Warner Bros., Paramount & Netflix

Warner Bros. celebrated a $4.4B worldwide 2025 haul and launched a new specialty label Clockwork while downplaying the pending $110B Paramount Skydance acquisition looming over the company; execs announced plans to release 18 films annually and previewed genre titles including Clayface (a Batman villain horror film) and Evil Dead Burn footage.

Paramount (Skydance‑aligned) has picked up a new project from Osgood Perkins set in the Longlegs universe with Nicolas Cage returning as star/producer; the film is not a direct sequel, Neon stepped aside as scope/budget expanded, and Paramount is rapidly leaning into horror via on‑lot genre labels and first‑look deals.

Blumhouse and James Wan’s Atomic Monster release Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’s Awakening theatrically April 15, 2026 — a strictly horror-driven, psychological reimagining of the 1932 original starring Jack Reynor, Laia Costa and May Calamawy; the piece situates the film within the Universal monster lineage and references the 2017 Tom Cruise Dark Universe’s $400M/$125M topline as context.

Warner’s CinemaCon reveal positions Cregger’s The Flood (Aug. 11, 2028) as Spielberg-backed Amblin production and ties it to the studio’s plan to capitalize on Weapons’ near-$270M/$38M profitable run, underscoring WB’s genre-focused slate strategy.

CinemaCon confirmed an R-rated Bloodborne animated movie produced by PlayStation Productions, Lyrical Animation and Jacksepticeye (Seán McLoughlin); Sony says the film will stay faithful to the game's gothic horror but no creative team, cast, or firm release window (reportedly targeting 2028‑29) has been announced.

Mark Ruffalo will join Senator Cory Booker’s spotlight hearing via Zoom to speak about the proposed Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger; Paramount CEO David Ellison declined to attend citing a family funeral, while advocates and WGA reps are participating and scrutiny of the deal continues.

Sony showcased first-look mech-vs-kaiju footage for Takashi Yamazaki’s Grandgear at CinemaCon 2026, positioning it as a potential spiritual successor to Pacific Rim; studio hype is early-stage and no official budget for Grandgear has been announced (article references past Pacific Rim box office figures).

Nielsen reports Stranger Things 5 drew 30.6 million viewers in its first 28 days, topping all series (streaming or traditional) for the 2025–26 season and underscoring Netflix’s dominance with seven titles in the top 20.

Screen Gems acquired Deon Taylor’s thriller The Intruder at Cannes (deal announced during the market), signaling the studio is adding genre-thriller content to its slate headed toward distribution.

Don Mancini confirmed at Steel City Con he is writing a new theatrical Child's Play feature meant to be scary and modeled on Curse of Chucky; the film will remain canon with the Syfy TV series and aims to bring Chucky back to movie theaters after a 22-year absence.

Beyond Fest announced an expansion to Chicago with a first edition slated for April 2026, marking a notable geographic growth for the genre-focused festival and opening a new Midwest platform for horror/genre premieres and exhibitors.

Prime Video Philippines has committed to a seven-title local slate with ABS-CBN and GMA spanning political thriller, psychological suspense, crime and family drama — the licensed slate also includes the horror anthology Gabi ng Lagim scheduled for June, and the service plans additional Korean and Filipino licensed titles across 2026.

CtrlMovie’s interactive slasher Slay Day will open wide on ~1,000 interactive screens across North America Feb. 12, 2027, using smartphone voting across 50+ decision points and 8,000+ possible outcomes; BasePoint Capital financed the picture under a partnership with Kino Industries’ CtrlMovie and Paramount is developing additional interactive titles.

Mike Flanagan’s new The Exorcist–adjacent feature officially confirms Carla Gugino will reunite with him alongside ten returning actors from his past films/series — a major franchise attachment for Boulderlight Pictures with Flanagan writing/directing and leveraging his repertory cast.

Warner Bros. dated The Revenge of La Llorona for April 9, 2027; Santiago Menghini directs a sequel produced by Emile Gladstone, Gary Dauberman and James Wan, with returning cast including Raymond Cruz and new leads Jay Hernandez and Monica Raymund — the franchise previously grossed $123.1M worldwide on a $9M budget.

Netflix is reported to be developing a remake of Stephen King’s Cujo as a new adaptation—signalling continued streamer investment in prestige King material to fill horror output after Mike Flanagan's move to Amazon.

Warner Bros. listed the Game of Thrones feature under the working title Aegon’s Conquest for its '2027 and beyond' slate; Beau Willimon is the credited writer and the film will adapt Aegon I Targaryen’s conquest from George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire.

The Playmaker signed on as international sales agent for Oliver Kienle’s English-language supernatural horror Don’t Kill Loretta, a German co-production supported by ÖFI+ and FFA that will launch at Cannes with a planned theatrical release beginning in early 2027.

Netflix will add Jordan Peele-produced supernatural psychological horror HIM to its streaming library on Apr. 19 — the film grossed $28M worldwide on a reported $27M budget and had mixed critical/audience response following its Sept. 19, 2025 theatrical release.

MPA chief says a federal film tax incentive is possible, signaling renewed industry lobbying for federal-level incentives to bring production back to the U.S.; this could reshape location economics if legislation advances.

The Producers Guild launched a Sustainability Tool Kit to help producers implement emissions-lowering production practices and build business cases for eco-friendly choices on sets, offering production and storytelling guidance and developed with labor groups and PGA task force members.

Warner Bros. debuted the first teaser for Clayface at CinemaCon — a body‑horror take on the Matt Hagen Clayface starring Tom Rhys Harries, directed by James Watkins and written by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini; the film is positioned as the DCU's first horror‑leaning entry and opens in theaters Oct. 23.

New trailer for Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil debuted at CinemaCon, promising a claustrophobic, single‑night survival horror; Sony has scheduled the U.S. theatrical release for September 18, 2026 and the footage signals a tonal reset toward the games' oppressive dread rather than action‑set spectacle.

Warner Bros./New Line rolled exclusive early footage of Evil Dead Burn at CinemaCon — directed by Sébastien Vaniček (Infested) and starring Souheila Yacoub, Hunter Doohan and Luciane Buchanan — with WB handling North American distribution and international partners (StudioCanal, Metropolitan, Sony) named.