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Paramount Animation has set Dan Trachtenberg's untitled Freddy the 13th animated horror-comedy for Oct. 13, 2028; the PG family horror feature adapts Yehudi Mercado's indie comic and pairs Trachtenberg with co-director Mercado. The release-date lock lands four months after Trachtenberg's three-year first-look producing/directing pact with Paramount Pictures.
Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Platinum Dunes have locked Paul Feig to direct horror-thriller Detention from Daniel Gold’s spec; Universal is positioned as the likely first crack on the package. Feig and Laura Fischer produce via Pretty Dangerous, with Michael Bay, Jason Blum and Brad Fuller among the producers.
Horror, Inc. is expanding Jason Voorhees across film, TV, gaming and merch with the 13-minute “Sweet Revenge,” Peacock’s October “Crystal Lake” series starring Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees, and last month’s “Dead by Daylight” crossover. Barsamian says 2026 projects are just “the tip of the iceberg.
63-day theatrical-to-Peacock window on Curry Barker's Obsession; Focus Features pre-bought the TIFF Midnight title for $15M+ and the Blumhouse/Capstone-financed microbudget has surged to $249.5M domestic and roughly $400M global. Peacock gets the horror breakout July 17 as Focus eyes awards-season upside.
FX’s Alien: Earth has begun season 2 production in London and added Tracey Ullman, Sam Spruell and Jerome Flynn to the cast; they join returning stars Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Timothy Olyphant and new addition Peter Dinklage.
Folk-horror Banshee bows at Galway as feature-film talks begin, turning the festival premiere into a possible expansion path for the Derry-Donegal title. The project moves from local genre buzz toward a bigger feature play off the festival launch.
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