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$5.5 million self-financed horror feature bankrolled via foreign pre-sales and Canadian tax credits; Roth is launching The Horror Section to keep budgets lean, own the IP, and roll out two to four theatrical horror titles a year on roughly 45-day windows. Ice Cream Man opens Aug. 7, with Stiletto next and a Snoop Dogg team-up heading into production.
Banjong Pisanthanakun’s Inherit premieres at TIFF’s Centrepiece as a Thai horror feature adapting Tayard Asoon for the first time; Barunson E&A is handling non-Asia sales while GDH559 covers Asia. Davika Hoorne leads the cast as the film pushes into the international market.
U.K. regulators barred London Underground and outdoor poster creative for Lee Cronin’s The Mummy after ruling the image could read as a dead child; Warner Bros.’ TV and Prime Video spots were cleared. The U.K. release grossed $2.9 million, underscoring the campaign’s reach even as the poster rollout is pulled.
Abnormal Studios has boarded worldwide sales on Malaysian cannibal comedy-horror Ali & Ben’s Spicy Meats and will launch it at Busan’s ACFM. The Feisal and Iskander Azizuddin feature pushes explicit horror-comedy into a rare local taboo lane, with Amir Nafis leading the cast.
Kevin J. O’Connor, Oded Fehr and Numan Acar board Radio Silence’s fourth The Mummy movie alongside returning franchise leads Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz and John Hannah. The sequel is targeted for Oct. 15, 2027 with Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett directing from David Coggeshall’s script.
World premiere lands Sept. 26 at NYFF’s Spotlight Gala; Takashi Yamazaki returns with GKIDS’ Godzilla follow-up, extending the postwar kaiju franchise after Godzilla Minus One’s Oscar run.
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