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A24 locks Kane Parsons to direct Backrooms 2, keeping the teen analog-horror filmmaker inside the franchise after the first film turned the YouTube mythos into a breakout theatrical hit. Parsons is officially signed; the sequel announcement is imminent.
Warner Bros. lands Siren Head after a five-studio bidding war; Brian Duffield directs and co-writes with Zach Cregger, with Trevor Henderson executive producing. Roy Lee, Andrew Childs and Scott Glassgold are aboard on the feature adaptation of the viral creature.
Ridley Scott has jumped back into the Alien pipeline, rewriting the next film himself and steering the franchise toward a Covenant follow-up centered on Michael Fassbenderâs David after calling Alien: Romulus a fixer-upper.
Barunson E&A and GDH559 have sold Inherit across Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, Latin America and Poland ahead of its Toronto Centrepiece premiere; the Thai horror thriller rolls into Busan next and opens locally Nov. 19.
Focus Features paid $14 million for Obsession after Sony was outbid by a couple million on the low-budget horror breakout, now nearing $510 million worldwide. Tom Rothman also used the Lumière Summit to tout Spider-Man: Brand New Dayâs $2.4 billion haul and argue that theatrical is very much alive.
Zach Shields now scripts Gladys; Zach Cregger has stepped off the prequel screenplay but stays on as producer with Vertigo Entertainmentâs Roy Lee and Miri Yoon. Warner Bros. has already locked the Weapons offshoot for a Sept. 8, 2028 theatrical release with Amy Madigan back as Aunt Gladys.
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