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IN THEATERS AND ON DEMAND SEPTEMBER 18 MPAA Rating: R for horror violence and gore, language including sexual references, and some drug use. Runtime: 88 minutes For more information, please contact: Liz Berger Adam Kersh Lionsgate Brigade Marketing 2700 Colorado Avenue 548 W 28 th Street Suite 200 #332-334 Santa Monica, CA 90404 New York, NY 10001
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IN THEATERS AND ON DEMAND SEPTEMBER 18

MPAA Rating: R for horror violence and gore, language including sexual references, and some drug use.

Runtime: 88 minutes

For more information, please contact:

Liz Berger Adam KershLionsgate Brigade Marketing2700 Colorado Avenue 548 W 28th StreetSuite 200 #332-334Santa Monica, CA 90404 New York, NY 10001P: 424-214-4210 P: 917-551-5853E: [email protected] E: [email protected]

Cast (Character): Elijah Wood (Clint)Rainn Wilson (Wade)Alison Pill (Lucy)Jack McBrayer (Tracy)Leigh Whannell (Doug)Nasim Pedrad (Rebekkah)with Ian Brennan (Vice Principal Simms)and Jorge Garcia (Rick)Cooper Roth (Patriot)Miles Elliot (Dink)Morgan Lily (Tamra)Sunny May Allison (Shelley)Armani Jackson (Calvin)Peter Kwong (Mr. Hatachi)Kate Flannery (Charman)Matt Jones (Sheriff Dave)Rebecca Marshall (Emily)

Directed by: Jonathan Milott & Cary MurnionScreenplay by: Leigh Whannell & Ian BrennanStory by: Ian Brennan &

Leigh Whannell& Josh C. Waller

Produced by: Daniel NoahJosh C. WallerElijah Wood

Produced by: Tove ChristensenGeorgy MalkovSteven Schneider

Executive Producers: Ian BrennanLeigh Whannell

Executive Producers: Gevond AndreasyanSarik AndreasyanHayden ChristensenSeth William MeierVladimir Poliakov

Line Producer: Seth William MeierCo-Producers: Ryan Farhoudi

Doug BrownSpencer Medof

Director of Photography: Lyle VincentProduction Designer: Thomas William HallbauerOriginal Music by: KrengEditor: Brett W. BachmanSpecial Makeup EffectsDesigned and Created by: Justin RaleighCostume Designer: Gina ScarnatiCasting by: Terri Taylor, CSA

COOTIESSYNOPSIS:

From the twisted minds of Leigh Whannell (co-writer of Saw and Insidious) and Ian Brennan (co-creator of “Glee”), Cooties is a horror comedy with unexpected laughs and unapologetic thrills. When a cafeteria food virus turns elementary school children into little killer savages, a group of misfit teachers must band together to escape the playground carnage. The film stars Elijah Wood (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Lord of the Rings trilogy), Rainn Wilson (“The Office”), and Alison Pill (“The Newsroom”) as teachers who fight to survive the mayhem while hilariously bickering in an uncomfortable love triangle on the worst Monday of their lives. The Sundance hit Cooties will be one of the debut releases of the newly-launched Lionsgate Premiere label, which will release the film on September 18th in select theaters and on demand.

Lionsgate, SpectreVision, and Glacier Films present Cooties.

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION:

The germ of the idea for a film called Cooties came to producer Josh C. Waller while chatting with his young niece about imaginary schoolyard contagion. The conversation immediately inspired Waller to picture a horror scenario in which an industrial-strength “cooties” epidemic turns pre-pubescent children into feral predators. Waller shared his concept with his SpectreVision producing partners Daniel Noah and Elijah Wood. “Josh came to us saying ‘I can’t believe no one’s ever done a horror film called Cooties about monstrous children,’” recalls Noah. Wood immediately sparked to the possibilities.

Saw Meets Glee

To develop their premise into a full-blown screenplay, Waller, Noah and Wood recruited horror auteur Leigh Whannell. Responsible for co-writing the first three Saw movies and writing the blockbuster Insidious franchise, Whannell loved the Cooties title but insisted on bringing humor into the mix.

“Originally we wanted Cooties to be a straight-up hardcore horror film,” says Noah. But Whannell recalls that when the producers presented him with their ideas, his response was, “Guys…it’s called Cooties!”

To crank up the story’s joke quotient, Whannell brought on his friend Ian Brennan to co-write the screenplay. Brennan had no experience in the horror genre but plenty of practice writing about teachers and students as co-creator of the hit high-school musical TV series “Glee.”

“Obviously I write a lot in a school setting, and also my mom and sister are teachers,” Brennan notes. “I really liked the idea of channeling the desire of a teacher, particularly a substitute, who wants to punch a kid in the face. The cooties outbreak gave us the perfect excuse to show that.”

In addition to their different genre experiences, the two brought unique writing styles to the project. “I was amazed at Ian because he’d go away for ten minutes and come back with seven pages of razor-sharp His Girl Friday-worthy dialogue, whereas for me, in an hour, I would have written ‘The moon

breaks free of the clouds,’” Whannell says. “But because of my experience in the horror genre, I have a subconscious knowledge of structure and that came out when we were doing the outline.”

An “Honest” Directing Duo

Once Whannell and Brennan delivered their Cooties script, SpectreVision invited several directors to pitch their takes on the material. Though they’d never made a feature film before, directing team Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion, known collectively as HONEST, won over the producers by spending two months creating a “lookbook” complete with storyboards, a video, and a chart showing how the virus would affect kids at various stages.

Impressed with HONEST’s presentation, SpectreVision embraced the idea of a two-person directing team. “I’ve worked with a directing pair before,” says Wood. “The fear would be that there would be conflicting information, or even too much information, but that wasn’t the case at all with Jon and Cary. One would give notes to the actors while the other stood back. They were always in synch and more importantly, they have a warmth and friendliness that extends to everyone on the cast and crew.”

