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Shareholders approved Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (vote on $31/share), while an advisory vote rejected proposed exit payouts for David Zaslav—deal expected to yield ~$6B in cost savings and moves the historic transaction closer to close.

Paramount won a bidding war (beating A24, Netflix, Warner, Sony) to produce Parker Finn’s remake/reimagining of Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession, with Finn writing/directing and Margaret Qualley and Callum Turner attached as the central couple; project is greenlit at Paramount with no release date yet.

Signature Entertainment acquired U.K. and Irish rights to Norwegian creature feature Kraken (dir. Pål Øie); TrustNordisk handled sales and the deal was negotiated between Signature exec Max Hart and TrustNordisk MD Susan Wendt — positioning the film for UK/Ireland release via Signature’s genre slate.

Lee Cronin is developing an upcoming horror series that returns to his Irish roots—signaling his move into long‑form TV while maintaining his genre focus.

Dee Snider says he may revive Strangeland's Captain Howdy sequel as a novel rather than a film for now, indicating continued interest in a sequel/expanded IP but no active screen project or financing disclosed.

Netflix and Legendary (with Bandai Namco) announced 11 cast members for the live-action Gundam film and confirmed principal photography has started in Queensland; the adaptation is an original-story mech war following rival pilots.

Hulu's Prison Break reboot (developed by Elgin James; full season greenlit in 2025) will recast with new characters and aims to avoid the original show's long-running structural problems while retaining the core escape-conspiracy premise.

DC Studios' James Gunn confirmed Booster Gold remains in development and that the Wonder Woman prequel Paradise Lost is in 'extreme development,' signaling active progress on both DCU TV/streaming projects (Paradise Lost pitched as Game‑of‑Thrones‑style political intrigue on Themyscira).

WWE talent Chelsea Green has been cast in an upcoming practical/gory horror feature and will begin filming in a few weeks while sidelined from the ring, per her interview with Candace Cordelia.

The Lost Boys musical opened on Broadway with mixed results: strong performances (notably LJ Benet and Shoshana Bean) and memorable songs alongside uneven book and overblown staging; director Michael Arden’s risky spectacle and Dane Laffrey’s massive — arguably hazardous — set were notable talking points for this vampire property adaptation.

Sunsoft announced Hard Edge: War Zone, a 2026 PC remake of the 1998 PS1 title (released in the U.S. as T.R.A.G.) that surprisingly reworks the original survival‑horror/adventure into a four‑vs‑four real‑time tactical card battler and will run a Steam Next Fest demo June 15–22.

Radial Entertainment (the merged Shout! Studios/FilmRise entity backed by Oaktree) hired Matt Katrosar as EVP of Global Advertising & Partnerships to scale FAST/AVOD/SVOD ad revenue and build a unified ad‑tech ecosystem across its 70,000-title library.

Supermassive Games’ Directive 8020 expands The Dark Pictures Anthology with a more ambitious, player-agency-focused entry that sets a new quality bar for the series, per creative director Will Doyle during a hands-on preview.

Speed Racer (Wachowskis/Warner Bros.) has seen a critical reassessment 18 years after its 2008 box-office failure — 4K Blu‑ray reissues sold out and a limited IMAX re-release added showings as audience demand turned it into a cult classic.

Shueisha revealed a 10th-anniversary revival slate for The Promised Neverland including a new spinoff chapter by creators Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu set for release this summer, plus a stage musical, full-color editions, and merchandising events.

SXSW review of And Her Body Was Never Found (Mor Cohen, Polaris Banks) describes a metatextual found-footage/relationship horror piece that breaks the fourth wall mid‑shoot, emphasizing festival buzz and the film’s provocative hybrid of real-life relationship material and genre filmmaking—indicative of a completed film seeking distribution following SXSW exposure.

TorinoFilmLab selected 10 feature projects for its 2026 FeatureLab (including Catarina Vasconcelos’s Unfinished Painting) and will run development workshops June–November culminating in pitches at TFL’s Meeting Event in November; the programme saw 236 applications this year.

Review of Demonetize (2026) at Panic Fest: director Alexander Boyd Watson and co-writer Janine Hogan deliver an influencer-focused horror-comedy with solid performances (Sean Carrigan, Matty Cardarople, Doug Jones) and strong effects; screened at Panic Fest with no distribution news.

CU Boulder is upgrading Sundance festival screening venues (Dolby Live/Atmos systems, accessibility and safety improvements) ahead of hosting Sundance in 2027, a facilities investment that improves exhibition quality for genre premieres and large festival programming.

Arab Cinema Center will host panels, events and the 10th Critics Awards at Cannes (May 14–17) focusing on Arab production growth, co-productions, women's roles, and industry resilience amid regional conflict with speakers from MBC Studios, Film Clinic and other regional players.

Cannes’ Immersive Competition shortlist includes nine international XR and immersive works from countries including Italy, South Korea and Taiwan, indicating growing festival support for immersive storytelling ahead of Cannes 2026.

Sudhanshu Saria’s Four Line Films launched two debut features in pre-production: Mumbai drama Pech and Silicon Valley creature-feature Silverfish (co-written by Saria) — Silverfish is a horror creature piece selected for the IFFLA industry showcase, signaling Indian genre production and international co-pro interest.

IDW released a Godzilla horror comic issue whose cover art intentionally pays homage to a classic slasher aesthetic, blending kaiju IP with slasher imagery for a genre mash-up.

The first teaser for Blood, a found‑footage horror from Francesco Monti, dropped after a months-long viral TikTok rollout ('justfoundthiscam') that blurred reality and fiction as part of its marketing.

Creative Assembly confirmed Alien: Isolation 2 with a first teaser, reviving the stealth-survival franchise and signaling renewed IP momentum for the Alien universe across games and potential cross-media tie-ins.

Damien Leone provided a production update on Terrifier 4—sharing creative expectations and development progress that signal the franchise is actively moving forward, though no firm release date or budget details accompanied the update.

Prime Video and producers are planning a Tom Hiddleston trilogy for The Night Manager, with Season 3 update confirming an extended arc and sustained franchise intent for the espionage thriller series.

Corbin Bernsen discusses Well Go USA’s indie horror The Yeti as a contained, period‑tinged creature feature with a Twilight Zone/1940s vibe; he praises the script, directors Gene Gallerano & William Pisciotta, and highlights strong sound design and a hyper‑real visual approach — film will stream on Well Go USA platforms.

Review of Seemab Gul’s Ghost School (2025), a supernatural/horror film that uses schoolhouse setting and local color to build atmospheric scares; review-focused with no sales or distribution details included.

Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day (due this June) promises classic Spielbergian UFO/alien spectacle and positions him back in blockbuster sci‑fi territory at age 80, reinforcing the filmmaker’s ongoing commercial genre presence.

Donnie Yen has begun principal photography on Caine, the John Wick spin-off he originated in Chapter 4; Yen is set to reprise the role and direct, marking a high-profile franchise extension into a Yen-led vehicle.

Actress Mariclare Costello, known for TV (The Waltons) and cult-horror Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971) where she played a memorable vampire-ghost, died at 90; obituary highlights her theater pedigree and career across stage, TV and genre film.