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Lionsgate taps David F. Sandberg to direct psychological horror pic Mommy’s Home from James Morosini; Anonymous Content, Craig Flores, Dawn Olmstead and Sandberg’s Mångata are producing, with Nathan Kahane on EP duties.
Paramount has locked Wes Craven’s original Nightmare on Elm Street screenplay and launched new genre banner Paramount Primal; Jane Schoenbrun is pushing for a meeting to direct the reboot. J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules are producing as the Craven estate licenses the rights through Iya Labunka and Jonathan Craven.
HBO Max renews Welcome to Derry for season 2 after a breakout first season; the new chapter shifts to 1935 and keeps expanding Stephen King’s IT universe. Brad Caleb Kane stays on as sole showrunner while Andy and Barbara Muschietti, Roy Lee and Dan Lin remain EPs.
Higgsfield AI opens up the prompts behind its Cannes-launching AI feature ‘Hell Grind’ through a free Academy to funnel creators into Cinema Studio; the company says it’s already at a $500 million annual run rate and has 26 million users worldwide.
Judge sides with MGM on Return of the Living Dead chain of title; the ruling undercuts Living Dead Media’s franchise claim and tightens control over a key horror IP.
Legendary’s Faces of Death redux turns the 1978 shock-doc into a narrative feature with Barbie Ferreira, Dacre Montgomery and Charli xcx. Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei frame it as a commentary on viral violence rather than a straight remake.
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