Variety confirmed that a spin-off of Joe Begos’ Jimmy and Stiggs (2024) will be directed by Sebastián De Caro in Argentina. This exciting project emerged straight from MorbidoGate’s 2026 Genre IP Showcase at the Fantastic Pavilion in Cannes.
The press releases clarifies that “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.” For director De Caro Jimmy and Stiggs is “a brilliant kind of madness. It blew my mind with its energy and humor.”
Begos’ sci-fi splatter fest, notoriously shot on 16mm, was released in the U.S. last year via The Horror Section, Eli Roth’s company. Begos and Roth are set to be executive producers for De Caro’s spin-off; Roth said that he’s “a huge fan of Seba De Caro and the team at MorbidoGate, and Jimmy and Stiggs is the perfect template for how we see films from The Horror Section. Horror is truly global, and any story can be applied to local culture. I can’t wait to see how this movie honors and expands the universe of a wildly original film by the one and only Joe Begos.”
The deal was negotiated by Meg Thomson (Globalgate Entertainment) and Pablo Guisa Koestinger (Morbido Group) with Jon Schnaars (The Horror Section). “The goal of the Genre IP Showcase in Cannes is to strengthen the fantastic industry by connecting IP that can travel. First we took a Spanish flick to Turkey (The Coffee Table), now we’re taking an American movie to Argentina. Horror is universal, and the place to make those connections is the Fantastic Pavilion,” commented Guisa.
“We’re thrilled to collaborate with The Horror Section and Morbido on finding great IP with the power to travel. Begos’ Jimmy and Stiggs is a wild ride, it’s fantastic to imagine those aliens invading other countries. We’re confident that Sebastián will bring a bold approach to this distinctive IP,” concluded Thomson.