EXCLUSIVE: Adam Goldworm's Opening entertainment has signed Kyle McConaghy and Joe De Boera Missouri film duo whose acclaimed horror thriller Dead mail will soon have its Canadian premiere in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto Film Festival.
A mainstay on the genre's festival circuit since its premiere this year at SXSW, Dead mail It’s won several awards, including Best Film and Best Director at the UK Fright Fest, and is currently rated 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Still seeking distribution, the film sees a sinister note for help arrive at a 1980s post office, connecting a dead letter investigator with a kidnapped keyboard technician. We’re told the viewing experience is like finding an old Fincher VHS, lost in time, in the back of your 1980s video store.
McConaghy and DeBoer's 2020 directorial debut, Babywon the Best Film award at the Goosebumps Film Festival. This year, McConaghy also premiered Sheep's clothingan acclaimed micro-budget thriller, which he co-wrote, directed and shot. In addition to his film career, DeBoer is co-owner and creative director of Experience Fresh, a full-service creative agency based in St. Louis.
Aperture Entertainment, a 15-year-old boutique production and management company working with many of the most exciting new voices in the genre, includes on its roster New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix, Starry eyes filmmakers Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch, Kurtis Harder and Tesh Guttikonda (Man of influence), Ezra Claytan Daniels (Monkeypaw's People under the stairs), Seth Fisher (The Night Agent), Justin Dyck and Keith Cooper (Anything for Jackson), Steven C. Miller (forthcoming) Werewolves), and Maeve Fly author CJ Leede.
The producer of My friend DahmerAperture is currently working on series including Fox's The Walking Dead, a critically acclaimed adaptation of Derf Backderf's autobiographical graphic novel starring Ross Lynch, Alex Wolff and the late Anne Heche. The company also specializes in developing intellectual property for film and television. Proofan adaptation of the best-selling Image Comics series created by former clients Cory Goodman and Jeremy Lott; Final Support Group for Girls (Max.) and Maeve Flyalong with feature film adaptations of Improves the soul (Protozoa), Horror story and How to sell a haunted house (Legendary).