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Exclusive: Fest-favorite found-footage chiller “MAN FINDS TAPE” gets a release date

The horrific mock-documentary is coming later this year.

We got the exclusive word that Magnolia Pictures’ Magnet Releasing will bring MAN FINDS TAPE to select theaters and VOD platforms December 5. The movie, which won praise from fest play including Tribeca and Beyond Fest, was written and directed by Peter Hall and Paul Gandersman and produced by Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson and David Lawson Jr. (the team behind THE ENDLESS, SYNCHRONIC and others) and Ashley Landavazo. Kelsey Pribilski, William Magnuson, John Gholson, Brian Villalobos and Nell Kessler star; the synopsis: “After receiving a cryptic call, documentarian Lynn Page [Pribilski] returns to her small Texas hometown to investigate haunting footage of events no one can remember taking place. But her brother Lucas’ [Magnuson] controversial past with a viral web series called MAN FINDS TAPE forces Lynn to question if he, or anyone in their town, can be trusted. And the arrival of a stranger with chaotic intentions forces Lynn to confront her family’s involvement with the deadly monster preying on Larkin, TX.”

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