The horror project Whistleof the director Corin Hardy (The Nun), already has distribution in the United States.
Independent Film Company (IFC) – before IFC Films – and Shudder acquired the distribution rights for the national market (USA) for a broad premiere in cinemas. The date of its launch will be released later. Black Bear is taking care of international sales, according to Deadline reports.
The main cast includes Dafne Keen (Logan, Deadpool & Wolverine), Sophie Nélisse (Yellowjackets, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged), Sky Yang (Rebel Moon), Percy Hynes White (My Old Ass), y Nick Frost (Skeleton Crew, Shaun of the Dead).
The media shared the first official view of the film, focused on Keen's character. The image is available at the end of the note.
The film is based on the short story of Owen Egerton (Mercy Black, Blood Fest, The Axe Murders of Villisca) being himself in charge of adapting the script for the feature film directed by Hardy.
“Whistle It tells how a group of high school students, maladaptive and unsuspecting, runs into a damn object: an ancient Aztec whistle of death. They soon discover that when touching the whistle and the terrifying sound he emits, they will invoke their future deaths to hunt them. As the death toll increases, friends investigate the origin of the mortal artifact in a desperate effort to stop the horrifying chain of events that have triggered. ”
The producers are David Gross and Jesse Shapira for not Trace Camping, and Macdara Kelleher for Wild Atlantic Pictures. John Friedberg is the executive producer.
The project is now in its postproduction waiting to obtain a release date.
Hardy explained about the project in a press release:
“Whistle It is made with the same emotional spirit and marginalized adolescent that is in my favorite gender films with which I grew up. I was attracted to the mysterious mythology that surrounds 'Death Whistle' and how it gave me the opportunity to create a variety of film, imaginative and terrifying deaths. This movie is made for the big screen, so I'm looking forward to the public with Independent Film Company and Shudder in cinemas! ”
Adam Koehler, Director of Acquisitions and Productions of the Independent Cinematographic Company Shudder and RLJE Films, said:
“Corin Hardy is a teacher in his trade and we are delighted to bring this terrifying vision to the public throughout the country. With Whistle, he has created a brutal and bloody film that will become one of the best and most scary horror movies in the recent history of the box office.”
And if you are not aware, we tell you that Independent Film Company, is the rebranding of the one previously known as ifc films. Earlier this month, the independent film producer and distributor announced her rebranding, with which she would be called Independent Film Company (IFC), premieging logo and at the same time, her parent group would change the name of AMC Networks Entertainment Group to IFC Entertainment Group.
Thus, the integrated structure of the four cinematographic verticals of AMC Networks is formalized, which include Independent Film Company, IFC Center, Rlje, and Shudder. The brands will continue to operate with a synergistic approach throughout the AMC Networks ecosystem.
IFC codistribes horror films with Shudder, the streaming service specialized in that genre.
The IFC Entertainment Group rebranding arrives after the successful 2024 launches, such as Late Night With the Devil, Oddity, In a Violent Nature, Ghostlightand the animated stop-motion nominated for Óscar, Memoir of a Snail.
In 2025 the launches of Clown in a Cornfield of Eli Craig, the thriller Dangerous Animals the Sean Byrne, Y The Baltimorons de Jay Duplass.
Source: https://cine3.com/primer-vistazo-dafne-keen-whistle-corin-hardy-ifc/
