A Killer Hippo Horror Movie Titled ‘Hungry’ Is Officially in the Works

The survival thriller Hungry, being sold by Signature Entertainment, tells the story of a hungry hippo attacking a group of tourists. Directed by James Nunn, known for the One Shot action series, the movie has started filming in Malta.

Nunn wrote the script, and Signature’s head of U.K. production, Ben Jacques (One More Shot, The Hatton Garden Job), is producing. Signature’s CEO Marc Goldberg and head of production Sarah Gabriel (Riff Raff, The Estate) are executive producers.

Hungry follows a group of tourists who find themselves lost in the Louisiana swamps, where they must survive an aggressive hippo on the loose.

Signature has already secured distribution deals with Acontracorriente in Spain, CDC in Latin America, Phoenicia in the Middle East, Daro in Eastern Europe, Garsu Pasaulio Irasai in the Baltics, and Shoval in Israel. Rights have also been acquired in India (Lionsgate Play), Malaysia and Singapore (Suraya), Thailand (Sahamongkol), the Philippines (Pioneer), Turkey (Tanweer), Mongolia (FilmBridge), and CIS (Exponenta).

The project includes talented artists like award-winning MUFX designer Dan Martin (The Banshees of Inisherin, Possessor, Infinity Pool) and Magic Dust VFX (True Detective: Night Country, One Piece), who will help bring the film’s hippo to life.

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