Magnolia Pictures Takes On 'Severance'

[Friday, June 2nd, 2006]
Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to Christopher Smith's horror-comedy Severance, says the Hollywood Reporter.

The feature, which stars Danny Dyer and Laura Harris, follows an international arms dealer rewards his six-member sales division of corporate execs with a weekend team-building retreat in the mountains of Eastern Europe, where they encounter a renegade band of war-crazed soldiers seeking revenge.

" 'Severance' had me alternately laughing my ass off and gripping the seat handles in suspense. It's a fantastically entertaining mix of corporate comedy and slasher film -- kind of like 'Dilbert' meets 'Freddie,' " Magnolia president Eamonn Bowles said.

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