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Paramount is developing a new A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot with Wes Craven’s heirs; the project returns to the original film’s events while plot, cast, and release timing stay under wraps.
Obsession is on track to become a historic micro-budget horror breakout, with more than US$400 million worldwide on under US$1 million in costs; Curry Barker's TIFF breakout is now being measured against the best ROI runs in genre history.
Herbert West: Reanimator is in production in Alton, Illinois; Joseph Morgan and Katie Cassidy star and executive produce, Michael Grossman directs, and Woodlake Entertainment is financing the Lovecraft reimagining.
Principal photography is underway on Blumhouse’s King Spawn, marking the long-gestating Spawn reboot’s move into production.
Studios are throwing eight-figure money at Gen Z horror creators and online-native IP, with Kane Parsons and Curry Barker at the center of a bidding war that spans Warner Bros., Universal, A24 and HBO. The chase extends to Siren Head and The Mandela Catalogue, underlining how early horror talent now gets priced like franchise infrastructure.
Paramount is leaning on Obsession's $429 million haul from a $750,000 budget to defend its $111 billion Warner Bros. takeover; the company is arguing low-budget horror can still make blockbuster money without the majors.
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