MarVista Working with Walking Dead Producers on Teen Horror Film

NEW YORK: MarVista Entertainment and Circle of Confusion, producers of The Walking Dead, are co-production partners on the new supernatural teen horror film Satanic, which is being repped by Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures.

Satanic follows a fan full of young college co-eds who are visiting old Satanic Panic-era sites in Los Angeles. They wind up following the owner of an occult store home, where they end up saving a suspicious girl from an apparent human sacrifice. The project marks the feature film debut of director Jeff Hunt, a veteran TV director with experience on shows such as Fringe, Hawaii 5-0, CSI, Nikita, Person of Interest and Dark Blue. Anthony Jawinski (Kristy, Vanishing on 7th Street) wrote the screenplay. Michael Moran from MarVista and Lawrence Mattis at Circle of Confusion serve as producers. Executive producing are Stephen Emery at Circle of Confusion, Fernando Szew at MarVista and Anthony Jawinski.

“As we expand MarVista into other realms of entertainment, we are honored to partner with two highly creative and progressive companies, Magnolia Pictures and Circle of Confusion, as we make our foray into the horror genre,” said Fernando Szew, the CEO of MarVista Entertainment. “With the incredibly talented development, production and distribution teams across each of our companies coming together, I am confident that we will deliver a truly unique and intense addition to the horror genre with Satanic.”

"This is the kind of fun smart genre project that audiences love," said Circle partner Lawrence Mattis. "It warns you that just beneath the surface, the world might not be as safe and sane as you imagine."