Netflix, Obsession & Disney

$700M franchise is returning with a new look and a summer release date; major franchise relaunch signals studio confidence and likely wide theatrical strategy for the title.

Ginger Snaps TV is moving forward with Sid Gentle and Copperheart attached as producing partners; director of the original franchise has provided a fresh update on development and the property’s potential to be reframed for contemporary social themes, keeping the IP active for small-screen packaging.

SpaceX’s S-1 and X’s filings underline a coordinated push to capture ad and subscription dollars from legacy media and streamers; X shows ad revenue recovery but still small subscription receipts

Wscripted unveils its sixth Cannes Screenplay List of 30 projects—spotlighting female and non‑binary writers and surfacing multiple genre titles (including several horror and psychological horror entries

CRTC ordered U.S. streamers to contribute 15% of Canadian revenues to fund local production, replacing an interim 5% obligation and removing PNI prioritization; Canadian guilds and unions warn the rul

NEON scored its seventh Palme reinforcing its boutique distributor strategy; Netflix acquired The Black Ball at Cannes positioning a new awards-season contender; MUBI also posted strategic acquisition wins, marking a wider streaming and indie distributor reshuffle from the festival.

Telefilm Canada, MPA Canada and other public and private players are central on THR’s Canada power list; profile highlights policy fights over forcing foreign streamers to contribute production cash, Canadian tax-credit leverage attracting US shoots, and the festival-and-funder network shaping cross-border genre financing and production.

Passenger opened to $10M over Memorial Day weekend against stiff competition from Obsession; the launch marks a moderate theatrical start for André Øvredal’s latest and contributes to current midyear

$222M four-day Memorial Day weekend kept theatrical momentum alive; Focus Features/A24-backed horror hit Obsession surged to a $30.3M holiday total and $60M domestic in 11 days.

Bleecker Street boards Zachary Wigon’s film adaptation of Virginia Feito’s Victorian Psycho, which premiered at Cannes May 21 and is scheduled for wide theatrical release Sept. 25.

Cannes 2026 showed reduced Hollywood studio presence with only two U.S. Competition titles and fewer blockbuster premieres

The Match Factory led Cannes market volume with three awards while Goodfellas topped the sales race; French companies swept critical prizes including the Palme d’Or and Best Director, signaling strong boutique-sales momentum for quality-driven catalog and auteur titles at Marché du Film.

MBC Studios schedules Hana Alomair’s Traveller’s Hell for 2026 release and is greenlighting two more Osamah Almuslim adaptations—Spider’s Web (Q4 shoot) and Khawf (TV fantasy)—as part of a local slate.

Shudder’s June slate foregrounds female-led and auteur genre titles with originals like Izabel Pakzad’s Find Your Friends and Meredith Alloway’s Forbidden Fruits alongside acquisitions such as Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s The Ice Tower; programming tilt signals continued investment in curated, director-driven horror for subscriber retention.

Netflix hired former Fremantle exec Gabriella Carriere as director of content programming, strategy and operations for Spain, Italy and France; the move strengthens Netflix’s localized European commission.

20th Century Studios/New Regency’s Psycho Killer lands on Hulu (and Hulu on Disney+ bundle) May 29, giving the film a quick streamer window and reinforcing Hulu/Disney’s strategy of absorbing midtier works.

Studios including Warner Bros., Amazon MGM and Netflix are increasingly optioning short-form fiction from Reddit/Wattpad as a lower-cost, audience-tested IP pipeline

Obsession will move to digital home release after strong theatrical legs and $70M+ worldwide; distributor is mapping a standard theatrical-to-digital window that could inform future release strategies for midbudget horror that rely on theatrical word-of-mouth.

WestEnd Films closed multiple international sales on the high‑concept thriller Ignition starring Maisie Williams and Rory Kinnear, with Signature Entertainment taking the U.K. and additional deals

Comprehensive slate of book-to-film adaptations mapped across 2026 releases; major studio and streamer titles include Amazon MGM’s Masters of the Universe, Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars, Netflix’s The Whisper Man, Greta Gerwig’s Narnia and Dune 3—provides a production and release calendar useful for rights holders and talent targeting adaptation opportunities.

Triple Green CineCapital debuts in Vietnam by partnering with Chánh Phương Films to co-produce The Scourge, a video-game-based Vietnamese horror adaptation launched to buyers by Skyline Media at Cannes Market; project expands the game IP for global audiences with local director Đoàn Sĩ Nguyên and writer Trần Khánh Hoàng, signaling growing regional financing for Southeast Asian genre IP.