Magnet Releasing has acquired North American distribution rights to the comedy horror film Milo. Written and directed by Jacob Vaughan and starring Ken Marino & Gillian Jacobs, Milo premiered last weekend at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival.
Duncans (Marino) life is a real pain in the ass. Tormented by manipulative, crooked boss (Patrick Warburton), a nagging mother (Mary Kay Place), a deadbeat new age dad (Stephen Root), and a sweet, yet pressuring, wife (Jacobs), his mounting stress starts to trigger an insufferable gastrointestinal reaction. Out of ideas and at the end of his rope, Duncan seeks the help of a hypnotherapist (Peter Stormare), who helps him discover the root of his unusual stomach pain: a pintsized demon living in his intestine that, triggered by excessive anxiety, forces its way out and slaughters the people who haveangered him. Out of fear that his intestinal gremlin may target its wrath on the wrong person, Duncan attempts to befriend it, naming it Milo and indulging it to keep its seemingly insatiable appetite at bay.
Just like Ken Marino, our stomachs were hurting watching ‘Milo,’ happily because of laughter rather than an intestinal demon, said Magnolia President Eamonn Bowles. ’Milo’ is a rare entry in the horror-comedy genre that truly delivers.
Jacob Vaughan said, “Magnet is the perfect home for ‘Milo’. The company is second-to-none in releasing quality genre movies and their passion for ‘Milo’ is overwhelming. Im confident they will do an incredible job positioning the film in the marketplace and getting it seen by audiences everywhere.
Milo was produced by Adele Romanski with New Artists Alliances Gabriel Cowan and John Suits. Executive producers include Mark & Jay Duplass, John Norris, Kerry Johnson, Dallas Sonnier, Jack Heller and Floren Shieh Productions Clay Floren and Aimee Shieh.
