The Wire
8Prime Video has ordered a six-part UK limited series of Stephen King’s Crouch End; Paul Tomalin adapts and Tom Shankland directs, with Mammoth Screen and Fifth Season producing the Lovecraftian crime-thriller mystery.
Amazon MGM Studios boards THUNDER ROAD and Badlands’ killer-wasp horror Hivemind, locking Samara Weaving and Nicholas Braun into a Prime Video play as Ciarán Foy rolls cameras in Dublin.
51% awareness and 52% interest put Sony’s Resident Evil reboot atop current tracking; Box Office Pro sees a $30M-$40M domestic opening, positioning Zach Cregger’s first IP swing as a potential franchise reset.
FilmVarietyAug 27
FilmQuest adds a 20-40-title genre market to its Oct. 22-31 Utah festival; world premieres include The Avalanche, The Relic: Dragon, The Crawling and Ithaqua. Halloween night will also bring a promised game-changing production opportunity alongside the Cthulhu awards.
Ridley Scott says a ‘Covenant’ sequel is back in play, with Michael Fassbender’s David at the center; Fede Álvarez is out of the follow-up, and 20th Century has also approached Sébastien Vaniček for a separate ‘Alien’ lane.
Elizabeth McGovern has closed to join Amazon MGM Studios’ horror feature Seasons, now set with Lily James, Jack Reynor and Ron Perlman. Drew Hancock directs the Blumhouse Atomic Monster/21 Laps package, adapting a viral Reddit short about a ranch haunted by ancient spirits.
FilmDread CentralAug 27
Deborah Richards’ Southern Gothic horror Scissor Mouth adds Tara Reid and Johnny Pemberton; Patrick Wirtz and 1905 Films are producing, with New Mexico production targeted for 2027.
FilmDeadlineAug 27
Sublimity launches TIFF sales on horror Postmortem, now in post-production with Odette Annable leading the cast; Andrés Beltrán’s grief-driven resurrection play adds Allegra Leguizamo, Julio Cesar Cedillo and Tony Revolori.
Broadcast & Streaming
3Netflix’s AMC-sourced Talamasca: The Secret Order is surging to No. 2 on the U.S. Top 10 after landing on the service Aug. 23; the streamer’s broader five-year AMC package is worth $500 million and keeps Walking Dead library rights in-house through 2032.
FilmDread CentralAug 27
Alliance Home Entertainment rolls Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man out on Digital Sept. 22, then Blu-ray/DVD Oct. 20 and a 4K UHD SteelBook Nov. 17; Roth and Noah Belson load the discs with commentary and behind-the-scenes extras.
IndustryColliderAug 27
Hulu’s Furious has topped Hulu and Disney+ for three straight weeks, turning Elizabeth Meriwether’s eight-episode thriller into a bona fide platform hit. The series is carrying a 98% RT score with Emmy Rossum, Lola Petticrew and Scoot McNairy fronting the cast.
Noteworthy
15Paramount Television Studios lands Rafe Judkins on an exclusive overall deal as Paramount+ leans harder into world-building genre TV; the Wheel of Time creator joins the studio after prior Sony and Amazon work.
South Korea’s late-summer horror corridor is filling up after Salmokji’s breakout; Universal’s Obsession is the year’s top horror grosser at $488.05 million worldwide as distributors chase the post-blockbuster window.
Busan’s ACFM is turning into an AI sandbox, with Google DeepMind, AWS, Alibaba Cloud, Kling AI and Netflix’s Eyeline Studios on the program alongside startups spanning casting, localization, VFX and audience analytics. InnoAsia 2026 also adds a branded short-film competition, microdrama policy panels and startup pitch funding tied to Hanwha’s Space Solar Power brief.
FilmHorrorFuelAug 26
UK theatrical bow set for October; Cynefilms is rolling out Cyrus Neshvad’s psychological horror thriller Child, a parents-in-extremis feature about keeping a dying child alive.
FilmIPBloody DisgustingAug 26
GKIDS has locked North American rights to Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s cult gothic horror anime Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust; the 2000 title is set for a 2027 theatrical rollout before home video.
FilmIPHorrorFuelAug 26
Black Mandala is expanding The 100 Candles Game franchise with Dark Mirror, the third installment in the supernatural horror series. Emma Bell boards as the saga extends a run that’s already played in 20 countries.
IndustryMedia Play NewsAug 27
Cineverse loses Tony Huidor after 11-plus years; the exec exits to chase AI-focused opportunities, another leadership shuffle at the genre-friendly distributor and platform.
IndustryIPThe BeatAug 27
Dynamite pulls the new ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Angel’ orders for later resolicitation; the ‘Firefly’ relaunch is now delayed indefinitely.
$50M Netflix release lands Aug. 28 for The Whisper Man; AGBO marks its sixth film with the streamer as Robert De Niro, Adam Scott and Michelle Monaghan headline James Ashcroft’s Alex North adaptation.
Indie Specialized Box Office: Alex Ullom’s ‘It Ends’ Gets Solid Start via 36-Hour Marathon Screening
Neon’s horror road trip pic opened to $61,287 on 5 screens; a 36-hour marathon screening powered the specialty launch.
FilmIPHorror SocietyAug 26
Level 33 Entertainment opens EVER AFTER theatrically Sept. 4, 2026, then hits On Demand Oct. 27; the fairy-tale survival slasher packs Mark Sheppard, Bonnie Aarons, Michael Berryman, Kane Hodder and Malcolm McDowell.
IndustryHorror SocietyAug 27
The official trailer has been released for CHAT, an English-language feature film premiering on Amazon Prime Video on Friday, September 4, 2026. Directed by Ole J Hartmann, the film follows a family whose move to a new home takes a dark turn after their young son discovers an AI-powered tablet.
IndustryHorror SocietyAug 27
Night Terror, a found footage horror film directed by Joshua Brucker and Hunter Nino, is now available on Amazon Prime Video. Plot: a young woman experiencing sleep paralysis and night terrors, who becomes the subject of a documentary after seeking help.
IndustryBloody DisgustingAug 27
Konami wants yearly Silent Hill drops and broader settings beyond the town itself; the publisher is repositioning the franchise as an annual horror IP pipeline.
Toho and Gkids push Godzilla Minus Zero toward a Sept. 26 NYFF Spotlight Gala world premiere, with Japan opening Nov. 3 and North America following Nov. 6. The sequel is the first Japanese production filmed for Imax and was shot entirely in Japan, extending Toho’s franchise run with Yamazaki Takashi back at the helm.
FilmDaily DeadAug 26
Little Spark Films wraps Bridgette Wrona and the Whisper Creek Murders and exits as a fully financed studio; the YA mystery/gateway horror feature stars Kelli Maroney and Lisa Gaye.
Overlook Film Festival title Parasomnia is set for a Shudder debut on Sept. 4 after its trailer rollout. James Ross II’s feature debut keeps the platform’s supernatural-horror lane stocked with festival-to-streamer acquisitions.
Paramount and Warner Bros. are racing separate Elm Street reboots under split rights; Jane Schoenbrun is actively angling for a meeting on the Paramount side while Lee Cronin remains in talks for Warner’s version.