Anchor Bay Entertainment UK and Next Level Films sign co-production deal and begin filming first title
London: Tuesday 29th
April - Anchor Bay Entertainment UK has announced that it has signed a
co-production agreement with Next Level Films and that feature film 'World War Dead: Rise of the Fallen'
will be helmed by directing duo Bart Ruspoli and Freddie Hutton-Mills.
Next Level Films will produce through its genre label Atomic Level Films
and the film will star Ray Panthaki (28 Days Later, City Rats, Kidulthood), Wendy Glenn (You’re Next) and Kacey Barnfield (Resident Evil, Green Street 3).
To
celebrate the centenary of WW1, a TV Documentary team travels to the
Somme to put together a ratings smash about new mysteries relating to
the famous battle. However, what they unearth is far from a new story of
those that died 100 years ago – but an army of the undead and a brand
new war.
Anchor Bay’s Director of Acquisitions Rod Smith
said “I am delighted to be announcing this first Anchor Bay
Entertainment UK production and excited to be working with such exciting
and talented people as Bart Ruspoli and Freddie Hutton-Mills at Next
Level Films. This project has been in development with us for some time
as we searched for the right partners to work with, Bart & Freddie
understood it immediately and helped us develop it to an even higher
level.
Along with our existing titles in
pre-production with Jonathan Sothcott’s Richwater Films, we hope to be
able to announce further projects in the near future as we develop our
local production slate further.”
Bart Ruspoli and Freddie Hutton-Mills
of Next Level commented: "We're delighted to be working with such a
prestigious outfit as Anchor Bay on this exciting project, and are sure
it will be the start of a long and successful relationship. With our
fresh approach to the found footage horror film combined with Anchor
Bay's experience and expertise in this genre this promises to be a film
that will entertain audiences far and wide."
'World War Dead: Rise of the Fallen' begins filming now. Anchor Bay UK will retain worldwide sales and distribution rights as part of the deal.
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