Indie Creature Aims to Take a Bite Out of Box Office

Posted by About.com Horror & Suspense on September 2, 2011

Sid Sheinberg, the 76-year-old former President and Chief Operating Officer of MCA who, via MCA’s Universal division, oversaw such legendary monster movies as Jaws and Jurassic Park, is going the decidedly un-studio route with his latest monster movie, Creature. Sheinberg’s production company The Bubble Factory produced the flick — about an alligator man roaming the Louisiana swamps — and finding resistance from studios regarding distribution, he decided to distribute the film himself. The result is impressively wide, with Creature opening September 9 reportedly on 1,500 screens in the top 20 US markets.

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