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‘Alyssa’, ‘My Name is ‘A’ by Anonymous’ Finally Gets Distro
After a 3+ year battle over release rights, distributor Wild Eye Releasing has picked up U.S. rights to the long-awaited, award-winning, true crime shocker My Name is ‘A’ by Anonymous (retitled Alyssa: Portrait of a Teen Killer for VOD, PPV, Cable) from controversial director Shane Ryan (“Amateur Porn Star Killer” and the upcoming “The Owl in Echo Park”). Written and directed by Ryan, My Name is ‘A’ by Anonymous stars Katie Marsh, Demi Baumann, Teona Dolnikova, Alex Damiano and Kaliya Skye. Ryan Nicholson (“Live Feed,” “Hanger,” “Gutterballs”) along with Alisha Rayne and actor Kevin Gage (Michael Mann’s “Heat”) produced the film.
Told through a blend of found footage, documentary style, first-person and classical cinematography, the film is the inspired-by-true-story of Alyssa Bustamante, the 15 year old girl accused of stabbing, strangling, and slicing the throat of her 9 year old neighbor in what news and court case described as a ‘thrill killing.’ The film which has left festival crowds “haunted” and “shaken” and hailed by critics as a “Brutal, heartbreaking masterpiece…” shocker “My Name Is ‘A’ By Anonymous” recently completed its festival run coveting numerous awards including “Best Art House Film” at the Pollygrind Film Festival. Wild Eye will release the complete, uncensored version this fall.
My Name is ‘A’ by Anonymous is set to be released on DVD September 23, 2014 and soon after on PPV under Alyssa: Portrait of a Teen Killer. The DVD includes two additional cuts of the film.
The Wayans are out to cancel the Cancel Culture with Scary Movie, and the cast assures it will do just that.
“They sort of have an across-the-board style,” Anna Faris tells EW. “It’s always been a part of the Wayans Brothers, their electricity. ‘Can we offend you? Will you still love us? Come on, you still love us, don’t you?'”
Regina Hall concurs, promising the “boundary-pushing” sixth installment in the horror parody franchise will “offend everyone.”
EW has shared a batch of behind-the-scenes images from Scary Movie, which hits theaters June 5 via Paramount.
Faris and Hall are joined by fellow franchise favorites Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Dave Sheridan, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, Chris Elliott, and Jon Abrahams in the legacy sequel.
The ensemble includes Damon Wayans Jr., Gregg Wayans, Kim Wayans, Benny Zielke, Cameron Scott Roberts, Heidi Gardner, Olivia Rose Keegan, Ruby Snowber, Savannah Lee Nassif, Sydney Park, Kenan Thompson, and Felissa Rose.
Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House) directs from a script by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, original Scary Movie director Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans (Scary Movie 2), and Rick Alvarez (A Haunted House).
The film will slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, anything with the word legacy in it, and every “final chapter” that absolutely isn’t final.
Scary Movie launched in 2000, followed by Scary Movie 2 in 2001. The Wayans’ involvement ended there, but the series continued with 2003’s Scary Movie 3, 2006’s Scary Movie 4, and 2013’s Scary Movie 5.
Regina Hall & Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans & Regina Hall on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Michael Tiddes & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Regina Hall & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
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