Anchor Bay sent us some news on their upcoming release “Laid to Rest” from director Robert Hall. Here’s the details:
BURBANK, CA – Anchor Bay Entertainment proudly announces the completion of principal photography for Laid to Rest, the sophomore writing/directing effort from renowned special makeup effects wizard Robert Hall (Superbad, “Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” the upcoming Pineapple Express). The follow-up feature to his critically acclaimed semi-autobiographical Lightning Bug, and Hall’s first excursion into horror as a director, Laid to Rest boasts a stellar cast headed by Lena Headey (“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” 300), Bobbi Sue Luther ( “Star Trek”), Lucas Till (The Hannah Montana Movie, Walk The Line), and Headey’s “Sarah Connor Chronicles” co-star, Thomas Dekker. The film also co-stars Sean Whalen (Never Been Kissed, Men In Black), Kevin Gage (Heat, GI Jane) and veteran character actor Richard Lynch (Rob Zombie’s Halloween, Invasion USA).
The film is scheduled for release later this year.
“We’re happy to be continuing our relationship with Robert on Laid to Rest,” said Mark Ward, VP, Acquisitions, Anchor Bay Entertainment. “Robert’s directorial debut Lightning Bug is one of our most popular titles and we know Laid To Rest will be even bigger.”
Laid to Rest is the terrifying story of a young girl (Bobbi Sue Luther) who wakes up in a casket with a traumatic head injury and no memory of her identity. She quickly realizes she was abducted by a metal-masked serial killer. Isolated in an unfamiliar rural town, she must survive the night and outsmart the technologically inclined murderer, who is hell-bent on finishing what he started.
The film was produced by Chang Tseng, Ed Polgardy and Bobbi Sue Hall. Seth Nagel is Co-Producer, with Kevin Bocarde and Robert Hall as Executive Producers.
Anchor Bay Entertainment is a division of Starz Media, LLC. Starz Media is a programming production and distribution company operating worldwide. It includes the Film Roman, Anchor Bay Entertainment, and Manga Entertainment brands. Its units create animated and live-action programming — including theatrical films — and programming created under contract for other media companies. It distributes that programming, and programming acquired from outside producers, through home video retailers, theaters, broadcasters, ad supported and premium television channels, and Internet and wireless video distributors in the US and internationally. Starz Media (www.starzmedia.com) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, and is attributed to Liberty Capital Group, a tracking stock group of Liberty Media Corporation.