The Ft. Chicken Faculty

With the script and directors in place, SpectreVision began casting actors to portray the quirky faculty members held captive by their cooties-infested pupils. “It was important to get actors with real comedy chops who could bring a brightness and energy to the material.” says Noah.

One of the first actors to respond to the Cooties challenge was Rainn Wilson. Best known for his portrayal of Assistant to the Regional Manager Dwight Schrute on the long-running NBC comedy series “The Office,” Wilson portrays bitter gym teacher Wade Johnson.

“The idea was intriguing,” says the actor. “When I read the script it had a real story, real characters, real heart, great transformations and a really interesting emotional journey. I got very excited about doing this movie.”

Jack McBrayer, who starred as perennially chipper network page Kenneth Parcell on the Primetime Emmy®-winning sitcom “30 Rock,” savored his role as art teacher Tracy Simmons. “It sounded like super fun, plus I’ve never done a horror film before,” says McBrayer, who popularized his goofball persona on Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

“I usually just smile a lot and talk Southern,” adds the Georgia native. “On Cooties, I got to talk Southern and scream real big.”

For Alison Pill, Cooties represented a drastic departure from her breakthrough role as a serious-minded TV producer in Aaron Sorkin’s HBO drama “The Newsroom.” “Cooties was one of the few scripts I’ve read alone in my living room that made me laugh out loud,” says Pill. “I actually guffawed.”

“Saturday Night Live” veteran Nasim Pedrad welcomed the opportunity to channel ultra-conservative grade-school teacher Rebekkah Halverson. “What I like about Rebekkah is that she has a very specific

worldview and mannerisms. Leigh and Ian wrote her brilliantly and hilariously. That’s a lot more fun to take on than a character who you’re trying to figure out because you’re not clear about who she is.”

Whannell created the role of oddball science teacher Doug for himself. “Ian and I started out as actors and ended up as writers because acting is such a thankless task,” he laughs. “The only way I can get good acting roles is to write scripts.”

Brennan also did double duty by portraying the hapless Vice Principal Simms. “The one good thing about writing for yourself is that you never have to ask how the line is supposed to be read. We know exactly how it’s intended to go,” he says.

Wood, famed for his portrayal of Frodo in the blockbuster Lord of the Rings trilogy, had no intention of starring as the unlikely hero of Cooties, but his producing partners had other ideas.

“Every time we made a cast list, we came to the conclusion that Elijah was the only actor who could play Clint,” says Waller. “Elijah is charming and endearing and he fought right up until the last minute about joining the cast.”

Ultimately, Wood enjoyed wearing two hats as both actor and producer. “I loved what Leigh and Ian had written,” says Wood. “It was a lot of fun to work on a movie about zombie-like children and to have it come to life so beautifully with this incredible cast.”

Casting the Cootie Kids

While the adult actors dispense the lion’s share of Cooties’ wise-cracking dialogue, it’s the kids who drive the action scenes. “We got incredibly lucky,” says Waller, describing the short audition process. “The kids who came in on the first day of the casting process ended up being the ones we chose.”

“In the heyday of the horror film, the monsters were portrayed by brilliant actors like Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney,” adds Noah. “In our film, the prosthetics are very limited, so we really had to rely on the talent of these child actors. They delivered amazing, ferocious, terrifying and heartfelt portrayals, which had very little to do with makeup. It was in the performance.”

On Location in L.A.

Cooties began principal photography in July 2013 at Los Angeles’s Dorris Place Elementary School. Filmed largely at this single location, cast and crew enjoyed the luxury of shooting most of the movie in sequence. “Cooties is front-loaded with introductory scenes and characters meeting each other,” explains Wood. “That was a great way for us to start production because the actors got a chance to embody these defining moments in a fresh way for the first time. By the end of the first week, we were off and running. Literally running, because the kids with cooties started to invade the school.”

Faced with limited time and budget, HONEST co-directors Milott and Murnion made the most of their time on set. “We did a lot of planning,” says Murnion. “Before we got to the set each day we had

storyboards of the major sequences as well as extensive shot lists; we knew exactly how we would be approaching each scene.”

But for all their efficiency, Milott and Murnion managed to create a relaxed atmosphere. “Within a few days, the cast really felt like a family and the school became our home,” says Waller. “It really felt like everyone on the crew wanted to be there and shared equally in the directors’ vision and excitement for the project.”

When Improv Meets Horror

Despite the constraints of a 25-day shooting schedule, Milott and Murnion encouraged their cast to go off script and ad lib lines of dialogue when the occasion called for it. “Jon and Cary were adamant about getting what was in the script, and then letting the actors do their thing,” explains Waller. “When you have brilliant actors with backgrounds in improvisation, you want to let them have at it.”

McBrayer, who honed his comedy chops at Chicago’s legendary Second City troupe, appreciated the directors’ flexibility. “They were totally open to us adding our own tweaks and input,” says the actor. “If you’re a comedian especially, it’s very rewarding to be able to put your own spin on something.”

Coming from a background that includes a Tony®-nominated performance in the Broadway drama “The Lieutenant of Inishmore,” Pill relished being part of the free-wheeling Cooties cast. “I’ve been such a fan of so many of these people,” she says. “It was amazing to see their comedic timing and watch them come up with insane, hilarious improv. You couldn’t ask for a better group to support you and laugh at your jokes.”

