Yellow Veil Snags Rights to Ultra-Violent Animated Horror THE SPINE OF NIGHT In Advance of SXSW Premiere
Josh Millican
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NY/LA-based arthouse genre sales company Yellow Veil Pictures have acquired world sales rights on The Spine of Night from directors Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King and producers Will Battersby, Philip Gelatt, and Jean Rattle. The movie is set to world premiere as part of the SXSW Midnighters section, taking place virtually next month.
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Synopsis:
This epic begins many years ago when an ambitious young man steals forbidden knowledge from a sacred plant and, as he falls to its darker temptations, unleashes ages of suffering onto mankind. As his power grows over the years, there are many who stand against him. Among them are a daring tomb-robber, star-crossed lovers, a maniacal necromancer, winged assassins, and an undying guardian.
The Spine of Night is an ultra-violent, hand-rotoscoped epic fantasy inspired by the cult classic works of animators Ralph Bakshi and Frank Franzetta. The film is set in a fantasy land ripe with magic and intrigue where a dark force is unleashed sending mankind into an age of ruin. It falls on heroes from different eras and cultures to fight back, and stars Richard E. Grant (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Bram Stoker’s Dracula), Lucy Lawless (Ash vs. Evil Dead, Xena: Warrior Princess), Patton Oswalt, Betty Gabriel (Get Out, Upgrade), and Joe Manganiello, Abby Savage, and Larry Fessenden (The Dead Don’t Die), and Rob McClure.
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