Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterIn one of the first big deals of the upcoming SXSW Film Festival, emerging genre sales company Yellow Veil Pictures has acquired the global sales rights for the animated fantasy “The Spine of Night.”Directed by Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King, the film is set to have its world premiere in the SXSW Midnighters section of the festival, which runs virtually from March 16–20.
The cast includes Richard E. Grant (“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”), Lucy Lawless (“Ash Vs. Evil Dead”), Patton Oswalt (“A.P.
Bio”), Betty Gabriel (“Get Out”), Larry Fessenden (“The Dead Don’t Die”), and Joe Manganiello (“Magic Mike XXL”).Described as an ultra-violent, epic fantasy, “The Spine of Night” was hand-rotoscoped.
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