'Furry,' 'Crazies' pick up Imagenation cash

May 13, 2009 A movie based on a George A. Romero's 1974 cult classic "The Crazies" and a Brendan Fraser family comedy dubbed "Furry Vengeance" will both benefit from cash from the $250 million movie fund created by Imagenation Abu Dhabi, owned by Abu Dhabi Media Co. and Participant Media. The cashpool will partner on "The Crazies" with U.S. distributor and financier Overture Films, which will distribute in the U.S. and Canada. Paramount Vantage is on board to sell the picture, which details the story of the inhabitants of a small Iowa town beset by insanity and then death after a mysterious toxin contaminates their water supply.

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