Saban Films has acquired US rights to producer Ant Timpson’s (read our interview) directorial debut Come to Daddy, which made its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival last month, Bloody Disgusting just learned.
The horror-comedy follows a man in his thirties (Elijah Wood) who travels to a remote cabin to reconnect with his estranged father.
Bloody Disgusting Meagan Navarro reviewed the film out of the World Premiere, writing that it’s an “insane crowd-pleaser” with “absurd thrills, chills, and guffaws.”
The film also stars Stephen McHattie (Watchmen, Mother!, Pontypool) and Martin Donovan (Ant-Man, “Big Little Lies”).
Toby Harvard penned the script based on an idea from Timpson. The film is produced by Mette-Marie Kongsved and Laura Tunstall for Nowhere, Daniel Bekerman for Scythia Films, Katie Holly for Blinder Films, Emma Slade for Firefly Films, and Toby Harvard. Tango Entertainment financed the Canadian, New Zealand, Irish co-production with support from the New Zealand Film Commission, Telefilm, Blinder Films and Egg Post Production.
The film will be slated for a theatrical release.
