{"id":439401,"date":"2026-05-08T22:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/439401\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T22:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:54:16","slug":"emile-hirsch-justin-long-movie-lice-acquired-by-magenta-light-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/439401\/","title":{"rendered":"Emile Hirsch, Justin Long Movie ‘Lice’ Acquired by Magenta Light Studios"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Bob Yari\u2019s Magenta Light Studios<\/a> has taken North American theatrical rights to the horror-thriller, Lice<\/a>, for a Q1 2027 release. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe feature directorial debut of filmmaker Jonathan Bensimon stars Emile Hirsch<\/a>, Justin Long<\/a>, and Kevin Connolly<\/a> during a deadly outbreak of a parasite at a Long Island high school in the 1980s. When the school goes under military lockdown, the itch-crazed students turn on each other in a desperate struggle to survive. Hirsch plays burned-out science teacher Mr. Shanker, who finds new purpose as he investigates the bloodthirsty mites, Long as Principal Van, a man who is out of his depth and soon out of his mind, and Connolly as the tenacious Detective Sikorski, the desperate cop on the outside racing against time to contain the outbreak before it consumes the entire town.<\/p>\n

\n\tPic also stars Emilie Bierre, Joelle Farrow, Riley Davis, Tom Keat, Annamarie Kasper, Cooper Levy, Christian Meer, Gage Munroe, Devyn Nekoda, Sabrina Saudin, and Milton Torres Lara.<\/p>\n

\n\tConnolly also serves as producer under his ActionPark Productions banner, alongside producer Jeremy Alter. Bob Yari and David Spiegelman of Magenta Light Studios are EPs along with Eustace Montgomery Hicks. The screenplay was written by Anthony Musella and Shaun Harris (The Hemingway Thief). Highland Film Group is handling international sales out of Cannes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe always wanted Lice to feel like a visceral, throwback thrill ride\u2014something pulpy, unsettling, and darkly funny all at once. Collaborating with this cast and creative team allowed us to push that tone in unexpected ways, balancing chaos with character. We also leaned into bold, tactile techniques to create a visual style that feels both nostalgic and immediate. I\u2019m especially excited to be partnering with Magenta Light Studios to bring the film to theaters\u2014it\u2019s the perfect home for this kind of daring, cinematic experience, and I can\u2019t wait for audiences to see it on the big screen,\u201d said Bensimon.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFrom the moment we read the script, Lice stood out as a bold, wildly original ride,\u201d said Bob Yari, CEO of Magenta Light Studios. \u201cJonathan Bensimon has crafted a film that\u2019s as smart as it is unsettling, blending dark humor, suspense, and real emotional stakes. With this incredible cast, we believe it\u2019s going to be a truly memorable theatrical experience, and we\u2019re excited to bring it to audiences nationwide.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Bob Yari\u2019s Magenta Light Studios has taken North American theatrical rights to the horror-thriller, Lice, for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[47241,10532,11164,93,61,60,24010,191475,11165,165429,270],"class_list":["post-439401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-cannes","tag-cannes-film-festival","tag-emile-hirsch","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-justin-long","tag-kevin-connolly","tag-lice","tag-magenta-light-studios","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}