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AV Club reports Amazon has locked Mike Flanagan into a multi‑year, exclusive TV deal to develop series (including his Carrie adaptation) for Amazon MGM, a move that further centralizes major Stephen King adaptations with one streamer and secures a high‑profile horror showrunner.
UK/Ireland weekend box office: Disney’s Hoppers opened at No.1 with £4.7M (~$6.3M); Paramount’s Scream 7 fell to No.2 in its second weekend adding $1.5M for a £8.2M cumulative in the market; figures reported via Comscore.
Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil reboot is in active post-production with editing underway for a September 18 theatrical release; producer Roy Lee indicates the film will likely have a presence at CinemaCon 2026, offering fans an early look ahead of the wide debut.
London Book Fair delegates report a growing divergence between publishing (dominated by romantasy/BookTok hits) and TV/film buyers who currently favor muscular domestic thrillers and procedurals, though buyers are hunting backlist material—A24’s high-profile acquisition of We Are the Dead was flagged as a notable bridge between the markets.
SXSW 2026’s horror slate includes high-profile premieres and sequels — Hokum (from Damien McCarthy starring Adam Scott), Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (Radio Silence; Samara Weaving returns with Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kathryn Newton, Elijah Wood), Pretty Lethal (Uma Thurman; Vicky Jewson) plus buzzy indies like Drag, Sender (featuring Jamie Lee Curtis) and queer horror Leviticus — positioning SXSW as a major launch platform for this year’s genre titles.
GKIDS will show exclusive sneak footage of Toho’s Godzilla Minus Zero at CinemaCon with director Takashi Yamazaki attending; the film — a direct sequel to Godzilla Minus One — is set for Japan on Nov. 3, 2026 and a US release Nov. 6 via GKIDS, and Godzilla Minus One previously grossed $116M worldwide.
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