EXCLUSIVE: Doppelgänger Releasing has acquired North American rights from FilmSharks International to the Greek zombie horror Evil: In The Time Of Heroes.

Bill Schopf from Doppelgänger parent company Music Box Films negotiated the deal at the weekend with Guido Rud of Argentina’s FilmSharks in Buenos Aires.

The deal includes all theatrical, VoD, television and home video rights. Doppelgänger Releasing plans to distribute towards the end of the year.

Yorgos Noussias directed the 2010 sci-fi horror Evil: In The Time Of Heroes about a zombie invasion. Dinos Avgoustidis stars and Billy Zane makes a cameo appearance.