{"id":1300,"date":"2018-09-10T23:45:08","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T23:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2018-09-22T23:46:06","modified_gmt":"2018-09-22T23:46:06","slug":"childs-play-remake-uncorkd-entertainment-acquires-north-american-rights-to-darren-lynn-bousmans-st-agatha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/childs-play-remake-uncorkd-entertainment-acquires-north-american-rights-to-darren-lynn-bousmans-st-agatha\/","title":{"rendered":"CHILD&#8217;S PLAY Remake Uncork\u2019d Entertainment Acquires North American Rights to Darren Lynn Bousman\u2019s ST. AGATHA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/refresh\/new\/\/\/\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/dailydead-header.png\" alt=\"daily-dead-logo\" width=\"307\" height=\"78\" \/>After its premiere earlier this year at the Overlook Film Festival and a number of other festival screenings, Uncork\u2019d Entertainment has announced that they&#8217;ve acquired St. Agatha, the latest film from Darren Lynn Bousman:<\/p>\n<p>Press Release: Uncork\u2019d Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to St. Agatha, the latest film from celebrated filmmaker Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II, III, IV,). The female-driven psychological horror film premiered at the Overlook Film Festival in April.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Andy Demetrio, Shaun Fletcher, Sara Sometti Michaels, and Clint Sears, St. Agatha is set in 1950\u2019s Georgia, and fixes on a pregnant con woman who is on the run and seeks refuge in a convent. What first starts out as the perfect place to have a child turns into a dark lair where silence is forced, ghastly secrets are masked, and every bit of will power Agatha has is tested as she learns the sick and twisted truth of the convent and the odd people that lurk inside its halls.<\/p>\n<p>Sabrina Kern, Carolyn Hennesy, Courtney Halverson, Trin Miller and Seth Michaels star in the film, which Uncork\u2019d will release theatrically and on digital first quarter 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Uncork\u2019d Entertainment President Keith Leopard negotiated the deal with Jack Campbell, President of Octane Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With brilliant direction from one of the new masters of horror and a unique and chilling script that features strong female characters, we\u2019re certain audiences are going to really embrace St. Agatha\u201d says Leopard. \u201cUncork\u2019d is honored to be releasing such an incredible film\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are extremely excited to be teaming up with Uncork\u2019d on the North American release for St. Agatha,\u201d adds Campbell. \u201cThe capable hands of Keith and his team give us the confidence that this film will have a very successful release.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sara Sometti Michaels produced alongside with Tara Ansley and Seth Michaels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter many offers we have found the perfect home for St. Agatha at Uncork\u2019d Entertainment and we are very excited to be working together,\u201d agreed Sara Sometti Michaels.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Bedrin and Rick Le from Dragonblood Holdings executive produced the film, which early reviews claim revives the \u201cnunsploitiation\u201d genre.<\/p>\n<p>About Uncork\u2019d Entertainment<br \/>\nUncork\u2019d Entertainment was founded in July, 2012 by Keith Leopard, a Home Entertainment industry veteran. The Company focuses on distribution in six areas: Digital Media, Physical Home Entertainment, Aggregation, Theatrical and Television, Foreign Sales, and has secured relationships across all platforms to ensure your film reaches the widest audience possible. Uncork\u2019d\u2019s most recent releases include The Lullaby, The Jurassic Games, Gehenna: Where Death Lives, and the upcoming release of The Basement, Five Fingers for Marseilles and Blue My Mind.<\/p>\n<p>About Octane Entertainment<br \/>\nOctane Entertainment is a leading full-service sales and production company specializing in the licensing, marketing, and distribution of commercial feature films and television content to the global market.  Through established relationships with buyers around the world, Octane continues to represent their partners, producers, and films to the highest industry standard.  Octane\u2019s most recent slate includes the new supernatural thriller Silencio, He\u2019s Out There, starring Emmy\u00ae-nominated actress Yvonne Strahovski (\u201cThe Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u201d), fantasy-drama Look Away, starring Matthew Broderick (Ferris Bueller\u2019s Day Off), Golden Globe-winner Chlo\u00eb Sevigny (\u201cBig Love,\u201d \u201cAmerican Horror Story\u201d), and Aiden Turner (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, \u201cPoldark\u201d), and St. Agatha, directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II, III, IV).<\/p>\n<p>View this article at <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydead.com\/uncorkd-entertainment-acquires-north-american-rights-to-darren-lynn-bousmans-st-agatha\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After its premiere earlier this year at the Overlook Film Festival and a number of other festival screenings, Uncork\u2019d Entertainment has announced that they&#8217;ve acquired St. Agatha, the latest film from Darren Lynn Bousman: Press Release: Uncork\u2019d Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to St. Agatha, the latest film from celebrated filmmaker Darren Lynn<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/childs-play-remake-uncorkd-entertainment-acquires-north-american-rights-to-darren-lynn-bousmans-st-agatha\/\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-dead"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1300"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1302,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300\/revisions\/1302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}