Franck Khalfoun’s thriller is a remake of William Lustig’s 1980 slasher film of the same title and is based on a screenplay by Alex Aja and Gregory Levasseur about a repressed mannequin store owner with homicidal urges.
Elijah Wood stars and Thomas Langmann, Aja, Levasseur, and Lustig produced Maniac and Antoine de Cazotte, Daniel Delume, Andrew W Garroni, Pavlina Hatoupis and Alix Taylor served as executive producers.
Sundance Selects/IFC Films svp of acquisitions and productions Arianna Bocco and director of acquisitions and productions and Jeff Deutchman brokered the deal with Carole Baraton of Wild Bunch.
- Oscilloscope Laboratories has taken North American rights to Todd Berger’s comedy It’s A Disaster following its summer premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival. O-scope plans to take the film to festivals throughout autumn and has set an early 2013 theatrical and digital release. Julia Stiles, David Cross, America Ferrera are among the cast.
- Sundance Institute has added 11 films to Hulu, Netflix and SnagFilms through its Artist Services distribution programme. The titles include Brother To Brother, Children Underground, Enemies Of The People and Dirty Work. For the full list visit the official Sundance Institute website.
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