Getting Physical

Although comic veterans Wilson and McBrayer had plenty of experience in crafting wisecracks and eliciting laughs, Cooties also required them to run, scream, and fight for weeks on end. “For me,” says Wilson, “The most physically challenging scene was one where I had to run across the schoolyard to escape an advancing mob of rabid Cootie kids, clotheslining about half a dozen of them along the way. There were many takes. Unlike my character, Wade, I am not a former football star. I just play one in the movies.”

Hardcore Popcorn Flick

After putting the finishing touches on the film’s blood splatters and screams in postproduction, the Cooties filmmakers hope they’ve accomplished their goal of infecting audiences with laughter and terror in equal measure. “We’d love to see people laugh at the ridiculousness of our scenario while being truly scared by the horror elements,” says Wood. “At the end of the day, they should have a lot of fun. After all, our movie is called Cooties and it’s about killer children. I think that says it all.”

ABOUT THE CAST:

ELIJAH WOOD (Clint, Producer) is widely regarded as one of the most gifted actors of his generation and continues to challenge himself with roles spanning the spectrum of style and genre. Wood made an indelible mark in the trilogy of films based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in the lead role of the hobbit, 'Frodo Baggins.' Directed by Peter Jackson, the films, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and Return of the King were all critically lauded as well as being box office record setters. In addition, Return of the King won the Academy Award® for Best Picture as well as 11 Academy Awards® in all, tying Titanic for the record. Additional credits include Maniac, Grand Piano, The Hobbit, Celeste and Jesse Forever, Treasure Island, Happy Feet 2, The Romantics, 9, Oxford Murders, Paris Je’Taime, Day Zero, Happy Feet, Bobby, Everything is Illuminated, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Hooligans, Sin City, Ice Storm, Ash Wednesday Black and White, as well as four seasons of FX’s comedy “Wilfred.” Wood was most recently seen in Nacho Vigalondo’s Open Windows and in Andy Goddard’s Set Fire to the Stars. He will next star in Breck Eisner’s The Last Witch Hunter, starring alongside Vin Diesel and Michael Caine in the supernatural action story. Lionsgate will release the film this October.

RAINN WILSON (Wade) starred in the long-running NBC sitcom “The Office,” a Primetime Emmy® and Screen Actors Guild Award® winner for Best Comedy. Starring alongside Steve Carell, John Krasinski and Jenna Fisher, Wilson endeared himself to millions and earned two Emmy nominations with his portrayal of Dwight Schrute, an eccentric paper salesman.

Wilson currently plays the title role on the Fox series “Backstrom” and will soon be seen in the sci-fi thriller Uncanny, with Mark Webber and Lucy Griffiths. He voices a character in the forthcoming animated film Robodog, which also features the voice acting of Ellen Page and Ron Perlman.

Wilson first gained notice in his role as a pitiable mortician’s apprentice on HBO’s Primetime Emmy®-winning series “Six Feet Under.” He has also guest-starred on “CSI”, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Dark Angel” and “Monk.” He co-starred in the TV movie “When Billie Beat Bobby.” Wilson received his first WGA Award for his turn as host of the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards.

Wilson turned in a humorous cameo in the summer blockbuster Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. He was also seen in the buzzed-about indies Peep World, with Michael C. Hall and Sarah Silverman; Hesher, with Natalie Portman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt; and Super (which he also co-executive produced), directed by James Gunn and co-starring Ellen Page, Liv Tyler and Kevin Bacon.

Wilson voiced an alien with plans to conquer the Earth in the 2009 animated feature Monsters vs. Aliens. Other film credits include The Rocker, The Last Mimzy, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Sahara, Baadasssss, Full Frontal, Almost Famous, America’s Sweethearts, House of 1000 Corpses and Galaxy Quest.

Wilson honed his theater skills in New York for years before making the trip to Los Angeles to pursue on-screen work. His stage credits include performances in Broadway plays “London Assurance” and “The Tempest” as well as Off Broadway productions of “The New Bozena” (a piece he created), “Plunge,”

“Venus,” “Titus Andronicus” and “Twelfth Night.” He attended the graduate acting program at New York University.

ALISON PILL (Lucy) will next be seen in the ABC telefilm “Original Sin,” alongside Joan Allen and Zach Gilford. She also voices a character in the animated feature Zoom, featuring the talents of Gael García Bernal and Mariana Ximenes. Previously, Pill co-starred in Joon-ho Bong’s Snowpiercer, opposite Chris Evans, John Hurt and Tilda Swinton. Other film credits include Woody Allen’s To Rome with Love and Midnight in Paris as well as Goon, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Milk, Dan in Real Life, Dear Wendy and Pieces of April.

Pill recently starred on the acclaimed Aaron Sorkin series “The Newsroom,” for HBO. Other television work includes “In Treatment,” “The Book of Daniel” and “Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows.”

On stage, Pill recently appeared in “Wait Until Dark,” directed by Matt Shakman at the Geffen Playhouse. She also starred opposite Ben Stiller in “House of Blue Leaves,” worked with Edie Falco in “This Wide Night” and joined Abigail Breslin in a Broadway revival of “The Miracle Worker.” Other theater credits include “Reasons to Be Pretty,” “Mauritius” and “Blackbird” (for which she received Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League Award nominations). Pill was nominated for a Tony Award® for her Broadway debut in “The Lieutenant of Inishmore” and her work in “On the Mountain” netted her a Lucille Lortel Award nomination. She shared in the cast’s Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble for the U.S. premiere of “The Distance from Here.”

JACK McBRAYER (Tracy) earned a Primetime Emmy® nomination for his portrayal of the eager and well-meaning page Kenneth Parcell on the beloved NBC series “30 Rock.” He can currently be seen in “The Jack and Triumph Show,” airing on Adult Swim. Up next for McBrayer is the feature Bad Night, co-starring Adam Pally and Matt Walsh.

