variety.
Anthony Alleyne wrote, directed and produced Sunburn through his Born Wild banner, alongside Lee Cooper’s Proper Charlie Prods.
Sunburn follows a young American backpacker following a friend who has ventured ahead of him to rural Spain. He soon realizes something is wrong while on the trail of his erstwhile companion.
In the film, he meets a beautiful Spanish woman – and his friend disappears. It sounds like it has got elements of Eli Roth’s Hostel films.
“We set out to make something different, something that would be a fresh take on the genre, and here instead of the dark being where danger lurks, it’s the light,” said Alleyne.
“It’s also got a killer twist,” promises Moviehouse managing director Gary Phillip.
Alleyne said the script for Sunburn 2 is already in late-stage development and the search for a director starting this month. “Sunburn 2 represents a journey deeper into hell,” Alleyne said.
Here are some first shots of Sunburn.
