Venice Film Festival, Constantin Film & Hivemind

Early IMAX on Sept. 17 turns Resident Evil’s launch into a two-day event; Sony/Columbia is front-loading the reboot ahead of its Fantastic Fest premiere and Sept. 18 wide release.

Combined $250M two-part sequel is in post, with Part One set for May 6, 2027 and Part Two on May 25, 2028. Gibson says the Jesus follow-up runs through hell, fallen angels and the origin of Satan, with Jaakko Ohtonen and Mariela Garriga replacing the original leads.

Cregger cleared Resident Evil’s story with Constantin Film before writing, already has sequel ideas, and Sony’s reboot is still tracking to open around $45M.

Strand Releasing has snapped up North American rights to The Blood Countess and set a spring 2027 theatrical bow; the lesbian vampire horror comedy lands at Fantastic Fest after its Berlin Special Gala world premiere. Isabelle Huppert stars as Elizabeth Báthory in Ulrike Ottinger’s long-gestating genre pic, written by Elfriede Jelinek.

Netflix renews The Gentlemen for Season 3 before Season 2 even premieres; Guy Ritchie returns to direct and co-write, with another eight-episode run locked.

IllFonic launches Halloween: The Game on Sept. 8 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC; the asymmetrical horror title centers Michael Myers and folds in Laurie Strode, Dr. Loomis, and Nick Castle’s motion capture.

Freestyle Digital Media has picked up North American VOD rights to Ian Wittenber's sci-fi thriller Glasses and set a Sept. 22 rollout across digital, DVD, cable, and satellite.

Apple TV+ sets Sept. 9 for Causa abierta, an Australian thriller series adapting Ryan David Jahn’s The Dispatcher; Patrick Brammall stars, with Christian Schwochow directing and Kris Mrksa writing. 60Forty Films and Werner Film Productions are behind the Victoria-shot series.

Biennale College Cinema grant-backed Moonfish bows at Venice after a nine-month solo production push from Daniel Zvereff; Lucy Liu and Morgan Spector voice isolated moon-bound astronauts in the black-and-white 2D feature.

Coraline hits No. 4 on Hulu’s daily Top 10 Movies as Laika’s anniversary push keeps driving catalog demand. The 15th-anniversary re-release became Fathom’s highest-grossing classic title launch, topping $12.5 million domestic in week one and more than $50 million worldwide.

Samara Weaving boards Hivemind, a killer-wasp horror play that adds a bankable genre lead to the creature-feature package.

Hellbilly Hollow is already being pitched as a franchise play; Kurt Deimer says the haunted-attraction slasher wrapped on location in Alabama, has a sequel script ready, and is headed for a Sept. 25 theatrical run.

Ridley Scott says his long-planned Alien: Covenant sequel is back in development with Michael Fassbender’s David creating a “brave new world,” concluding the prequel trilogy begun by Prometheus (2012) and Covenant (2017).

A24 is where Adam Wingard pitched Onslaught with The Fog’s ghost-pirate iconography as the template; the filmmaker says the horror-thriller is a full return to his gnarlier genre lane.

Nearly eight minutes of applause greet A24’s Primetime in Venice; Robert Pattinson’s Chris Hansen turn is drawing early awards buzz, with the film set for a Sept. 25 U.S. theatrical bow and Chris Hansen buying ad space to push TruBlu.

$5.4 million second weekend on just a 2% drop keeps Roadside Attractions/Saban’s Buddy at $15 million domestic; the horror title is on track to clear $20 million, while Ketchup’s Coyote vs. Acme keeps building toward a theatrical recoup on a reported $60 million acquisition and marketing spend.

Prime Video cancels Spider-Noir after one season despite 11 Emmy nominations; Nicolas Cage's live-action Marvel series posted a 92% critics / 90% audience split.

Rubaiyat Hossain’s The Difficult Bride lands at Venice as a feminist folk-horror spin on South Asian wedding myth; the Bangladesh feature leans on a creepy Dhaka beauty-salon legend and resists tidy genre boxes.

Season 2 of The Gentlemen hit No. 1 globally on Netflix after two days; the eight-episode run is also fifth on the U.S. chart as Guy Ritchie’s crime-thriller franchise keeps building streaming heat.

Hulu renewed Liz Meriwether’s serial-killer thriller Furious before its Season 1 finale, which revealed FBI agent Alice Black (Emmy Rossum) killed Jay Easton (Peter McRobbie). Season 2 may follow her pursuit of others linked to Catherine’s flash drive.

Dave Franco produced and helped finance Macon Blair’s long-gestating follow-up; the Sundance premiere also marks the title change from The Shitheads to Idiots. The ensemble includes O’Shea Jackson Jr., Kiernan Shipka, Nicholas Braun, Mason Thames and Peter Dinklage.

Ryan Murphy confirms Jessica Lange, Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson and other core players are back for American Horror Story: 13, with the season built around a new villain and multiple legacy character returns. The first-look images also lock in Kathy Bates, Gabourey Sidibe, John Waters and more on the expanded ensemble.