Vincenzo Natali’s latest creation will go up against Marmaduke and the Judd Apatow-produced Get Him to the Greek when Splice is released on June 4 in Canada and the U.S. through E1 Entertainment and Warner Bros.

E1 said Friday that it will give the bio-horror and Sundance darling a wide release on English and French screens this summer, in lockstep with the U.S release. The release through Warner follows the picture’s recent pickup by Joel Silver’s Dark Castle Entertainment.

‘Dark Castle and Warner Bros.’ participation are a true vote of confidence in the project, and along with Canadian audiences, this will ensure that this film will entertain, delight and scare Americans,’ said E1 exec Bryan Gliserman in a statement.

The film stars Adrien Brody (The Pianist) and Sarah Polley (Dawn of the Dead) as geneticists who push the limits of science, and their luck, by creating a dangerous hybrid creature, played by relative newcomer Delphine Chanéac (The Pink Panther).

Other titles due that Friday are Lionsgate’s Killers and the Irish import Ondine.