Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Aug 4, 2014 17:10:53 GMT -6
variety.com/2014/film/news/wwe-studios-leprechaun-origins-gets-theatrical-release-exclusive-1201274961/
The reboot of the “Leprechaun” horror franchise will scare audiences in theaters after all.
Lionsgate and WWE Studios, which had planned to release “Leprechaun: Origins” direct to home entertainment platforms on Aug. 26, will now also give the film a limited release in theaters on Aug. 22, after a presentation for the film was well received at Comic-Con in San Diego last month.
The release is expected to help serve as a marketing tool for the release on Digital HD, video-on-demand and pay-per-view platforms, and later on Blu-ray and DVD in September.
“Leprechaun: Origins” stars Dylan Postl, known in the WWE ring as “Hornswoggle,” as the creature; Stephanie Bennett (“Grave Encounters 2″), Andrew Dunbar (“Alien Trespass”), Melissa Roxburgh (“Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days”) and Brendan Fletcher (“Freddy vs Jason”), and revolves around two unsuspecting young couples who discover a town’s chilling secret while backpacking through the Irish countryside. Harris Wilkinson penned the script.
Zach Lipovsky directed the film that takes a darker turn from the previous four “Leprechaun” films that amped up the comedy elements and sent the character into space in 1997 and Compton, Calif., in “Leprechaun: In the Hood” and “Back 2 tha Hood” in 2000 and 2003.
Warwick Davis (the “Harry Potter” franchise, “Willow”) played the original leprechaun who goes on a killing spree when his gold his taken away from him in 1993’s “Leprechaun.”
“Leprechaun: Origins” will be the next film from WWE Studios, after “Oculus,” a collaboration with Blumhouse Prods and Relativity Media; and “Road to Paloma,” directed by Jason Momoa.
It also released “Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery,” a co-production with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment this year. WWE Studios’ upcoming titles include Universal’s “Term Life,” with Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau and Hailee Steinfeld; horror pic “Incarnate,” with Aaron Eckhart; “Jingle All the Way 2,” starring Larry the Cable Guy for Fox Home Entertainment and a “Flintstones” animated feature that will feature WWE’s wrestlers.
The reboot of the “Leprechaun” horror franchise will scare audiences in theaters after all.
Lionsgate and WWE Studios, which had planned to release “Leprechaun: Origins” direct to home entertainment platforms on Aug. 26, will now also give the film a limited release in theaters on Aug. 22, after a presentation for the film was well received at Comic-Con in San Diego last month.
The release is expected to help serve as a marketing tool for the release on Digital HD, video-on-demand and pay-per-view platforms, and later on Blu-ray and DVD in September.
“Leprechaun: Origins” stars Dylan Postl, known in the WWE ring as “Hornswoggle,” as the creature; Stephanie Bennett (“Grave Encounters 2″), Andrew Dunbar (“Alien Trespass”), Melissa Roxburgh (“Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days”) and Brendan Fletcher (“Freddy vs Jason”), and revolves around two unsuspecting young couples who discover a town’s chilling secret while backpacking through the Irish countryside. Harris Wilkinson penned the script.
Zach Lipovsky directed the film that takes a darker turn from the previous four “Leprechaun” films that amped up the comedy elements and sent the character into space in 1997 and Compton, Calif., in “Leprechaun: In the Hood” and “Back 2 tha Hood” in 2000 and 2003.
Warwick Davis (the “Harry Potter” franchise, “Willow”) played the original leprechaun who goes on a killing spree when his gold his taken away from him in 1993’s “Leprechaun.”
“Leprechaun: Origins” will be the next film from WWE Studios, after “Oculus,” a collaboration with Blumhouse Prods and Relativity Media; and “Road to Paloma,” directed by Jason Momoa.
It also released “Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery,” a co-production with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment this year. WWE Studios’ upcoming titles include Universal’s “Term Life,” with Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau and Hailee Steinfeld; horror pic “Incarnate,” with Aaron Eckhart; “Jingle All the Way 2,” starring Larry the Cable Guy for Fox Home Entertainment and a “Flintstones” animated feature that will feature WWE’s wrestlers.