Multi-platform entertainment company Shout! Factory has acquired North American rights to “Bloodsucking Bastards,” a vampire comedy-horror feature directed by Brian James O’Connell and written by the comedy troupe Dr. God based on an original script by Ryan Mitts, TheWrap has learned.
The film’s producers and Shout! Factory’s founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos announced that the rights deal includes theatrical, home entertainment, digital distribution and broadcast for cross-platform releases in the U.S. and Canada.
Described as “Office Space” meets “Shaun of the Dead,” the film stars Fran Kranz (“Cabin in the Woods”) as an overworked office worker whose telemarketing company is slowly taken over by vampires led by his longtime nemesis, played by Pedro Pascal (“Game of Thrones”).