Searchlight Pictures has picked up the U.S. distribution rights to Monitor, the horror feature from rising directors Matt Black and Ryan Polly.
The acquisition comes after the movie made its world premiere in March at SXSW in its Midnighter section.
No opening date was revealed in the company’s announcement Wednesday but it did state that a release in 2027 was being planned.
Described by some as A Nightmare on Elm Street meets The Ring for the modern screen generation, the movie stars Brittany O’Grady as a young woman who works as a content moderator, sifting through some of the worst material the internet has to offer. After she flags and removes a mysterious video, she and her colleagues find themselves hunted by an evil force that uses the ubiquitous screen in their lives to kill them.
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