{"id":818670,"date":"2026-08-19T10:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/818670\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T10:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:40:08","slug":"sci-fi-comedy-flapjax-boards-blue-finch-ahead-of-fantastic-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/818670\/","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Fi Comedy ‘Flapjax’ Boards Blue Finch Ahead of Fantastic Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cFlapjax<\/a>,\u201d Rocko Zevenbergen\u2019s sci-fi horror comedy, has landed a worldwide sales deal with Blue Finch Films<\/a> ahead of its world premiere at Fantastic Fest<\/a> next month. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe U.K. sales and distribution company will launch sales on the title at the newly formed industry market at the Toronto Film Festival.<\/p>\n

\n\tBlue Finch Films picked up the project through Sitges FanPitch, the pitching arm of the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia that connects genre filmmakers still in development with potential backers. The platform draws filmmakers, producers, sales agents and financiers from across the industry each year, fostering opportunities for development financing, co-production and market exposure.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFlapjax\u201d centers on Arrow, a fast-food manager whose overzealous devotion to the job unwittingly advances an alien race\u2019s scheme, as he unknowingly serves customers a deadly new item added to the menu: Flapjax.<\/p>\n

\n\tZevenbergen, whose debut feature \u201cI Need You Dead!\u201d first put him on the map, co-wrote the \u201cFlapjax\u201d screenplay with Estevan Mu\u00f1oz. He also produced the film with Aerin Chaklai, George Jones, Jefferson Moneo, Patrick Hackett and Fabiola Caraza on behalf of Prowler Pictures, while Daniel Futa, Mike Chapman and Fatima Hayward served as executive producers.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c\u2018Flapjax\u2019 has been in the works for over six years now. It is such a thrill to finally unleash our micro-epic \u2018onto the menu,\u2019 as it were. Audiences can expect a rollercoaster ride through cinematic styles; moments inspired by Ozu and Cronenberg blend in a style I believe is unique to our picture. I\u2019m hopeful festival audiences will be swept away by our incredible cast, led by Gabriel Cagan, into the world of Hamudders, alien conspiracies, and \u2026mommy issues!?\u201d Zevenbergen said.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cProwler Pictures is dedicated to making wild films with crazed maniacs. Rocko Z is our kinda guy. His work can freak you out and melt your heart. A rare talent \u2013 with rare hair,\u201d added Moneo.<\/p>\n

\n\tFatima Hayward of Blue Finch Films called Zevenbergen a genuine new voice in genre filmmaking, saying his blend of body horror and campy Nickelodeon-style nostalgia has resulted in a gruesome yet heartfelt ode to cinema. \u201cFantastic Fest is the perfect first audience for this crazy ride,\u201d Hayward said.<\/p>\n

\n\tBlue Finch Films\u2019 sales slate also includes Toronto Midnight Madness title \u201cKick On\u201d and BBC Film and Screen Scotland-backed \u201cMisson,\u201d starring George MacKay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cFlapjax,\u201d Rocko Zevenbergen\u2019s sci-fi horror comedy, has landed a worldwide sales deal with Blue Finch Films ahead of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[347312,88,57836,347313,206],"class_list":["post-818670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-blue-finch-films","tag-entertainment","tag-fantastic-fest","tag-flapjax","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}