The first deal of SXSW 2013 closed today as Drafthouse Films and Snoot Entertainment took theatrical, home vid and VOD rights to E.L. Katz’s midnight selection Cheap Thrills, Deadline said.
Pat Healy, David Koechner, Sara Paxton, and Ethan Embry star in the twisted comedy thriller about a working class family man tempted by a rich couple into a series of escalating bets.
Bidding wars are rare at the Austin fest, but competition broke out after the film’s premiere where audience and critical enthusiasm was high.
Cheap Thrills marks Katz’s directorial debut and is written by Trent Haaga and David Chirchirillo, with Travis Stevens of Snowfort Pictures and Gabriel Cowan and John Suits of New Artists Alliance producing.
