IFC has acquired U.S. rights to Over Your Useless Physique (fka The Journey), a brand new thriller helmed by The Lonely Island’s Jorma Taccone and starring Jason Segel and Samara Weaving.
The movie, tailored from the acclaimed Norwegian cult thriller I Onde Dager, will probably be launched vast in theaters at a date not but disclosed.
Over Your Useless Physique follows a dysfunctional couple (Segel and Weaving) who head to a distant cabin to supposedly reconnect, however every has secret plans to kill the opposite. Pic’s forged additionally consists of Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis, Paul Guilfoyle, and Keith Jardine.
Written by Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney, the movie is produced by 87North’s Kelly McCormick and David Leitch (The Fall Man, Bullet Prepare); XYZ Movies’ Man Danella (Violent Night time, Love Hurts), Nick Spicer, abd Aram Tertzakian; and Resolute Movies’ Lee Kim (Twin, Get Away). Taccone, Tommy Wirkola, Nate Bolotin, Maxime Cottray, Timo Argillander, Andrea Scarso, Kjetil Omberg and Jorgen Storm Rosenberg served as EPs, with Karen Gillan as co-producer.
“Jorma Taccone stands as one of the crucial artistic and reliably sensible voices in comedy and we’re delighted to collaborate with him and our associates at 87North, XYZ, and Resolute Movies on OVER YOUR DEAD BODY,” mentioned Head of IFC Leisure Group Scott Shooman. “The movie is a darkish, twisted, and riotous motion comedy, with a killer forged – an ideal recipe to please audiences on the large display screen.”
Mentioned Taccone, “I’m THRILLED to have Impartial Movie Firm as a associate on releasing OVER YOUR DEAD BODY. I’m equally pumped to have audiences watch this film in actual dwell theaters and love that IFC understands how necessary it’s for a film this kick ass and stuffed with twists to have an actual theatrical launch. If I’ve a 3rd youngster, I’m in all probability going to call it IFC!”
Shooman negotiated the deal for IFC, with Bolotin repping the filmmakers.
