Elijah
Wood’s production of the horror comedy Cooties has added to new actors to the
cast, which consisted of Elijah Wood. Allison Pill (Scott Pilgrim vs the World
and The Newsroom) and Rainn Wilson (The Office) are latest additions to
Cooties, which will begin shooting this Monday, July 15th.
Press
Release:
Principal
photography will begin Monday, July 15th on the
horror-comedy, Cooties starring Elijah Wood, Alison Pill and
Rainn Wilson. The film also stars Jack McBrayer Jorgé Garcia, Nasim
Pedrad and Leigh Whannell. The commercial-directing duo, HONEST (Jonathan
Milott and Cary Murnion) make their feature-film directorial debut from a screenplay
by Leigh Whannell and Ian Brennan. In addition to starring in the film,
Elijah Wood also serves as producer with his SpectreVision partners, Daniel
Noah and Josh C. Waller. Steven Schneider also produces, as well as Tove
Christensen and Georgy Malkov of Glacier Films, who are financing the feature.
Glacier’s Vladimir Poliakov, Sarik Andreasyan, Gevond Andreasyan and Hayden
Christensen serve as Executive Producers.
A
cautionary tale of a school lunch program gone horribly wrong, Cooties tells
the story of a young girl who eats a chicken nugget infected with a virulent
disease. She begins to transform into a violent, murderous flesh-ripping
juvenile who transmits the disease, which only affects the pre-pubescent.
As it quickly spreads, the teachers find themselves trapped in the school,
faced with a horde of rampaging adolescents, and must come up with an immediate
lesson plan to save their very lives.
Wood
will portray Clint Hadson, a substitute teacher who must deal with a little
more than the usual classroom hijinks. Alison Pill is Lucy, an eternally
optimistic 4th grade teacher and Clint’s childhood crush.
Wilson portrays Wade, a former high school all-star athlete whose dashed dreams
have landed him the position of PE teacher.
Elijah
Wood is currently on screen as the star of Maniac, and is known to
millions worldwide for his portrayal of Frodo, in the Lord of the
Rings trilogy. Wood also stars in the FX series Wilfred,
currently in its third season.
Alison
Pill can be seen as part of the award-nominated cast of the gripping Aaron
Sorkin HBO drama The Newsroom. Ms. Pill has appeared in two
films for director Woody Allen, To Rome With Love and Midnight in
Paris, and co-starred in the cult classic Scott Pilgrim vs. the
World.
Rainn
Wilson recently completed his long-running, Emmy Award-nominated role of Dwight
Schrute in the NBC sitcom The Office. He has starred in
feature films such as Super and The Rocker.
Jack
McBrayer was nominated for an Emmy as the eager, naïve page, Kenneth Parcell in
his nine seasons employed at NBC’s 30 Rock. The actor has
also lent his voice to many animated series and films, including Wreck
It Ralph, Bob’s Burgers and Phineas and Ferb.
Jorge
Garcia is best known for his portrayal of Hurley, stranded on a mysterious
island in Lost. He went from one inhospitable island to
another, as one of the stars of the FOX series Alcatraz. He
stars opposite Anna Kendrick and Bryan Cranston in the upcoming feature, Get
a Job.
Nasim
Pedrad is in her fourth season as one of the ensemble cast of Saturday Night
Live. She has been featured in the series Allen Gregoryand ER,
as well as the features The Dictator and The
Lorax, among others.
In
addition to his writing and producing credits, Leigh Whannell has been featured
as an actor in numerous films. He recently reprised his role as ‘Specs’
from Insidious in the upcoming Insidious: Chapter 2 and
is also the star of the Australian crime film The Mule, which he
also wrote.
Cooties screenwriters
Leigh Whannell and Ian Brennan are (separately) the creators of two hit
series on polar ends of the entertainment spectrum. Whannell was the Co-Creator
and writer of the first three chapters of the Saw motion
picture franchise, as well as Insidious(1&2) and Brennan
the Co-Creator and Executive Producer of the long-running series Glee, for
which he has received two Golden Globes. Brennan will also appear
in a featured role in Cooties.
Cooties is
the second film in production for Glacier Films, with American Heist currently
shooting in New Orleans.
Financing
for Cooties has been arranged by Paradigm who are handling
North American sales.
Cooties will
shoot entirely in the Los Angeles area.
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