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Parker Finn's Possession remake adds Madeline Brewer, Emory Cohen and Nicholas Alexander Chavez to a package already led by Margaret Qualley, Callum Turner, Paul Dano and Diego Calva; Robert Pattinson and Roy Lee are producing.
AMC Global Media and Netflix strike a five-year, $500 million co-exclusive rights pact for The Walking Dead universe beginning in 2027; the package covers 371 episodes across the flagship series and all six spinoffs.
Cosm and Warner Bros. are turning It into Cosm's first horror Shared Reality title, with launches set for Los Angeles, Dallas and Atlanta on Aug. 28; the move extends the company's experiential slate around legacy IP.
Paramount is developing Grady Hendrix’s horror novel The Final Girl Support Group with Christopher Landon writing and directing; Andy and Barbara Muschietti are producing via Double Dream, with Hendrix set as an EP. The studio is also developing Hendrix’s BadAsstronauts, signaling a deeper carve-out of the author’s horror IP at the banner.
Dark Sky Films’ Blood Shine lands in theaters and on VOD Aug. 21 after a North American acquisition; Emily Bennett and Justin Brooks follow their Alone With You breakout with a religious folk-horror feature starring David Call and Larry Fessenden.
Capstone's Fall franchise adds a second sequel as Lionsgate lines up Fall 2: Deadpoint for Sept. 2; the original cleared more than $20 million worldwide on a $3 million budget, and Scott Mann is already set to direct the third film.
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