EXCLUSIVE: Having worked together on The Amazing Maurice, distributor Viva Pictures and its newly-minted counterpart Kazoo Films will join forces for animated movie acquisitions.
They will jointly acquire family-skewed films with LA-based Viva Pictures handling distribution in the U.S. and UK-based Kazoo taking rights on its home turf.
First up is Night of the Zoopocalypse. The animated film was inspired by a concept from iconic horror scribe Clive Barker. It follows events after a meteor containing a space virus crashes into a zoo, turning the animals into zombies.
Two animals, a young wolf and old mountain lion, lead a group of survivors against their monstrous counterparts (check out the teaser below).
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