LA-based production studio and distributor Viva Pictures has entered into a strategic alliance with Kazoo Films, Cantilever Media’s newly launched distribution company. The non-exclusive agreement will see both companies jointly acquiring animated feature films (like Night of the Zoopocalypse) for family audiences, with Viva Pictures handling distribution in the US and Kazoo taking UK rights.
Selected films will be acquired on a case-by-case basis, with the two companies collaborating on marketing and promotional efforts to maximise reach in both territories.
The first film they will collaborate on is on the Clive Barker inspired film, Night of the Zoopocalypse, directed by Rodrigo Perez-Castro and Richard Curtis which Viva Pictures has acquired for the US and Kazoo has picked up for the UK. The two companies will be sharing assets and marketing materials for the film which Viva Pictures is releasing on March 7 (with Elevation Pictures handling Canada on the same date) and Kazoo will release in the Autumn around Halloween.