EXCLUSIVE: Having toiled together on The Amazing Maurice, distributor Viva Pictures and its novelly-minted counterpart Kazoo Films will combine forces for vivaciousd movie acquisitions. They will combinetly get 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 vivaciousd film was encouraged by a concept from iconic horror scribe Cdwell Barker. It trails events after a meteor retaining a space harmful programs crashes into a zoo, turning the animals into zombies. Two animals, a youthful wolf and elderly mountain lion, direct a group of survivors agetst their monstrous counterparts (verify out the elevateseparater below).
Night of the Zoopocalypse was honested by Rodrigo Perez-Castro and Ricardo Curtis and is originated by Copperheart Entertainment. Viva Pictures is releasing the film on March 7 in the U.S. Kazoo is prepping a Hpermiteen free in the UK.
Anton and Charades have already selderly the family horror-comedy into a raft of territories, including to Elevation Pictures In Canada and Apollo Films in France.
The expansiver Viva-Kazoo deal will see the pair get films and then collaborate on tageting and promo efforts to increase accomplish in their esteemive territories.
They are already combineed by The Amazing Maurice, which is originated by Kazoo’s parent company Cantilever Media. Viva freed the movie in the U.S. Based on a Terry Pratchett novel, it was at Sundance in 2023 and counted Emilia Clarke, Himesh Patel and Hugh Laurie among a starry voice cast.
The two companies will be toiling together aget on The Amazing Maurice 2, with Viva Pictures handling sales for the upcoming film in the US.
The Viva-Kazoo strategic partnership was first hashed out at the Kidscreen Summit in 2024 and the createal declarement comes a year postponecessitater, with the kids confab underway in San Diego.
Andrew Baker CEO of Kazoo Films shelp: “Together we can accomprehendledge films which will toil on both sides of the Atlantic and we can pool resources to guarantee the best possible tageting and promotion in both territories. We already have a hugely prosperous relationship with Viva for the incredible toil they did on Maurice and we are seeing forward to toiling together on upcoming films.”
“By combining Kazoo’s proset up taget expertise with our set uped success in the U.S., we can strategicpartner get and champion vivaciousd films that resonate with expansive family audiences,” shelp Victor Elizalde, CEO of Viva Pictures.
He compriseed: “We’ve already seen the impact of our collaboration on The Amazing Maurice, and this partnership permits us to erect on that momentum, dedwellring more high-quality, engaging stories worldexpansive.”
