Lionsgate has acquired the worldwide rights to “The Blackening,” a horror comedy and satire from director Tim Story (“Ride Along”) and writer Tracy Oliver (“Girls Trip”) that world premiered in the Midnight Madness section at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Lionsgate will give “The Blackening” wide theatrical distribution. A release date has not been set. Lionsgate is handling sales at AFM.
“The Blackening” is based on a sketch from writer and star Dewayne Perkins, who reprises his role in this film and also co-wrote the script with Oliver. The original sketch from 2018 and via Perkins’ Chicago-based comedy troupe 3-PEAT, acknowledged that in horror movies, Black people almost always die first.