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Lily James boards Amazon MGM's horror-thriller Seasons as a ranch buyer trapped by ancient spirits; Drew Hancock directs from the viral Matt and Harrison Query story, with 21 Laps and Blumhouse Atomic Monster producing.
Paramount Animation is developing Yehudi Mercado’s Freddy the 13th as a PG-rated animated horror-comedy with Dan Trachtenberg directing and producing via Ben Rosenblatt. The project was unveiled at Annecy as part of Jennifer Dodge’s expanding animation slate.
Kevin Bacon boards Amazon MGM's theatrical horror feature Summoner as Jefferson Haddock; Jeremy Slater makes his directing debut, with the Muschiettis producing and a fall shoot set.
Roughly $75 million from Google lands at A24 in a non-exclusive DeepMind research pact; Google gets its first direct film-studio stake while A24 keeps control and opens an AI test bed for storyboarding, marketing and distribution.
Warner Bros. Pictures Animation used Annecy to roll out a seven-feature theatrical slate through 2028, led by The Cat in the Hat, Bad Fairies, The Lunar Chronicles, Hello Kitty and Dynamic Duo. The studio also flagged a broader turnaround push after Ketchup Entertainment’s $50 million pickup of Coyote vs. Acme.
"Obsession" added $13.3 million domestically in its sixth frame, lifting its North America total to $215 million and global cume to $332.4 million; Focus Features’ sub-$1 million buy for the Curry Barker breakout is shaping into one of the year’s most profitable horror bets.
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