Shout! Studios has acquired North American rights to Micah Gallo‘s giant spider movie Itsy Bitsy, a story tangled up in a web of family drama, personal demons, and a horrifying monster.
Based on the centuries-old poem, a family moves into a secluded mansion where they soon find themselves being targeted by an ancient entity taking the form of a giant spider.
Itsy Bitsy stars Academy Award nominee Bruce Davison (X-Men, Insidious: The Last Key), Denise Crosby (Pet Sematary, Showtime’s “Ray Donovan”), Elizabeth Roberts (World’s End, Old Fashioned), and up-and-comer Chloe Perrin (ABC’s “Single Parents”, Netflix’s “Glow”). It was written by Gallo, J. Bryan Dick, and Jason Alvino.
Shout! Studios has secured all North American distribution rights the film, including theatrical, broadcast, video-on-demand, and home entertainment rights for cross-platform releases in the U.S. and Canada. Shout! Studios plans to launch this movie across multiple entertainment platforms beginning with a day-and-date theatrical launch in 2019 through Shout’s genre entertainment imprint, Scream Factory.
“This is a horror film with legs, eight of them to be precise. It’s scary, stylish and disturbing in a very primal way,” said Jordan Fields, Vice President of Acquisitions at Shout! Studios.
“Itsy Bitsy was love at first scare. The film pays homage to monster movies of the ‘80s, utilizing a creature most people find terrifying in small sizes, let alone as a giant cave spider,” added Chris Charles, Co-Founder, Throughline Films.
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