Freestyle Digital Media To Release I HATE KIDS This January

Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios, has acquired the North American rights to John Asher's I HATE KIDS. This is the second title from John Asher that Freestyle Digital Media has acquired, following 2016's A BOY CALLED PO. Starring Tom Everett Scott (TruTV's "I'm Sorry"), Tituss Burgess (Netflix's "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"), Rachel Boston (500 DAYS OF SUMMER) and Rhea Seehorn (AMC's "Better Call Saul") film will hit select theaters nationwide January 18, 2019 along with all digital platforms.

"I HATE KIDS is a terrific comedy with an equal amount of laughs and heart," said Bill Vergos, VP of Operations for Freestyle Digital Media. "We at Freestyle Digital Media are delighted to make I HATE KIDS available in select theaters and on multiple digital platforms in January."

Nick Pearson (Tom Everett Scott), the author of a best-selling comedic book, titled "I Hate Kids", and former lothario, is on the verge of marrying the woman of his dreams (Rachel Boston), who happens to share his disinterest for the "child-rearing experience." But the rehearsal dinner is interrupted by an uninvited guest... an awkward thirteen-year-old boy named Mason (Julian Feder), who shows up claiming to be Nickʼs son. With the aid of a flamboyant "radio show psychic", The Amazing Fabular (Titus Burgess) and with just a few days before the wedding, the three strangers embark on a wild road trip to find Mason's mother, who could be any one of a dozen eccentric women from Nickʼs past.

"Freestyle is a great partner for this title and I am so excited that I HATE KIDS will soon be seen by audiences nationwide," said director John Asher, "I'm really proud of this family comedy."

The comedy was produced by Rachel McHale and Todd Traina, and written by Traina and Frank Dietz.

The deal was negotiated by Rachel Koehler of Freestyle Digital Media.

About Entertainment Studios/Freestyle Digital Media
Chairman and CEO Byron Allen founded Entertainment Studios in 1993. Headquartered in Los Angeles, it has offices in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, and Raleigh. Entertainment Studios owns eight 24-hour HD cable television networks serving nearly 160 million subscribers: THE WEATHER CHANNEL, PETS.TV, COMEDY.TV, RECIPE.TV, CARS.TV, ES.TV, MYDESTINATION.TV, and JUSTICE CENTRAL.TV. The company also produces, distributes, and sells advertising for 41 television programs, MAKING IT one of the largest independent producers/distributors of first-run Syndicated television programming for broadcast television stations. With a library of over 5,000 hours of owned content across multiple genres, Entertainment Studios provides video content to broadcast television stations, cable television networks, mobile devices, multimedia platforms, and the World Wide Web. Our mission is to provide excellent programming to our viewers, online users, and Fortune 500 advertising partners.

Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures is a full-service, theatrical motion picture distribution company specializing in wide release commercial content. ESMP released 2017's highest-grossing independent movie, the shark thriller 47 METERS DOWN, which grossed over $44.3 million. In 2018, ESMP also released the critically-acclaimed and commercially successful Western HOSTILES and the historic mystery-thriller CHAPPAQUIDDICK. Upcoming releases include the Keanu Reeves sci-fi thriller REPLICAS, the John Krasinski/Emily Blunt-starring animated feature ANIMAL CRACKERS, and Joe Carnahan's Mel Gibson/Naomi Watts starring action-thriller BOSS LEVEL. The digital distribution unit of Entertainment Studios, Freestyle Digital Media, is a premiere multi-platform distributor with direct partnerships across all major cable, digital and streaming platforms. Capitalizing on a robust infrastructure, proven track record and a veteran sales team, Freestyle Digital Media is a true home for independent films. Recent releases include DEMON HOUSE directed by Zak Bagans, BERNARD AND HUEY starring Jim Rash, David Koechner and Mae Whitman, and THE BACHELORS starring J.K. Simmons, Julie Delpy and Odeya Rush. Other recent Freestyle titles include the action-comedy BETTER START RUNNING starring Academy Award-winner Jeremy Irons and Maria Bello, the award winning documentary HONDROS produced by Jamie Lee Curtis and Jake Gyllenhaal, sci-fi thriller THE RECALL starring Wesley Snipes, MILES starring Molly Shannon and Paul Reiser, horror documentary DEMON HOUSE starring Zak Bagans, host of Travel Channel's highest rated show Ghost Adventures, the animated feature HELL & BACK starring Nick Swardson, Mila Kunis and Bob Odenkirk, and THE GIRL IN THE BOOK with Emily VanCamp and Michael Nyqvist.

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