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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Dec 3, 2014 18:11:45 GMT -6
deadline.com/2014/12/contracted-sequel-phase-2-ifc-midnight-1201307821/Horror Sequel ‘Contracted: Phase II’ Infects IFC Midnight After seeing strong VOD returns from last year’s STD horror flick Contracted, IFC Midnight is springing for its sequel, Contracted: Phase II. Writer-director Eric England’s first film was an original low-budget take on the zombie genre about a young woman in rapid decay after picking up an icky, mysterious disease from a one-night stand. The sequel continues where Contracted left off, as newly-infected Riley (Matt Mercer) scrambles to track down those responsible for the outbreak and discovers a larger conspiracy that threatens to infect the world. England’s not involved in the follow-up, which is already in production in LA; he’s currently filming indie comedy Get The Girl. Instead, BoulderLight Films producers/financiers J.D. Lifschitz and Raphael Margules tapped new blood to helm the sequel, hiring newcomer Josh Forbes to direct from a script by first-timer Craig Walendziak. Contracted co-stars Matt Mercer and Alice MacDonald are back, joined by Peter Cilella, Marianna Palka, Morgan Peter Brown, Laurel Vail, Anna Lore and Suzanne Voss in a follow-up that ups the ante and expands on the first film’s modestly scaled origins. Sundance Selects/IFC Films’ Sean Berney negotiated the deal with Nate Bolotin of XYZ Films on behalf of the filmmakers. BoulderLight Pictures is handling international sales.
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