Thursday, July 23, 2026

Amazon Prime Video has ordered an eight-episode adaptation of Skybound’s horror graphic novel Stillwater; Greg Berlanti and Carly Wray are set as co-writers and executive producers, with WBTV and Skybound producing.

Netflix is reviving the Parasyte IP with a 2027 live-action series centered on Ryoko Tamiya; Shioli Kutsuna stars and Yeon Sang-ho returns to develop and co-write. Wowpoint is back on producing duties, with Kensaku Kakimoto and Kazuhiro Nakagawa directing.

Vermila Studios, the developer behind Blumhouse-published Crisol: Theater of Idols, has shut down after layoffs wiped out the team. Blumhouse Games loses one of its horror launches just months after Crisol hit consoles and PC.

WME signs Evan Royalty, the creator behind viral SCP horror shorts; the agency is eyeing original IP and franchise expansion as Hollywood keeps mining creepypasta-born genre universes.

$15 million equity raise filed for Primordial Soup Labs; Aronofsky's AI shop has already sold just over $11 million and is hiring a head of studio, generative artists and ops staff to scale features, TV and branded content.

Production is underway in Sydney on Josh Wakely’s $20 million-plus cosmic sci-fi thriller Starman; Brendan Fraser and Jeff Daniels lead, with Anton selling international rights out of Cannes.

Films Boutique boards Rubaiyat Hossain’s supernatural feminist drama for international sales as Venice Horizons sets up the first Bangladeshi feature ever to screen in the section. The Bangladesh-France-Portugal-Norway-Germany coproduction arrives with Eurimages, CNC, ICA and World Cinema Fund backing and post done across Paris and Lisbon.

Venice's 2026 slate is anchored by Florian Zeller's thriller Bunker, Martin McDonagh's CIA tale Wild Horse Nine and Lee Chang-dong's Netflix production Possible Love. The lineup is lighter on studio fare than prior years, but still carries major prestige and streamer signaling for the fall market.

TIFF Discovery opens with Stuffed, the body-horror musical from Theo Rhys starring Jodie Comer and Harry Melling; Sony Pictures Classics has U.S. release rights to Sundance title Bedford Park.

Fantasia slots an international sci-fi shorts showcase into its 2026 lineup; the Montreal fest keeps its discovery pipeline pointed at emerging genre filmmakers.

NIFFF leans on audience ritual and cult-cinema pageantry to keep Switzerland's flagship genre festival sticky after 25 years; the event remains the country's central horror, sci-fi and fantasy hub.

YouTuber and AI filmmaker Zack London’s AI-generated feature Gods Don’t Give Gifts will open in limited theatrical release on October 30. Gossip Goblin is releasing the film this fall.

Chroma has worldwide rights to Pure Scum and opens the Australian thriller at Alamo Drafthouse on Aug. 19; Gideon Aroni's feature debut bowed at Fantastic Film Festival Australia and later screened at Fantastic Fest's Fantastic Best.

Brendan Rudnicki’s Evil Follows is set for an August release, following Sarah after she unknowingly opens a forgotten dybbuk box and unleashes an ancient demonic force tied to dark folklore, curses, and possession.

Vertical lands North American rights to Kevin Hamedani’s SXSW comedy-thriller The Saviors; theatrical rollout is set for March 26, 2027, with Adam Scott, Danielle Deadwyler, Theo Rossi and Nazanin Boniadi leading the ensemble.

Fantasia world premiere lands July 23 in Montreal; sci-fi thriller Home Bodies opens the festival slot with filmmakers and cast in attendance.

$40M R-rated Clayface swings DC hard into body-horror territory; James Watkins directs from a Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini script, with Warner Bros. eyeing an Oct. 23, 2026 theatrical slot. The project is shaping up as one of the clearest genre experiments in the DC slate.

Roadside Attractions’ horror-comedy BUDDY has debuted a new trailer ahead of its San Diego Comic-Con panel on July 24. The film centers on Buddy, an aggressively orange unicorn who weaponizes a kids’ TV show called It’s Buddy!

Sony paid Zach Cregger $20 million to write and direct Resident Evil; the reboot is being pitched as a lean, horror-first take and is dated for Sept. 18, 2026.

Mad Cave Studios launches HAMMER HEAD as a five-issue horror comic from Ed Brisson, Damian Couceiro, Dee Cunniffe and Patrick Brosseau; the series centers on the sole survivor of a legendary killing spree facing a monster that refuses to stay dead. Fresh horror IP enters the pipeline with adaptation potential baked in.

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is getting a new graphic novel entry, with an extra special contributor joining the project. No further details on the creator or release were included.