Searchlight Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to Matt Black and Ryan Polly’s feature debut Monitor, the horror film that made its world premiere in the Mignighter section at SXSW. The film, one of the festival’s buzziest, stars Brittany O’Grady, Viveik Karla, Ines Høysæter Asserson, Gunner Willis, Sara Alexander and Camila Bejarano Wahlgren.
Producers are Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Isaac Klausner, John Fischer and Adrian Guerra. Executive producers include Nuria Valls, Hal Sadoff, Ben Levine, Dave Bishop and George Hamilton. Searchlight will also distribute in the UK and Southeast Asia.
The logline: After a disturbing video surfaces online, something begins to spread — moving from screen to screen and targeting anyone who watches. No escape. No warning. Once you’ve seen it … it’s already too late.
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