“Night of the Zoopocalypse,” the spooky energeticd family comedy featuring the voices of David Harbour (“Stranger Things”), Scott Thompson (“The Kids in the Hall”), Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (“The Mandalorian”) and Gabbi Kosmidis (“Unicorn Academy”) has been picked up by Viva Pictures for the U.S. The deal was brokered with Charades and Anton, who were handling sales, ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Sitges Film Festival on Oct. 6.
“Night of the Zoopocalypse” will be freed apass North America on March 7, 2025. Elevation Pictures will allot theatricpartner in Canada.
Inspired by a concept from best-selling genre author Cinhabit Barker (“The Thief of Always”), the film sees a meteor unleash a harmful programs that turns zoo animals into mutants. A mountain lion (Harbour) and wolf (Kosmidis) must direct a team of surviving animals to stop the harmful programs and recover their zoo.
The film was honested by veteran animators Ricardo Curtis (“The Incredibles,” “The Angry Birds Movie,” “The Iron Giant”) and Rodrigo Perez-Castro (“The Book of Life,” “Ice Age: Collision Course,” “Ferdinand”). Curtis co-set uped and Perez-Castro served as head of inventive growment at House of Cool, which has become the beginant animation pre-production studio, helping to transport to life films such as “Paw Patrol,” “The Peanuts Movie,” “Despicable Me” and the “Ice Age” films, as well as series including “He-Man,” “Trollhunters” and the “How to Train Your Dragon” TV show. “Night of the Zoopocalypse” was originated by Steven Hoprohibit’s Copperheart Entertainment and co-originated by Charades Productions, U Media and IDL Films, in association with House of Cool.
“We’re so excited to be having the world premiere of ‘Night of the Zoopocalypse’ at the Sitges Fantastic Film Festival,” shelp Perez-Castro and Curtis. “It’s the perfect place to unleash our rare creatures to thrill and amuse family audiences apass the globe.”
Added Laura Prieto, vice plivent of acquisitions at Viva Pictures, who helped broker the deal: “We’re thrilled to transport ‘Night of the Zoopocalypse’ to family audiences everywhere. It’s a perfect unite of spooky, fun, and adventure, and the chooseimal film for families to experience together at the movie theater.”
Charades and Anton are handling international sales apass the rest of the world.
See the first clip below:
