{"id":212693,"date":"2025-10-14T16:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/212693\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T16:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:14:10","slug":"ifc-shudder-buy-zombie-film-this-is-not-a-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/212693\/","title":{"rendered":"IFC Shudder Buy Zombie Film ‘This Is Not a Test’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIndependent Film Company<\/a> and Shudder<\/a> have acquired the rights to writer-director Adam MacDonald\u2019s zombie outbreak horror movie, \u201cThis Is Not a Test.\u201d The film is adapted from the popular YA novel of the same name by New York Times best-selling author Courtney Summers. It stars Olivia Holt (\u201cHeart Eyes\u201d), Froy Gutierrez (\u201cThe Strangers\u201d), Luke MacFarlane (\u201cBros\u201d), Corteon Moore (\u201cOvercompensating\u201d), Chloe Avakian (\u201cJohn Wayne Gacy\u201d) and Carson MacCormac (\u201cClown in a Cornfield\u201d).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis Is Not a Test\u201d marks MacDonald\u2019s fourth collaboration with IFC Entertainment Group following his previous releases \u201cBackcountry,\u201d \u201cPyewacket\u201d and \u201cOut Come the Wolves.\u201d The deal includes rights in the US, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Independent Film Company and Shudder will release \u201cThis Is Not a Test\u201d in theaters in 2026.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to an official plot description, the film \u201c\u2026follows Sloane and a small group of her classmates who take cover in their high school to escape their suddenly apocalyptic hometown. As danger relentlessly pounds on the doors, Sloane begins to see the world through the eyes of people who actually want to live and takes matters into her own hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCourtney Summers\u2019 book \u2018This Is Not a Test\u2019 captivated me completely with its raw energy and dynamic characters, a story I felt personally and knew it had to be brought to the screen. I couldn\u2019t be happier with Olivia Holt\u2019s exceptional talent stepping into Sloane\u2019s shoes (Docs) and bringing her to life. I\u2019m beyond thrilled the film is in great hands and found a home with Independent Film Company and Shudder, a team that puts so much passion in the films they release,\u201d said MacDonald in a statement. \u201cProducer Cybill Lui and I brought together the very best creative team to realize this deeply emotional, gritty, intense film, one that puts you on the very edge of your seat and will leave you with hope at the end of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIndependent Film Company\u2019s Director of Acquisitions and Productions, Adam Koehler, commented, \u201cAdam MacDonald has an unmatched ability to elevate genre filmmaking with heart, intelligence, and raw human emotion. We\u2019re thrilled to bring \u2018This Is Not a Test\u2019 to a new generation of viewers who crave horror that hits both the gut and the soul.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCybill Lui of Anova Pictures and Adam MacDonald produced the film. The deal was negotiated by Adam Koehler for Independent Film Company and Shudder with Lui on behalf of the filmmakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Independent Film Company and Shudder have acquired the rights to writer-director Adam MacDonald\u2019s zombie outbreak horror movie, \u201cThis…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,103288,337,15946],"class_list":["post-212693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-independent-film-company","tag-movies","tag-shudder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}