The comedic horror film COOTIES, which premiered to a sold-out audience at midnight this past Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival, has been acquired by Lionsgate for release in U.S.  COOTIES marks the feature film directorial debut for directors Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion.  In COOTIES, a substitute teacher at a new school experiences the worst first day imaginable when he discovers that an outbreak of a mysterious virus is transforming the students into rampaging tykes. 

COOTIES is written by Leigh Whannell (co-creator of Saw and Insidious) and Ian Brennan (co-creator of “Glee”) and stars Elijah Wood (who also produced the film), Rainn Wilson, Alison Pill, Jack McBrayer, Leigh Whannell, Jorge Garcia, and Nasim Pedrad. 

Producer and star Elijah Wood said, “Even before we set forth on the production of COOTIES, we’ve always seen the ideal home for this film to be at Lionsgate. We could not be more thrilled!”

via DreadCentral