‘Cube’ – Escape the Japanese Remake on SCREAMBOX This April! [Trailer]

I know a lot of you have been asking for updates on the Japanese remake of Vincenzo Natali‘s sci-fi cult classic Cube, directed by Yasuhiko Shimizu (“Pension: Love Is Pink”). Well, we’re excited to reveal today that we bought it!

Yup! First reported by THR this afternoon, Cinedigm has acquired all North American rights to the remake of the 1997 award-winning Canadian cult classic and will be bringing it straight to SCREAMBOX subscribers on April 11th!

The newest Cube takes a deeper, darker and deadlier look at isolation and gore and follows a group of strangers who find themselves trapped in a sadistic maze without remembering how they got there. After waking up drugged and disoriented, the prisoners, who seemingly have nothing in common, find themselves in a mysterious room inscribed with an unfamiliar code.

Looking for ways to escape, they discover the room is riddled with lethal traps. As fear and distrust swirl around them, the group must work together to survive.

The brutal, sci-fi horror classic by Vincenzo Natali was so successful that it spawned Cube²: Hypercube (2002) and Cube Zero (2004). Natali (Splice, In the Tall Grass, NBC’s “Hannibal”) stayed on as an executive producer of the Japanese remake with Kôji Tokuo writing the adapted screenplay.

The Japanese remake, which has grossed almost $2.5 million in the international box office, stars award-winning actor Masaki Okada (Honokaa bôi) and Takumi Saitoh (Life in a Box), as well as Anne Watanabe (“Murder on the Orient Express”) and Kôtarô Yoshida (Doctor X). The film was Produced by Akiko Funatsu and Satoko Ishida with Shigeaki Yoshida also attached as Executive Producer.

The deal was negotiated by Brandon Hill, Director of Acquisitions, on behalf of Cinedigm and Meri Koyama, Head of Sales, on behalf of Shochiku Co, LTD.

Cube joins SCREAMBOX’s massive growing library of unique horror content, including The Outwaters, Terrifier 2, Pennywise: The Story of IT, 13 Nights of Elvira, Re-Animator, Body Snatchers, Hell House LLC, History of the Occult, and Toxic Crusaders.

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