According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has picked up the worldwide distribution rights to director Joseph Kahn's "apocalyptic, body-swapping, time-traveling teen romantic comedy" Detention: Sony Unit Acquires Josh Hutcherson-Dane Cook Film 'Detention.'If you ask me, there just aren't enough apocalyptic, body-swapping, time-traveling teen romantic comedies playing at the cineplex these days. It's seriously under-appreciated as a genre. But all that will soon change. From the director that brought you Torque:
The movie, starring Josh Hutcherson, Dane Cook and Shanley Caswell and directed by Joseph Kahn, claimed the Youth Jury prize for best FutureWave Feature Film at the just-concluded Seattle International Film Festival. It concerns a group of students dealing with a slasher killer as they navigate their last year of high school.The funny thing is, every article I've read about this movie describes it as something different. Some call it a high school slasher, another article calls it sa sci-fi flick, while another article calls it a "time-travel comedy." The crazy thing is, maybe it's all those things. No release date is set yet, but I'm definitely curious to check this one out.
Kahn co-wrote the film with Mark Palermo. It was produced by MaryAnn Tanedo and Richard Weager, with exec producers Robert Abramoff, Hutcherson, David Kang, Clayton Reaser and Vernon Reaser.