United States-based Dark Star Pictures, Mexico-based Mantícora and Spain-based La Dalia Films are joining forces to form Antídoto Horror Factory, Variety reports.
The new genre label will “develop, produce, distribute and sell a minimum of four genre feature films in the next four years, starting pre-production in 2023.”
Variety details, “Dark Star will take North American rights; Mantícora, Latin American territory, and La Dalia, Spanish rights.”
“In what is a more competitive market for small to medium distribution companies, in order to assure premium content for us the natural next step was to expand into the production side. We’re very happy to start this alliance with La Dalia Films and Dark Star Pictures,” said Mantícora director José Luis Mejía Razo.
“We’re certain that the combination of the expertise of each partner in their market with the guidance of our amazing artistic directors will result in a production output with the potential to reach wider and targeted audiences”, he added.
“We are thrilled to be a part of the Antídoto Horror Factory label. Dark Star remains committed to bringing audiences the most interesting and unique genre content from around the world and with this new venture we will be helping to spotlight even more of those exciting visions on an ongoing basis,” said Michael Repsch, Dark Star president.