Chris Elliott & Michael Ian Black Set For Indie Mystery ‘Bad Day For Bigfoot’

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Elliott (Scary Movie franchise), Michael Ian Black (Wet Hot American Summer), Sara Tomko (Resident Alien), Oliver Cooper (Project X) and James Duval (Donnie Darko!) have entered production on , the sophomore feature from Zach Green and Devin O’Rourke on the heels of their cult comedy Foil.

The film follows a Bigfoot hoax that goes horribly wrong in the middle of an actual Sasquatch hot spot, leading to a chaotic struggle between the hoaxers, investigators, and a supernatural force that defies explanation.

“I have always been drawn to cryptids and monster lore, and the over-the-top sincerity of 80s and 90s protagonists,” Green told Deadline. “Bad Day for Bigfoot is a love letter to those creature-filled adventure comedies. I couldn’t be more proud of the cast and crew we’ve assembled, and for the support and enthusiasm from the people of La Grande [Oregon]. It was their gumption that proved to us that making this thing was very possible, and that what’s lurking in those woods may be very real indeed…”

Also starring Ashley Rae Spillers (Vice Principals), Brian McGuire and newcomer Kyle D. King, Bad Day for Bigfoot is produced by Rafi Jacobs of Static Films and Christopher Jennings, co-founder of the Eastern Oregon Film Festival, whose retreat program inspired the shooting location. Elliott serves as exec producer, and Miriam Hoffman and Candice Bernstein of Hoffman Bernstein Casting cast the project. Stephen Mastrocola of Static Films and H. Nelson Tracey are Co-EPs.

Elliott is represented by Vault Entertainment and Innovative Artists; Black by Artists First; Tomko by Bohemia Group and Michael Greene Artists Agency; Cooper by Authentic Talent & Literary Management and TalentWorks; Duval by RR9 Talent Group; and Green by Collier Talent.