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Leonora Ann Darby is suing Tea Shop Productions’ James Harris and Mark Lane over an alleged promise to treat her as an equal producer on Obsession, claiming she was cut out of net profits after helping restore the cut and push supernatural reshoots; the horror hit crossed $500M worldwide on a reported $750K budget after a TIFF sale to Focus Features for $16.2M.
Josh Duhamel boards John Kissack’s vintage-dummy horror thriller Speak; CAA Media Finance has financing and co-reps U.S. distribution as Twenty-Nine Palms launches the package at TIFF Market. Principal photography is set for October, targeting a 2027 worldwide release.
Barunson E&A launches international sales on Joko Anwar’s Satan’s Slaves: Origin at TIFF: The Market; the Indonesian horror prequel is in pre-production, spans two continents and seven languages, and is targeting a 2027 theatrical rollout.
Nancy Won is on board as showrunner on HBO Max's Conjuring series, with Peter Cameron and Cameron Squires in the writers room; the project remains in development with no formal series order, cast, or episode count announced.
$10 million Mubi-backed horror crossover turned cult breakout after A24 passed; Mubi funded and launched the film with Plan B’s Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner producing, then leaned into experiential fan marketing to fuel the run.
Universal’s The Exorcist: Martyrs is locked to a 120-day theatrical run, then a 4-month Peacock window before Netflix takes the film for 10 months. The March 12, 2027 theatrical date would put the Netflix debut in November 2027 under the current windowing stack.
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