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Generative AI surfaced on StudioCanal's 'Ice Cream Man' remake after Eli Roth confirms the tech was used on the horror pic, reversing his earlier denial; 'Thanksgiving 2' is also slipping on cast scheduling.
Anton is fully financing and selling worldwide rights on the contemporary Caligari reimagining at TIFF’s inaugural market; Talia Ryder boards Michael Shannon in the wrapped Germany shoot from John Erick Dowdle.
Straight-to-series at Netflix; Jane Schoenbrun is writing and directing the full first season of Charles Burns’ Black Hole, with the first two episodes already done. Plan B and New Regency are producing as the body-horror adaptation keeps moving after years of stalled attempts.
Shudder has locked Bloody Tennis before its Locarno premiere, giving the German sports horror pic an early streaming home. The acquisition adds another festival-side genre title to the streamer’s slate.
MUBI came aboard as financier on Jane Schoenbrun’s Camp Miasma at a reported $10M budget after A24 passed, forcing the project onto a smaller-scale path. Schoenbrun also says Netflix is in early development on a Black Hole series adaptation, with the filmmaker now pushing other projects like Public Access Afterworld.
Fantasia audience awards crowned Nicky Murphy’s vampire mockumentary I Love Paris as best international feature; Canadian genre titles like Unholy Night also picked up gold, underscoring the fest’s audience appetite for offbeat horror and hybrid fare.
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