Over the years McBrayer has appeared in such films as Forgetting Sarah Marshall, opposite Jason Segel and Russell Brand; Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, with Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly; The Campaign, alongside Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis; The To Do List, with Aubrey Plaza and Bill Hader; and They Came Together, opposite Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd.

The actor voiced the lead role of Fix-It Felix in Wreck-It Ralph, the animated hit directed by Rich Moore and produced by John Lasseter. McBrayer has also voiced characters in films such as Despicable Me and TV series “The Simpsons” and “Archer.”

LEIGH WHANNELL (Doug, Co-Writer and Executive Producer) recently co-wrote, produced and appeared in the Australian comedy The Mule, starring Hugo Weaving and Angus Sampson. Whannell wrote and directed the forthcoming horror sequel Insidious: Chapter 3, in which he co-stars alongside Dermot Mulroney and Stefanie Scott. Other writing credits include Dead Silence and the first two Insidious films.

Whannell was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia. He began his career as an actor, appearing in acclaimed Australian series such as “Neighbours” and “Blue Heelers.” Whannell was also a host and film

critic on the TV series “Recovery,” where he interviewed such superstars as George Clooney, Jackie Chan and Tim Burton. The show became a cult hit.

Whannell studied film at the prestigious Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, where he met filmmaker James Wan. Together, they began developing ideas and this led to Whannell writing the screenplay for Saw (in which he also co-starred). In addition to his work on Saw II, he wrote and starred in Saw III and continued as the executive producer of the Saw franchise. In 2010 the Guinness Book of World Records dubbed Saw the most successful horror-movie series of all time.

Whannell has appeared in such films as The Matrix Reloaded, Death Sentence, The Pardon, Dying Breed and Crush. He also lent his voice to a character in the animated feature Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga-Hoole.

NASIM PEDRAD (Rebekkah) is best known for her small-screen work as a regular on “Saturday Night Live” and “Mulaney.” She also recently guest starred on “New Girl” and is a regular on the forthcoming Fox series “Scream Queens.” Additional television credits include “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “The Awesomes” and “TripTank.”

Born in Iran, Pedrad was a performer with the Sunday Company at The Groundlings and has frequently performed her one-woman show “Me, Myself & Iran” at the Los Angeles divisions of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. The show was selected for the 2007 HBO Comedy Festival in Las Vegas. She has also received an LA Weekly Best Comedic Performance of the Year Award as the lead in her comedic spoof “After School Special.”

Pedrad then guest-starred on “Gilmore Girls” and had a recurring role on “ER” from 2007 to 2009. In 2011 she was a recurring voice on the Fox animated series “Allen Gregory” and went on to voice characters in The Lorax and Despicable Me 2 before booking an on-camera role in The Dictator.

IAN BRENNAN (Vice-Principal Simms, Co-Writer and Executive Producer) is co-creator and executive producer of the long-running Fox hit “Glee,” an achievement for which he received two consecutive Golden Globe Awards®.

Brennan is currently writing the screenplays Rifts, for Jerry Bruckheimer Films, and One Hit Wonders, with his “Glee” collaborators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. His other writing credits include 15 episodes of the forthcoming series “Scream Queens,” on which he is a producer.

A graduate of Loyola University Chicago, Brennan studied and performed the craft of acting at the Steppenwolf and Goodman theaters in his hometown of Chicago before moving to New York, where he worked at the Vineyard, Playwrights Horizons and the MCC Theater.

JORGE GARCIA (Rick) first came to the attention of television audiences with his portrayal of Hector Lopez on two seasons of the CBS sitcom “Becker.” He is best known, however, for the role of Hugo “Hurley” Reyes on the long-running ABC drama “Lost.” Garcia has also appeared on a number of series including “Spin City,” “Fringe,” “Mr. Sunshine,” “Californication,” “Once Upon a Time,” “Maggie” and “How I Met Your Mother.” He is a series regular on “Hawaii Five-O.”

Garcia will next be seen in the feature comedy Get a Job, alongside Alison Brie, Miles Teller and Anna Kendrick. He is currently filming the light-hearted Western, The Ridiculous 6, co-starring Adam Sandler, Will Forte and Taylor Lautner.

Born in Nebraska and raised in Los Angeles, Garcia graduated from UCLA as a communications major. When producers saw his performance opposite Larry David on an episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Garcia was invited to audition for their upcoming television series. While he came in to read for a different role, the producers were so impressed with him that they created his signature character on “Lost” specifically for him. Several years later Garcia would follow “Lost” creator J.J. Abrams to another ominous island, as one of the stars of the series “Alcatraz.”

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS:

JONATHAN MILOTT and CARY MURNION (Directors) are a directing team also known as HONEST. Their partnership was formed in the spring of 1997 when the duo met while attending the Parsons School of Design and have been working together ever since. HONEST is an award-winning creative studio dedicated to creating unconventional content in all forms. They have more than a decade of experience crafting compelling visual, narrative and interactive media. In addition to winning an ADC Young Gun Award, HONEST has been featured in numerous magazines, both online and in print.

In 2003 Nike asked the team if they wanted to be involved in a short-film series they were developing called The Art of Speed. Nike picked 10 directors who were to write a script for a short film, all with the theme of speed. Milott and Murnion came from athletic backgrounds but never finished in first place in any of their athletic endeavors, so they decided to create a sport in which anyone could win. The result was Shortest Race, a race that was only 39.9 inches long. Nike was thrilled with the subsequent film and it screened at film festivals across the country.

From there Milott and Murnion directed short films with support from Diesel, Panasonic and again Nike. The duo also started filming commercials and developing digital ad campaigns. HONEST has collaborated with top ad agencies including Goodby, Silverstein & Partners; BBDO; Crispin Porter + Bogusky; Publicis, Leo Burnett; Wunderman; Mullen; and JWT.

