Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE, Updated: IFC Midnight has acquired U.S.
rights to filmmaker Keith Thomas’ supernatural horror feature debut The Vigil after a bidding war for the pic. The movie, which is billed as having a Hasidic Jewish twist, made its world premiere at TIFF 2019 in the Midnight Madness Section and was slotted for SXSW 2020.Blumhouse previously was set to distribute The Vigil.
Thomas is directing the reboot of Stephen King’s Firestarter starring Zac Efron for Blumhouse, Universal and Weed Road Productions.
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