Samuel Goldwyn Films Takes U.S. Rights to Charlie Day Comedy 'Kill Me'
Samuel Goldwyn Films has struck a deal for the United States rights to Kill Me, a murder mystery comedy starring Charlie Day and Allison Williams, Variety reported on 9 November 2026.
The rights deal was put together by XYZ Films and CAA Media Finance, which acted for the filmmakers. Pip Ngo of XYZ Films negotiated the agreement, and Peter Goldwyn spoke for Samuel Goldwyn Films. The theatrical release is planned for Spring 2027, which means cinema audiences in the United States and Canada would see the film in roughly four months' time.
The film was written and directed by Peter Warren. Day also produces it, and he plays Jimmy, a man who wakes up in a bathtub. XYZ Films describes the story as a funny investigation into Jimmy's "attempted" murder and suicide. Variety calls it a black comedy about a depressed man who sets out to find the person behind his own attempted murder.
Williams is an executive producer alongside Giancarlo Esposito, who also appears in the cast. Other cast members include Aya Cash, Jessica Harper, David Krumholtz and Tony Cavalero. Producers credited include Maxime Cottray for XYZ Films, Nate Bolotin, Keith Goldberg, Mike Richardson, Natalie Metzger for Vanishing Angle and Peter Warren.
XYZ Films was already behind the picture. Deadline reported in April 2024 that XYZ Films was financing Kill Me, which had been shown in the market context of the Cannes Film Festival. Festival markets are where sales agents and buyers meet to find films for cinemas and streaming services, often well before the films open. This deal shows the usual route at work: a film is financed, sold region by region, and then placed with a distributor for each territory.
Deal terms, including any payment, have not been made public. The distributor will now take charge of the marketing and cinema release in the United States, and the 2027 date gives it a spring slot to work with.
For Day and Williams, the news means a clear release window is now in place. For audiences, it means a new comedy to watch for in cinemas next spring, with the first trailer and release-date details still to come.