In 2008 a film production company developing features to be screened late at night in college towns asked HONEST to submit their ideas for a short film. Milott and Murnion wrote a script for a short film called Boob, about a breast implant that comes alive and terrorizes a hospital staff as it tries to escape the clutches of an evil surgeon. Boob was a big hit, taking them around the country to film festivals such as SXSW, IFFBoston, GenArt and Newport Beach. With its unique premise and innovative visual style, the short also garnered Hollywood attention.

Since then the filmmakers’ work has been recognized with multiple projects short-listed at Cannes, the Webby Awards and FWA. Their work has been featured in Saatchi & Saatchi’s New Directors Showcase and the Shots New Directors Showcase, Vimeo Staff Picks and the CA Web Picks.

DANIEL NOAH (Producer)

As a writer, Daniel Noah has developed numerous screenplays and television pilots for major studios and networks including Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Warner Brothers Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Dimension, NBC, ABC, The CW, Imagine and The Mark Gordon Company. Daniel co-wrote the screenplay Believers (2007) for director Daniel Myrick (The Blair Witch Project) and Warner Brothers Pictures, and wrote McCanick (2013) for Bleiberg Entertainment. As writer-director he helmed Twelve (2001) for Emerging Pictures, and more recently Max Rose for Lightstream Pictures, featuring Jerry Lewis’ first screen role in 13 years. Max Rose premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013. He is programming-director of “SpectreFest,” a multidisciplinary genre festival held annually in Los Angeles.

JOSH C. WALLER (Producer)

Following an eight year tour in the US Marine Corps, Josh C. Waller wrote the story for, produced, and directed the critically-acclaimed, female action film, Raze, which premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. The New York Times described the film as, "lurking, waiting to slug you in the face!" Raze was released theatrically in 2014 by IFC Midnight. He immediately followed Raze by producing and directing McCanick, a gritty cop drama penned by SpectreVision partner Daniel Noah. The emotional character study stars David Morse and Cory Monteith (in his final performance) and premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was acquired by WellGO USA for theatrical release in 2014. Currently, Waller again teamed with partner Daniel Noah, producing and directing Noah’s script Camino, a political action film set deep within the jungles of 1980's Colombia.

TOVE CHRISTENSEN and GEORGY MALKOV (Producers) are partnered in an extensive slate of features for their company Glacier Films, which was launched in 2013. The pair also served as producers on the Glacier production American Heist, an action film starring Hayden Christensen, Jordana Brewster and Adrien Brody.

Other producing credits include Vanishing on 7th Street, The Education of Charlie Banks and Shattered Glass, which was nominated for Best Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards.

STEVEN SCHNEIDER (Producer) has served as producer or executive producer on a number of highly successful genre films including the Insidious and Paranormal Activity franchises.

Schneider began his career as a film critic with graduate degrees in philosophy and cinema studies from Harvard, NYU and the University of London. He has authored numerous books on horror and world cinema, including the bestseller 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die.

Schneider moved to Los Angeles in 2003 to pursue a career in producing. He helped bring to the screen the record-breaking Paranormal Activity and produced subsequent installments of the series including the forthcoming Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension.

Other producing credits include The Devil Inside, Barry Levinson’s The Bay, Rob Zombie’s The Lords of Salem, Wer and Area 51, among many others. Schneider also served as an executive producer on the ABC series “The River.”

IAN BRENNAN and LEIGH WHANNELL (Executive Producers) See About the Cast

SETH WILLIAM MEIER (Line Producer) has amassed producing credits that range from the theatrical production of Halfway Back from the Edge of the World to the original multi-camera sitcom “With Friends Like These...” As an actor, Meier has also appeared in feature films such as Maid in Manhattan and the television series “Outside Providence,” “Sleeper Cell,” “Vanished,” “Without a Trace” and “Criminal Minds.”

Meier’s credits as unit production manager and/or line producer include the features In My Pocket, Monster Mutt, My Substitute Is an Alien and the forthcoming Darkchylde (for John Carpenter). Alongside Glen Trotiner, he maintains the West Coast division of Burnside Entertainment/Arch Entertainment. The company’s producing credits include The Briefcase, Bella, Bernard and Doris, Union Square and King of Herrings (winner of the 2013 Audience Award at the New Orleans Film Festival).

More recently, Meier joined forces with the special makeup effects and independent production company Illusion Industries Inc., becoming their studio liaison and head of physical production under the title of executive vice president and staff line producer. While there, Meier helped facilitate and oversee builds on TV shows such as “Sons of Anarchy” and “Southland” along with feature films The Smurfs and The Smurfs 2, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, The Iceman and G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Meanwhile, he continued to oversee production, financing, delivery and distribution on all of Illusion’s titles.

To get back on set, Meier recently took a smaller role as an advisory board member. Since then he has produced the half-hour pilot “Maker Shack Agency,” for Amazon Studios.

Meier was obsessed with drawing and painting from a young age. Unbeknownst to his parents, he reached out to the founding fathers of Walt Disney Animation: Ollie Johnson, Frank Thomas and Ward Kimball. Through a love of character expressed on the page, he began a spirited correspondence and was coached by the Disney veterans to improve his skill. “Take up acting to learn your characters,” was the bit of advice that led young Meier to take to the stage in the Boston community. He would ultimate receive his SAG card for a role in School Ties.

Meier continued his training on both sides of the camera at Ithaca College before going abroad to study in London. In New York, he received the chance to play for the Detroit Tigers with Kevin Costner in Sam Raimi’s baseball drama For Love of the Game. Meier also recurred on the acclaimed HBO series “Oz” and met his mentor and future business partner, Glen Trotiner. Together they worked on the indie feature Overnight Sensation, for which Meier received the Karl Malden Award for Excellence.

