IFC has acquired U.S. rights to Over Your Dead Body (fka The Trip), a new thriller helmed by The Lonely Island’s Jorma Taccone and starring Jason Segel and Samara Weaving.
The film, adapted from the acclaimed Norwegian cult thriller I Onde Dager, will be released wide in theaters at a date not yet disclosed.
Over Your Dead Body follows a dysfunctional couple (Segel and Weaving) who head to a remote cabin to supposedly reconnect, but each has secret plans to kill the other. Pic’s cast also includes Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis, Paul Guilfoyle, and Keith Jardine.
Written by Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney, the film is produced by 87North’s Kelly McCormick and David Leitch (The Fall Guy, Bullet Train); XYZ Films’ Guy Danella (Violent Night, Love Hurts), Nick Spicer, abd Aram Tertzakian; and Resolute Films’ Lee Kim (Dual, 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 most creative and reliably brilliant voices in comedy and we are delighted to collaborate with him and our friends at 87North, XYZ, and Resolute Films on OVER YOUR DEAD BODY,” said Head of IFC Entertainment Group Scott Shooman. “The film is a dark, twisted, and riotous action comedy, with a killer cast – a perfect recipe to delight audiences on the big screen.”
Said Taccone, “I am THRILLED to have Independent Film Company as a partner on releasing OVER YOUR DEAD BODY. I am equally pumped to have audiences watch this movie in real live theaters and love that IFC understands how important it is for a movie this kick ass and full of twists to have a real theatrical release. If I have a third child, I’m probably going to name it IFC!”
Shooman negotiated the deal for IFC, with Bolotin repping the filmmakers.
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