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HBO has picked up a limited-series take on The Birds for development; Sarah Snook boards to star, with Tom Spezialy writing and exec producing alongside David Heyman and Universal Global Television. The adaptation retools Daphne du Maurier’s novella and the Hitchcock film into a new bird-attack thriller with rights held by Universal Pictures and the du Maurier estate.
A24 is taking Elden Ring to AFM as the priciest standalone package ever shopped at a market; budget is pegged at $175 million-$200 million, with Amazon MGM pre-buying international pay-1 streaming rights for tens of millions. Alex Garland’s fantasy epic is in post for a March 2028 theatrical/IMAX launch, with Kit Connor, Ben Whishaw, Cailee Spaeny and Jonathan Pryce aboard.
$120M committed to U.S. indie film and TV in year one as Head Gear opens a Denver/LA arm led by Samantha Allwinton; the expansion is timed to a proposed federal tax credit and a broader push to finance, package and exec produce stateside projects.
'Crystal Lake' opens to 1.3 billion minutes in 11 days and becomes Peacock’s No. 4 scripted original; the A24-produced Friday the 13th prequel also lands at No. 3 on Nielsen’s streaming chart.
Paramount+ has greenlit the six-episode Australian limited series Mushroom Murders, with Melanie Lynskey starring and executive producing as Erin Patterson; Daina Reid will direct all episodes.
Cineverse snapped up North American rights to The Night Driver after its Screamfest premiere; Josh Lucas, Alyssa Milano and David Arquette star, with VMI International brokering the competitive deal. Sean S. Cunningham exec produces the thriller-horror feature from debut director Jeremy Weiss.
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