To further his working knowledge of the business, Meier then worked at the HWA Talent Agency. He moved to Los Angeles only after he was given the unique experience of working for Joel Schumacher as an “on-camera assistant director” on the contained thriller Phone Booth.

Meier now lives in Los Angeles.

LYLE VINCENT (Director of Photography) recently shot the SpectreVision production A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, which earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Cinematography. Previously, he lensed another horror film, Devoured (winner of Best Director and Best Actress at the New York City Horror Film Festival).

Vincent graduated from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts graduate film program, where he specialized in cinematography. In 2007 he was the recipient of the ASC Heritage Award. He began his career as a cinematographer responsible for additional photography and second-unit work on numerous feature films. Vincent then shot the critically acclaimed feature Heaven Eternal, Earth Everlasting in mainland China. The film premiered at the 2009 Tokyo Film Festival and went on to receive a large and successful release in China.

Vincent’s body of work includes many commercials and music videos. He has collaborated with such distinguished directors as Laura Belsey, Bruce Dowad, Rich Wafer, Phil Van and Jason Zada. He also shot a five-part series entitled “Brightfalls” for the Xbox video game Alan Wake. Each 10-minute episode served as a featurette prequel to the game’s storyline.

"COOTIES"

Unit Production Manager Seth William Meier

First Assistant Director Joe McDougall II

Second Assistant Director Lori Ashfield

Second Second Assistant Director JoAnn Lowrie

Production Supervisor Tracy Thomas

CAST

Clint Elijah Wood

Wade Rainn Wilson

Lucy Alison Pill

Tracy Jack McBrayer

Doug Leigh Whannell

Rebekkah Nasim Pedrad

Vice Principal Simms Ian Brennan

Rick Jorge Garcia

Patriot Cooper Roth

Dink Miles Elliot

Tamra Morgan Lily

Shelley Sunny May Allison

Calvin Armani Jackson

Mr. Hatachi Peter Kwong

Charman Kate Flannery

Sheriff Dave Matt Jones

Emily Rebecca Marshall

Lincoln Jake Brennan

Mr. Pederson Mark Christopher Lawrence

Racer Aiden Lovekamp

Moon Lauren Stovall

Safety Helmet Boy Jared Breeze

Rhonda Angela Bullock

Patriot's Mom Nikita Ager

Crying Mother Elizabeth Bogush

Miss Nash Boni Yanagisawa

Mrs. Gordon Lauren Katz

Mr. Henderson Brian Henderson

Mrs. Birk Tammie Baird

Tricycle Girl Ashley Miller

Cootie Kid Chloe Rose

Stunt Coordinator Matt Berberi

Stunt Performers Randall Archer

Kelli Barksdale

Emily Brobst

Bryan Cartago

Danny Downey

Marissa Labog

Sam Ly

Tara Macken

Kara Peterson

Ming Qiu

Stunt Riggers/Safety Brett Smrz

Jared Eddo

Jeff Pruitt

Mark Aaron Wagner

Nick Benseman

Stand Ins Troy Gonzalez

Erika Del Toro

Camera Operator /Steadicam Scott L. Dropkin, S.O.C.

1st Assistant Camera E. Gunnar Mortensen

2nd Assistant Camera Rob Pittman

B Camera Operator Chris "CT" Taylor

B Camera 1st Assistant Camera T. Fouts Sandoval

B Camera 2nd Assistant Camera Michelle Mann

Digital Image Technician Michael D. Hardwick

Stills Photographer Tony Rivetti Jr., S.M.P.S.P.

Camera Assistant Todd Kappelt

Chief Lighting Technician Matthew Thiemann

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician Luke Miller

Set Lighting Technicians Pat Russo

Frank Endewardt

Jose Felix

Bradley C. Ferm

W. Vincent Pagoda

Graham Chart

Benny Alvarado

David Adams

Thomas Anderson

Stephen Irvine

Tom Wood

Wink Mann

Jeffrey Siljenberg

Balloon Technician Erik Arendt

Hot Head Technician Steven F. Miller

Key Grip Geno Kerry

Best Boy Grip Russell Nordstedt Jr.

Best Boy Grip Alexander Griffiths

Dolly Grip Gray Lanaux

Grips Todd Liggitt

Greg Wilson

David Peirce

Michael Listorti

Vadim Frumin

Mark Vollmer

Chris Christensen

Andre Hollins

Matt Minke

Sound Mixer Zsolt Magyar, C.A.S.

Boom Operator Tim D. Lloyd

Utility Person Victoria Bowes

Art Director Jasmine Garnet

Set Decorator Ali Matilla

Lead Man Nic Weethee

Set Dressers Sarah Taub

Glenn Ryan Jr.

Bruce Bellamy

Gary R. Leshner

Peter Angles

Joseph DeRosa

Christopher Dumas

Kristina Kasmin

Andrew Kim

German Velasco

On Set Dresser Yukion Frierson

Propmaster Blanche Sindelar

Assistant Propmaster Andre Martin

Additional Props Assistant Lee Cunningham

Construction Coordinator Casey Garrett

Foreperson Christopher Garr

Painter Sergio Martinez

Artistic Consultant Neil D'Monte

Buyer Jeremy Cisneros

Art Department Assistant Delano Clark

Art Department Interns Susannah Honey

Allison Lopes

Key Costumers Julia Bly

Natasha Konowalow

Costumers Ryan Lennon

Yuki Tachibe

Costume Production Assistants Carly Campbell

Suki-Rose Etter

Seamstress Sara Bacon

Makeup Department Head Eleanor Sabaduquia

Key Makeup Artist Liz Mendoza

Makeup Artists Hugo Villasenor

Michelle Chung

Yoko Nobushi

Steve Costanza

Kato DeStefan

Martina Kohl

Luis Garcia

Molly Crator

Carlton Coleman

Natalie Thimm

Ralis Kahn

Brian Kinney

Ani Plotki-Maloney

Rocky Faulkner

Special Makeup Effects Designed and Created by Fractured FX, Inc.

