Joe Begos’s Neon-Soaked Extraterrestrial Splatterfest ‘Jimmy and Stiggs’ Is Getting an Argentinian Spinoff

The Argentine spin-off rights to Jimmy and Stiggs – the neon-drenched, practical-effects-laden alien horror film written, directed by and starring Joe Begos and released by Eli Roth’s The Horror Section – have been optioned by Sebastián De Caro, who will direct the project, reports Variety.

Rather than a straight remake, the film will follow new characters facing the same extraterrestrial threat in Argentina, expanding the universe Begos created into new territory.

Shot on 16mm over the course of nearly four years, primarily in Begos’ own Los Angeles apartment, the film follows two estranged friends — Jimmy, an out-of-work filmmaker convinced he was abducted by aliens, and Stiggs, the sober former partner he reunites with to face the impending extraterrestrial threat.

Jimmy and Stiggs was featured at the MorbidoGate IP Showcase, one of the signature industry initiatives at the Cannes Marché du Film’s Fantastic Pavilion, and the spin-off deal was closed days later at the market.

Roth and Begos will serve as executive producers on the project.

Argentina is the first territory to expand on the film’s premise, which could be considered a high-concept, universally translatable IP that travels across languages, cultures and markets: two men, one apartment, an alien siege.

Jimmy and Stiggs was the first acquisition for The Horror Section, launched by Roth last year as a company focused on the ownership and control of a premium intellectual property library of genre films, television series and games.