Focus Features‘ digital distribution initiative, Focus World, acquired “Juan of the Dead” to add it to its U.S. release slate. Focus World premieres titles across video-on-demand and electronic sell-thru platforms, including cable/satellite providers, iTunes, Xbox 360, Playstation and YouTube. The deal was negociated by John Sloss and Bart Walker’s Cinetic Media, which boarded “Juan” at [...]

Juan of the Dead will have its first theatrical release in Spain on January 13th. Until then, fans and followers are taking part of various side events and constests such as the Première, which took place on January 5, the Madrid Zombie-walk and the contest promoted by the Fotogramas Magazine. The film is being released [...]

Juan of the Dead (Juan de los Muertos, originally in Spanish) will be have Its most awaited first theatrical release on January 6th in Spain. Avalon Productions – the Spanish distributor- is promoting the film through a nation wide campaign based on a ficticious character – a Cuban zombie called Laura Cruz Palmero who found [...]

Juan de los muertos (Juan of the dead) by director Alejandro Brugues was voted as most popular in Havana´s 33rd International Film Festival of New Latin American Cinema. Some 5,000 votes confirm that Cuba´s first story about zombies attracted many movie goers, many more than Argentina´s Un cuento chino, also a favorite among the contenders. [...]

People of all ages wearing zombies costumes went last Thrusday to the Cocheras del Puerto Theatre to watch “Juan fo the Dead” for free. The Huelva Iberoamerican Film Fest, which opened with the Spanish-Cuban film, organized the event which gathered fans Forthe “zombie walk” that started at 22:30 pm..

Following audience votes taken for every one of the Film Festival programme’s 150+ feature films, the 25th Leeds International Film Festival (UK) has announced its Audience Award winners. Among them, Juan of the Dead won the Fanomenon Audience Award. The 25th edition of the Film Festival, which took place from Nov 3 to 20, 2011 [...]

The film Juan of the Dead participated of the 26 Mar del Plata International Film Festival, which took place between November 5 and 13 in the Argentinean city. The film got a great reception by local public and media. Director Alejandro Brugués was present. The only “A” Latin American Film Festival, it was founded in [...]

“JUAN DE LOS MUERTOS”: PRESS CONFERENCE Josemi Beltrán, Andrea Duro & Jazz Vilá (actors) AND Gervasio Iglesias (producer) at the press conference for the film presented at the Closing Night. Photographer: Iñigo Royo Source: San Sebastian Film Fest Flickr Album

Photo by Jack Plunkett. juan of the Dead was a big success at Austin Fantastic Fest. Crowds of zombie fans cheered all the films gags and the films was saluted by the specialized media such as Twitch which said that it was the festival´s “biggest surprise”: I think I was expecting something a bit squeaky [...]