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SYNCHRONICITY ENTERTAINMENT LICENSES RIGHTS FOR ‘COOTIES’ STARRING ELIJAH WOOD TO UNIVERSAL PICTURES INTERNATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT IN MULTI TERRITORIES

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SYNCHRONICITY ENTERTAINMENT LICENSES RIGHTS FOR ‘COOTIES’ STARRING ELIJAH WOOD TO UNIVERSAL PICTURES INTERNATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT IN MULTI TERRITORIES

(LOS ANGELES, CA) November 8, 2013 – Synchronicity Entertainment has licensed the rights to horror comedy film COOTIES, starring Elijah Wood(THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, upcoming GRAND PIANO), Alison Pill (HBO’s “The Newsroom”) and Rainn Wilson (NBC’S “The Office”) in the UK, Germany, Benelux and Brazil to Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE), it was announced today by Ruzanna Kegeyan, President of Synchronicity Entertainment.

Directed by Cary Munion and Jonathan Milott, COOTIES is produced by SpectreVision partners Wood, Daniel Noah and Josh C. Waller as well as Steven Schneider (PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 1-4, INSIDIOUS), and Glacier Films' Tove Christensen and Georgy Malkov.

The film is co-written by horror powerhouse Leigh Whannell (SAW 1-3, INSIDIOUS) and Fox’s hit series GLEE co-creator Ian Brennan, who also serve as executive producers.

Synchronicity Entertainment, The Solution Entertainment Group’s cutting edge vanguard division, is handling international rights to the film at the American Film Market and is presenting new footage to buyers this week.

The deal was negotiated by Kegeyan on behalf of Synchronicity, Matthew Dysart from Sheppard Mullin on behalf of the producers and Jasper van Hecke and Felicity Harrison on behalf of UPIE.

When a mysterious virus borne from chicken nuggets hits an isolated elementary school transforming the pre-adolescent children into a feral swarm of mindless cannibals, an unlikely hero must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives against them. Who is thishero? The Substitute teacher.

“Not since Gremlins struck a nerve have little monsters terrorized a town in a wildly entertaining take on the horror genre. UPIE’s enthusiasm for the release in such key

international territories as the UK and Germany promises that COOTIES has found the perfect home where it can grow globally,” said Ruzanna Kegeyan.

Synchronicity Entertainment’s slate at AFM also includes Schneider’s supernatural horror film MARA starring Olga Kurylenko (QUANTUM OF SOLACE, OBLIVION) in pre-production, the James Mottern thriller GOD ONLY KNOWS, starring Ben Barnes, Toby Jones, Leighton Meester and Harvey Keitel in post-production and PSYCH creator James Roday’s genre-bending horror GRAVY with Lily Cole, Gabourey Sidibe and Sarah Silverman.

ABOUT THE SOLUTION ENTERTAINMENT GROUP/SYNCHRONICITY ENTERTAINMENT:

The Solution Entertainment Group (“The Solution”) is a multi-faceted, full service international sales and financing company which offers filmmakers access to development funding, production funding, production and post-production services as well as international distribution.

Synchronicity Entertainment (“Synchronicity”) is a partnership between The Solution and Siren Studios. Synchronicity aims to finance and produce 8 – 10 film titles per year centered around the horror, action, thriller and comedy film genres. The slate will be a combination of third party titles, co-productions and in house productions utilizing the Siren Studios production and post-production facilities.

The Solution was founded in 2012 by international sales veteran, Lisa Wilson, and leading film financier, Myles Nestel, who are both partners. Ruzanna Kegeyan serves as Synchronicity’s President of International Distribution.

References:

IMDB.com

SynchronicityEntertainment.com

AFM.com