"Detention," a genre-bending low-budget film starring Josh Hutcherson, Dane Cook and Shanley Caswell ("Little Victories") is heading to theaters. Sony Pictures announced it has acquired worldwide rights to the film. Mixing elements of comedy, horror, sci-fi and action movies, the film centers on a group of high school seniors who face off against a slasher killer, and ultimately find themselves in a position to save the world - if only they can get out of detention. Directed by music video veteran Joseph Kahn (2004's motorcycle actioner "Torque"), "Detention" was co-written by Kahn and Mark Palermo. "This is the best apocalyptic fantasy,...
- 6/15/2011
- by Dave Lewis
- Hitfix
Sony Pictures Worldwide has acquired worldwide rights to "Detention," winner of the Youth Jury prize for best FutureWave Feature Film at the Seattle International Film Festival. Directed by Joseph Kahn, "Detention" is described as an "apocalyptic fantasy, horror, science fiction, action- thriller, body swapping, time-traveling teen romantic comedy." Josh Hutcherson ("The Hunger Games"), Dane Cook and Shanley Caswell ("Little Victories") round out the cast. Below find the full release: Sony ...
- 6/15/2011
- Indiewire
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