Rock Salt Releasing Snags English Dubbed Adaptation For “Lava” With Janeane Garogalo In Leading Role

 

 

Featuring voice over from Primetime Emmy-nominated actress and comedian, Janeane Garofalo (BoJack Horseman, Ratatouille, Wet Hot American Summer), ‘LAVA’ will be available in March 2021 from Rock Salt Releasing.

The near-future sci-fi satire accompanies Débora (Garofalo), a lonely and ineffectual tattoo artist, and her friends through the likely end of the world. One evening, several friends come over to watch the latest episode of “Gain of Clones” when suddenly the signal cuts out. Everyone in the room loses two minutes of time as they are entranced by a subliminal message broadcast over the screen.

Soon enough the group learns that aliens have hijacked all forms of media, from mobile phones to cinema to the nightly news, and are using the screens to further hypnotize a device-addicted populace. With humanity otherwise occupied, the men from space meet little and unprepared resistance when they invade in the forms of kaiju-sized cats and snakes or flame throwing witches. It’s up to Débora and her friends to learn how to resist the alien mind control and fight back to save Earth.

The 2D animated feature-length is based on Salvador Sanz’s original screenplay, written with Ayar Blasco (who also directed the film) and Nicolás Britos.

[h/t: Variety]

Our Take

Adult animation continues to sell hot! Cryptozoo has already sold, and now an English dubbed adaptation of Lava is incoming this Spring! Expect more of these sales over the course of the year.