Wow. A full two years after premiering in the 2006 edition of Sundance film festival, the little picture that could will be receiving the light of day in theaters via Magnolia pictures’ newst label. The company has been on a tear as off late – filling up the slate for their newest distribution arm: Magnet Releasing (check out the complete slate for the year ahead here).
Directed by Hal Haberman and Jeremy Passmore, Special (which will receive a summer release) is a comedy for those who have always wanted to be a superhero – this sees Les Franken (Michael Rapaport) lead a painfully
unremarkable life as a metermaid until he enrolls in a drug study for an
experimental anti-depressant. An unexpected side effect of the drug convinces
Les he is developing special powers and must quit his job to answer his new
calling in life… Superhero.
