EXCLUSIVE: Bob Yari’s Magenta Light Studios has taken North American theatrical rights to the horror-thriller, Lice, for a Q1 2027 release.
The feature directorial debut of filmmaker Jonathan Bensimon stars Emile Hirsch, Justin Long, and Kevin Connolly during a deadly outbreak of a parasite at a Long Island high school in the 1980s. When the school goes under military lockdown, the itch-crazed students turn on each other in a desperate struggle to survive. Hirsch plays burned-out science teacher Mr. Shanker, who finds new purpose as he investigates the bloodthirsty mites, Long as Principal Van, a man who is out of his depth and soon out of his mind, and Connolly as the tenacious Detective Sikorski, the desperate cop on the outside racing against time to contain the outbreak before it consumes the entire town. Related Stories News Family Pic 'Flavia', Starring Molly Belle Wright & Martin Freeman, Gets Domestic & Host Of International Deals Via Bob Yari's Magenta Light News Yeon Sang-ho's Cannes Midnight Title 'Colony' Passes 3 Million Admissions On Korean Release
Pic also stars Emilie Bierre, Joelle Farrow, Riley Davis, Tom Keat, Annamarie Kasper, Cooper Levy, Christian Meer, Gage Munroe, Devyn Nekoda, Sabrina Saudin, and Milton Torres Lara. Watch on Deadline
Connolly also serves as producer under his ActionPark Productions banner, alongside producer Jeremy Alter. Bob Yari and David Spiegelman of Magenta Light Studios are EPs along with Eustace Montgomery Hicks. The screenplay was written by Anthony Musella and Shaun Harris (The Hemingway Thief). Highland Film Group is handling international sales out of Cannes.
Source: deadline.com