The FP

Drafthouse Films, the year-old distribution arm of Alamo Drafthouse, announced today that its acquisition of SXSW alum The FP, an Eighties-loving, post-apocalyptic action comedy from brothers Jason and Brandon Trost.

The Chronicle admired the film’s bizarro pluck when it world-premiered at SXSW Film this March: “If Mr. Miyagi locked the Karate Kid in a cellar with a battered VHS copy of Kickboxer for thrills, Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’ for style tips, and a catering pack of Pixy Stix for lunch, he’d make The FP.”

Drafthouse Films is aiming for a limited release in early 2012. This is the outfit’s second acquisition; the company debuted with U.S. distribution of the critically adored (if box-office-anemic) political satire Four Lions.

Drafthouse Films also announced that Evan Husney, previously of Troma Entertainment and Severin Films, will take over as the company’s new director; new duties include “oversee[ing] all aspects of acquisitions, distribution, promotion and marketing for their future slate of new and repertory releases.”

This article appears in July 29 • 2011.

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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...