Special Effects Makeup Department Head Justin Raleigh

Special Effects Makeup Danielle Noe

Kelly Golden

Project Coordinator Michael Ezell

Office Manager Deedee Malone

Prosthetic Department Jo Holland

Sculptors Kelly Golden

Kodai Yoshizawa

Mold Department Joe Gomez

Karla Alves

Christopher Hernandez

Hair Department Head Yesim "Shimmy" Osman

Assistant Department Head Hair Tijen Osman

Hair Artists Pavy Olivarez

Kya Bilal

Tina Fabulic

Leslie Borchard

Cyndi Vellmure

Location Manager Jared Parsons

Location Production Assistant Kevan Tucker

Script Supervisor Diane Durant

Production Accountant Jessica Shannon

Assistant Production Accountant Rebecca Ryan

Additional 2nd 2nd AD Lisa Chu

Additional 2nd 2nd AD Matthew Baker

Additional 2nd 2nd AD Alexis Olsen

DGA Trainee Corinne Wedlake

Key Office Production Assistant Stephanie Louie

Office Production Assistant Tito Alverio

Key Set Production Assistant Josh Larson

Set Production Assistant Stefon L. C.

Megan K. Drayton

Assistant to Elijah Wood Hannah Wood

Assistant to Tove Christensen Meg Dudley

Assistant to Daniel Noah Dawn McElhare

Assistant to Ian Brennan Troy Terry

Assistants Mary Ann Pianka

Alan Clark

Casting Associate Sarah Domeier

Extras Casting Bill Dance

Extras Casting Associate Terence Harris

Transportation Captain Michael Locke

Transportation Co-Captains Blaine Currier

Kim Magruder

Drivers Robert Mullins

Gary W. Jackson

Bill Hannah

Mike Van Item

Franck Pelluchon

Brian Stickgold

Philip Henderson

Robert Barone

Ken Kaplan

Louis Mendoza

Kelly Murphy

William Peters

Catering Hollywood Caterers

Chef Hugo Cortez

Craft Services Luis Moreno

Craft Services Assistants Kevin Vallejo

Carlos Uribe

Set Medic Robert Caballero

Studio Teacher Christine Miller

Additional Studio Teachers Patrick Jackson

Charmaine Boos

Special Effects Coordinator Josh Hakian

Special Effects Assistants David Waine

Chris Cline

Jay T. Rockwell

Gary F. Bentley

Unit Publicist Michael Klastorin

ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Second Assistant Director Peter Merwin

