Shout! Studios Acquires Colin West’s Sci-Fi Dramedy ‘Linoleum’ Starring Jim Gaffigan And ‘Better Call Saul’s Rhea Seehorn
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Shout! Studios has acquired North American rights to the sci-fi dramedy Linoleum from Sub_Sequential Pictures, following a competitive bidding situation.
The multi-platform entertainment distribution and production arm of Shout! Factory is planning a strategic launch of the movie across all major entertainment platforms, beginning with a theatrical launch later this year.
Pic will be presented at the Cannes Film Market by Blue Fox Entertainment.The film from writer-director Colin West (Double Walker) follows Cameron Edwin (Jim Gaffigan), the host of a failing children’s science TV show called Above & Beyond, who has always had aspirations of being an astronaut.
After a mysterious space-race era satellite coincidentally falls from space and lands in his backyard, his midlife crisis manifests in a plan to rebuild the machine into his dream rocket.
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