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Gary Dauberman boards Blumhouse Atomic Monster’s next ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ as writer, keeping the video-game horror franchise in active development. The move follows the $297.2 million original and $239.6 million sequel and puts a proven franchise specialist back in the FNAF pipeline.

Do Not Open is now filming in Texas; Freddy Carter and Lulu Wilson headline the sci-fi horror feature alongside a supporting cast that includes Mark McKenna and John Ford Coley.

Shooting outside Adelaide, South Australia; helmer of Wyrmwood and Beast of War directing.

László Illés is mounting horror-fantasy feature Ever After with a genre-heavy cast led by Malcolm McDowell, Mark Sheppard, Michael Berryman, Bonnie Aarons, and Kane Hodder. The story pits a bachelorette party against fairy-tale killers in the woods.

Amazon dropped Luca Guadagnino’s $40M AI drama Artificial; Mubi is circling while Netflix, A24 and Focus passed, underscoring how OpenAI-adjacent projects are colliding with streamer risk tolerance.

Sony grabs worldwide rights to JT Mollner's creature-horror feature Skeletons at EFM; Brie Larson, Willa Fitzgerald, Ione Skye, Kyle Gallner and Daithí Ó hAragáin are aboard, with FilmNation's Infrared financing and Bad Robot/Assemble producing.

Imani Lewis and Tanya Wright board Laci Dent’s horror-drama Killa, which shoots in August and tracks a Louisiana basketball prospect whose scholarship push pulls her toward a seductive supernatural force.

Samuel Goodwin’s feature debut Cut Your Teeth has started shooting in Florida; Arthur Langlie, Riley Dandy, Oliver Stark and Madeline Weinstein board the indie psychological thriller alongside producer Aaron Moorhead. Tampa Bay Film Commission and Florida State University’s Torchlight program are backing the production.

Jordan Peele finally has a script for his fourth feature; Universal remains aboard, the film is still undated, and the project is tracking near a $90 million budget after multiple abandoned drafts.

Netflix has greenlit and started shooting a new three-episode Monster of Florence installment; Stefano Sollima returns with Leonardo Fasoli, and the chapter tracks the Pacciani 'Snack Buddies' thread.

Scary Movie clears $208 million worldwide and pushes the franchise past $1 billion, locking in a major box-office milestone for horror-comedy IP.

Obsession crosses $300M worldwide, giving Blumhouse another theatrical tentpole as Backrooms outperforms the Mandalorian & Grogu comp in the latest box-office frame. The numbers reinforce Blumhouse's current commercial run and its leverage in genre theatrical economics.

Signature Entertainment picked up Faces of Death for the UK and Ireland; Daniel Goldhaber’s reimagining of the cult gore title will close Edinburgh’s Midnight Madness before a later theatrical rollout. Legendary Pictures produced, with Barbie Ferreira and Charli xcx leading the cast.

HBO Max begins streaming Lee Cronin’s The Mummy on July 3, with HBO linear following July 4; the New Line/Warner Bros. horror pic has already grossed $90.4M worldwide off a $13.5M domestic launch.

Level 33 is setting queer psychological thriller The Rebrand for on-demand release on July 21, following a festival run that includes wins at Salem Horror Fest, Queer Fear Film Festival, and Black Sunday Film Festival. The Kaye Adelaide feature centers on a pregnant videographer documenting a canceled influencer comeback that turns sinister.

All3Media International has picked up global rights to five Firecrest Films true-crime documentaries, with Prime Video already attached in the UK and Ireland. The package expands the distributor’s crime slate ahead of rollout.

BBC has picked up Ghosts Australia for BBC iPlayer and BBC Three after the Paramount+ run, giving the supernatural comedy a new UK window. The Screenwest-backed BBC Studios Australia production adds another international distribution pass as it lands four Logie nominations.

The Long Walk lands on HBO Max July 10 after Lionsgate's $20M theatrical rollout; the Stephen King adaptation has already grossed $62.9 million worldwide and now moves into its SVOD window.

Mahal Empire has set sci-fi thriller Alien Storm for a July 21 debut, with Apple TV app pre-orders live now for day-one access. Adam Werth directs the high-concept siege pic starring Kevin Sorbo, Tom Arnold, and Glenn Plummer.

Adult animated Dark Shadows series is in development at Warner Bros. Animation; Lisa Holdsworth boards as showrunner and EP, with the gothic vampire reboot unveiled at Annecy as WB expands its adult-animation slate.

Clive Barker stayed hands-on from early development on Hellraiser: Revival, reviewing gameplay and narrative beats to keep the adaptation faithful to The Hellbound Heart and the first two films. Saber also confirms Doug Bradley is back as Pinhead and sets an Oct. 8, 2026 release.

Neon’s Leviticus opened to $2.6 million in 1,075 theaters and has reached $4.3 million worldwide; the horror title’s soft start is being framed against Obsession and Backrooms, two viral breakouts that entered theatrical with built-in fanbases.

Freestyle Digital Media has acquired North American VOD rights to The Third Degree, setting the mystery thriller for digital HD, cable, and satellite release on July 10 followed by DVD on July 14. The deal was struck directly with the filmmakers and Mind the GAP Productions sales agent Giulia Prenna.

Elevation Pictures sets a July 17 Canadian theatrical launch for Clement Virgo's psychological thriller Steal Away after its TIFF premiere. The trailer rolls out the Angourie Rice and Mallori Johnson-led film ahead of the domestic release.