Second Second Assistant Director Brent R. Clark

B Camera 1st Assistant Camera Lisa K. Ferguson

B Camera 2nd Assistant Camera Aaron Schuh

Yuka Kadono

DIT Lee Sumners

Set Lighting Technicians Sonoko Shimoyama

Chris Primero

Mark 'Pierre' Cane

Don Abernathy

Derrick Esperanza

Ramian Williams

Thad Hall

Guy Maturo

Key Grip Travis Belgard

Best Boy Grip Rowan G. Byers

Dolly Grip Andrey Kremer

Grips Nicholas Kirsten

Chris Godfrey

Frank Garbutt

Sound Utility Person Jay Golden

Set Decorator Brandi Kalish

Lead Man Dean Zingus

Set Dressers Mike Barnett

Carl Jones

Susie Thompson

Ryan Donohue

Pete Kang

On Set Dresser Robert New

Greensman Steven James Smally

Assistant Samantha Layton Gregory

Prop Assistant Ed Martin II

Special Effects Coordinator John Hartigan

Special Effects Foreman Zak Knight

Special Effects Technician Sean K. Gordon

Special Effects Pyro Technician Steve Newquist

Makeup Department Head Alex Noble

Makeup Artists Gina Rylander

Megan Areford

Blake Shepard

Leonard MacDonald

LuFeng Qu

Edward French

Dave Snyder

Hair Artists Traci E. Smithe

Sarah Ault

Location Manager Dale Dreher

Location Production Assistant Nancy Bruno

Script Supervisor Toby Forlenza

Assistant Production Accountant Myisha Jimerson

EICB Desirée Stone

Set Production Assistants Chance Bostick

Melissa S. Cottingham

Rosa

Adam Morgan

Transportation Captain Eric Miller

Drivers Jeff Gold

Seth Levine

Charles Gatson

Larry Smith

Will Machato

Mike Hurwitz

Leonardo "Maka" Bautista

Guy Michaels

Victor Moore

Jim Kelley

Craft Services Speedys Craft Service

Craft Services Assistant Eduardo Garcia

Set Medic Cindy Swartz

Studio Teacher Phil Eisenhower

SECOND UNIT

2nd Unit Director Todd Tucker

1st Assistant Director Lori Ashfield

2nd Assistant Director Matt Baker

2nd Unit DIT Zack Charney Cohen

Gaffer Felipe Solares

Best Boy Electrician Matt Hingstman

Key Grip Sergio Silva

Best Boy Grip Joel Jaspan

Sound Mixer Kevin Bellante

Teacher Sandy McNeil

Make-Up Artist Bridget O'Neill

Hair Stylist Lara Cilento

Special Effects Make-Up Department Head Martin Astles

Art PA Ignacio Genzon

2nd Unit Propmaster Lee Cunningham

Set Medic David Falicki

2nd Unit Accountant Brett Becker

2nd Unit Transportation Captain Sean Erman

POST

Post Production Supervisor Chris J. Russo

Editorial Services Third Floor Productions, Ltd & Jon Jorgensen

S. Robyn Wilson

Digital Intermediate Provided By Tunnel Post, Santa Monica, CA

DI Producers Alan Pao

Heather Toll

Colorist Mark Todd Osborne

DI Editors Taylor Mahony

Sebastian Perez-Burchard

Sound Design by Jeffery Alan Jones

Post Production Sound by Alan Audio Works, Inc. Los Angeles, CA

Supervising Sound Editor Jeffery Alan Jones

Sound Editors Ando Johnson

Matt Howard

Eloisa Diaz

Dialogue Editors Patrick Garrison

James Washington

Foley Artists Tanner Parker

Alan Archer

Re-Recording Mixer Jeffery Alan Jones

Additional Sound Services

Owen Granich-Young Darren King

Gregory King Mike McKone

Jon Greasley John T. Graves

Jeffrey Dyal E. Niles Klein

Additional Foley Services JRS Foley

Visual Effects Provided by Space Monkey, Inc.

Visual Effect Supervisor Joe DiValerio

Digital Effects Phillip Aupperle

Didier Levy

Additional Visual Effects Terminal FX

Original Music Composed Mixed & Produced By Kreng

Music Coordinator Tim Husom

Musical Assistance & Transcriptions Benjamin Glorieux

Strings & Choir Recorded at Motor Music, Belgium

Recording Engineer & Musical Assistance Thomas De Pauw

Strings The *Sun*Sun*Sun String Orkestra

First Violin Jeroen Baert

Second Violin Yumika Lecluyze

Viola Karel Coninx

Cello Serpahine Stragier

Choir Het Kinderkoor van de Vlaamse Opera

Choir Leader Hendrik Derolez

Additional Strings by Kreng's Diabolik Dozen

Bass - Mike Delaere, Johannes D’Hoine, Peter Jacquemyn

Cello - Benjamin Glorieux, Pieter Matthynssens, Sofie Sweygers

Alto - Natalie Glas, Sigrid Keunen, Katrien Van Remortel

Violin - Claudia Ibarra de Broeckhove, David Van Ransbeeck, Louise Vanbiervliet

Recorded at Motor Music Studios, Mechelen. Belgium by Thomas De Pauw

"I Want You To Love America" "God and a Shotgun"

Lyrics & Music by IAN BRENNAN Written by ANGELA WOOD, NOAH NEEDLEMAN

Arrangement by BENJAMIN GLORIEUX Performed by RYAN WOOD

Sung by ELINE HADERMANN

"My Rack" "Pop Goes the Weasel"

Written by ANGELA WOOD and BENJI HARRIS Written by TRADITIONAL

Performed by ANGELA WOOD Arranged and Performed by PEPIJN CAUDRON

Co-Executive Producers Michael Wexler

George Castrounis

In Association with Maple Leaf Capital

Legal Services Provided By Rosen Law Group & Pafundi Law Firm

Phillip L. Rosen, Sarah Dubman, Beau Stapleton

Harris E. Tulchin & Associates

Pafundi Law Firm

Script Clearance & Product Placement Clearance Domain

Camera Equipment Provided By Camtec

Camera Dollies Provided By Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Inc.

Grip and Electric Equipment Provided By Quixote

Payroll Provided By EASE Entertainment

Extras Payroll Provided By EFS

Production Insurance Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Comic Book Artwork Created By Neil D'Monte

Footage courtesy of Shutterstock, Inc., Used By Permission Wavebreak Media

Stock media provided by

Wideweb, Josh Fancher, Rocky Mountain, Visionpix/ Pond5.com

SPECIAL THANKS

Our amazing cast, the parents of all our wonderful child actors, and our families.

Leigh & Ian, without their beautiful script, we would be nowhere.

Ben Weiss Jay Shaw

Beau Stapleton Benny Pitt

Ace Norton Lauren Smith

Carl Beyer Jairo Alvarado

Christine, Chloe and Charlie Meier Joel Baral

Monkeyland Audio Hanley Baxter

Tara Strauss Dave Becky

Calvin Main Joannie Burstein

Lawrence Inglee Joanne Colonna

Doug Lucterhand Andrew Deane

Brian Goldberg Brian Depersia

Deb McIntosh Jason Garber

Mark Schullman Scott Henderson

Stacey Testro Michael Kives

Amanda Dempsey Jo Yao

Alphabet Signs Electus

McFarlane Toys Tim Husom

Ryan Farhoudi, our "Jon Peters"

Scott Nicolaides, Prosight

Wayland Worldwide LLC

Posters Courtesy of Metallica

Posters Courtesy of U2

Principle Management Ltd

Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival

Charlie, Dean and Lindsay at the Black Cat

Hadrian Belove and the Cinefamily

Robert C. Baral, An Accountancy Corporation

Posters Courtesy of Universal Studios Licensing LLC

Susan Grant & The Staff of Dorris Place Elementary School

Daniel R'Bibo - Gallagher Entertainment Insurance Services

TUNNEL LOGO

Filmed on Location in Los Angeles, California

This project was made possible with the support of THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CALIFORNIA FILM COMMISION.

American Humane Association monitored the animal action. No animals were harmed®. (AHAD 03962)

All characters depicted, names used, and incidents portrayed in this film are fictitious. No identification with actual persons is intended nor should be inferred. Any resemblance of the characters portrayed to

actual persons, living or dead is purely coincidental.

This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United States of America, Canada, and other countries. Any unauthorized exhibition, distribution, or reproduction of this motion picture or video tape

or any part thereof (including the soundtrack) may result in severe liability and criminal penalties.

Copyright © 2014 Cooties, LLCAll Rights Reserved


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