According to reports from Deadline, Sony Pictures has acquired the distribution rights to the film extension of Gnomes (Netherlands - 2022), the Dutch horror short film about killer gnomes that won the categories Best Splatter/Gore and Best Special Effects of DarkVeins Horror Fest 2022.
Directed by Ruwan Heggelman (Beste Vrienden, Mime), the short film Gnomes features among its screenwriters Richard Raaphorst (the director of the sci-fi horror Frankenstein's Army), who produced the film while also taking care of its special effects in collaboration with Jesse Tamerius and Stephan Vos.
The feature film project is currently in development and will feature Ruwan Heggelman himself in the director's booth. Instead, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen and Dan Levine of 21 Laps in collaboration with Richard Raaphorst appear in the production of the film.
Plot details have not yet been revealed.
Here our review of the short film Gnomes.