Needle secures US and Japan release
The Perth-shot horror thriller Needle has secured release in the US and Japan.
Grindstone Entertainment acquired all North American rights and will release it through Lionsgate Home Entertainment; in Japan, the distribution rights went to Shochiku.The deal was negotiated by Lightning Entertainment’s Richard Guardian, and Filmscope Entertainment’s – and the film’s director – John V Soto.
Needle has been sold to Germany, Austria, United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, Middle-East, India, Korea, Turkey, Indonesia. According to Soto, a deal is close to being finalised for Australia and New Zealand.
The film is a supernatural murder mystery about a killer who uses an 18th century machine with supernatural powers to terrorize students at a local college.
This is one Aussie film I’m really looking forward to seeing.
Pretty amazing how well its done overseas.
Hopefully it does better in Oz than some recent horror thriller releases!