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Shudder’s adaptation of the indie horror game The Mortuary Assistant, directed by Jeremiah Kipp and written by Tracee Beebe and game creator Brian Clarke, premieres on Shudder March 27 and stars Willa Holland and Paul Sparks—positioning it as a notable horror-game-to-screen conversion for the streamer’s 2026 slate.
Focus Features acquired North American theatrical rights to Curry Barker’s supernatural horror Obsession (TIFF premiere, Fantastic Fest play) in a $14 million distribution deal; the film is produced by Teashop/Capstone with Jason Blum credited as an EP via Blumhouse.
Shay Hatten is writing the English-language remake of The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil from a Brian Helgeland draft, with James Wan directing and producing (via Blumhouse–Atomic Monster) and Ma Dong-seok attached to reprise his role; additional producers include Sylvester Stallone and Balboa Productions.
David Ellison held a Warner Bros town hall less than two weeks after Paramount/WBD boards agreed to a $110bn merger; he pledged 30 theatrical releases a year and defended plans for a combined streaming service while avoiding specifics on announced $6bn in cost cuts tied to the deal.
A24’s podcast horror undertone—shot in Canada and starring Nina Kiri—has drawn strong critical praise as a timely, unsettling film; it opens in U.S. cinemas March 13 and in the U.K. April 10, with critics singling out Kiri’s performance and the film’s sound design.
Netflix Spanish-language psychological thriller Firebreak (Cortafuego) surged to No.1 worldwide on Netflix Feb 23–Mar 1 with more than 20 million views in its first 10 days; director David Victori discusses long takes, withholding the ending from cast, and sound design choices that shaped the tense, contained wildfire-missing-child story. Produced by Espotlight Media (Anxo Rodríguez, Ferran Tomás), the film is starring Belén Cuesta, Enric Auquer, Joaquín Furriel and Diana Gómez and is being positioned as another international Spanish-language breakout for Netflix.
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