Amazon MGM Studios & Jack Reynor

Tubi is rolling out Bite Size Terror, a 10-episode short-form horror anthology landing in the Terror on Tubi Hub this fall; Peter Rice and GJMD Studio are producing as the streamer leans harder into bite-sized originals and social-feed-style programming.

Amazon MGM Studios’ Seasons keeps building its cast, with Wes Studi and Dane DiLiegro joining Jack Reynor, Lily James, Ron Perlman and Elizabeth McGovern. Drew Hancock’s horror feature is still in casting-package mode.

Grimmfest is stacking its 2026 guest list with filmmakers and cast for Q&As on UK and world premieres across haunted house, folk-horror, body horror, spider horror and supernatural thrillers. Highlights include Adrienne Barbeau on The Fog and new titles from Jacob Santana, Minos Papas, Damien Fannon, Ángel Gómez Hernández and QUARXX.

Gal Gadot says Bitcoin used AI for sets and lighting while keeping performances hands-on, and SAG already called her lawyers for pointers on contract language. The production underscores how fast AI is pushing labor protections and on-set economics into renegotiation.

Festival’s 39th edition begins Oct. 26.

Grimmfest has tapped an industry-led jury to hand out its Reaper Awards across feature, screenplay, SFX, scare and other craft categories. The panel includes Xavier Aldana Reyes, Tim Scaping, Tom Atkinson and Jennifer Trudrung, with winners due after the festival in mid-October.

BFI London Film Festival rolls out 251 features, shorts, series and immersive works for its 70th edition; Laika’s Wildwood and Netflix’s Ray Gunn headline the world-premiere slate alongside a dense awards-season lineup.

Screen Gems and Spyglass tap Dave Boyle to direct a modern reimagining of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Pulse; Luke Piotrowski scripts, with Parker Finn and Jonathan Fass producing for Bad Feeling.

ACTRA is pushing Ottawa to harden domestic screen support, defend the CRTC’s 15% Canadian programming spend rule for streamers, and reduce reliance on U.S. production volume. The union warns Canada’s $12 billion screen sector and 181,000 jobs are exposed if foreign incentives pull work back south.

Panorama Studios has kicked off principal photography on its first Tamil-language film, a London-shot psychological horror led by Trisha Krishnan and directed by Raja Krishna Menon; Locomotive Global co-produces as the banner expands its elevated-horror pipeline.

UK/Ireland production tracker flags active shoots on Ciaran Foy’s killer-wasp thriller Hivemind, FX’s Alien: Earth season two, and Wednesday season three, with Highlander also rolling under Amazon MGM Studios.

CBC’s fall 2026 audio slate includes Adrienne Arsenault’s When It All Went Wrong, premiering Oct. 22 with a four-part The Missing Boys arc. New series include The Most Wanted Olympian (Oct. 15) and Agent Layla (Sept. 21); West of Centre and Two Blocks from the White House move to radio.

SENDER lands its international debut at Sitges on Oct. 11-12 after award wins at SXSW, Sidewalk, Chattanooga and Portland. Jamie Lee Curtis produces and stars with David Dastmalchian, Britt Lower and Rhea Seehorn; theatrical rollout is set for 2027.

STX Entertainment and Aggregate Films are mounting PRƎPPY, with Janicza Bravo set to direct and Kit Connor and Diana Silvers on board to star. The true-crime feature centers on the Preppy Killer case and is being built from an original screenplay by David Levine and Rose Lichter-Marck.

Anthony Cousins extends cult horror pic Frogman into The Kentucky Goblins, a new found-footage follow-up set in the same universe.

Roadside Attractions and Saban Films set Oct. 16 for Crawlers, Ángel Gómez Hernández’s spider-infested apartment-block creature feature starring Matilda Lutz. The film marks the first feature from Badlands, the new Thunder Road/Scott Strauss collaboration.

JioHotstar sets Sept. 17 OTT debut for Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, with Hindi, Telugu and Tamil dubs rolling out on the streamer. The monster pic has already cleared more than $65 million worldwide on a $22 million budget after its April theatrical run in India.

Resident Evil lands in IMAX Sept. 17 for early access before a Sept. 18 wide release; Cregger’s reboot is the franchise’s first Filmed For IMAX entry, with 33 minutes in expanded aspect ratio and a custom sound mix. Zach Cregger co-wrote the standalone story with Shay Hatten, while Sony and IMAX lean into premium-format positioning.

$10,000 microbudget found-footage meta slasher lands at FOUND TV as a FOUND Original for early 2027; Dillon Brown directs, with Horror Dadz Production and Echo Cell Productions attached.

Chroma books the gothic horror comedy for a nationwide theatrical run this October; On Demand follows Dec. 1. Chris Colfer and Alice Krige star.

Indie horror feature debut from Lisa Jay lands an October limited theatrical rollout; Compassionate Disaster Films is using the official trailer to tee up Halloween-season play.