Toronto International Film Festival & Shudder

11-studio bidding war lands Amazon MGM, United Artists and Amblin on June 9, 2028 for analog-horror breakout The Mandela Catalogue; Alex Kister directs from his adapted script with Tyler Clifton.

Blumhouse Atomic Monster, Divide/Conquer and Spooky Pictures back Josh Giuliano's next horror feature Occupant, with Focus Features holding worldwide rights and Universal Pictures International on foreign. Giuliano follows his TIFF Midnight Madness debut River with another young-digital-native genre play.

A24 takes worldwide rights to SCP Foundation and targets a 2027 theatrical release with Spooky Pictures and Image Nation Studios. Roy Lee and Steven Schneider board as producers as the internet-born horror/sci-fi universe gets its first big-screen adaptation after A24's Backrooms breakout.

$14-$15 million TIFF acquisition set up Obsession before the horror breakout became a $500M-plus global smash on a $750,000 budget. Curry Barker has since landed an eight-figure Universal/Blumhouse deal, while Inde Navarrette used the hit’s momentum to pitch her own projects.

CJ ENM Hong Kong has taken Taiwan and Southeast Asia rights to The Mage, the Pang Brothers’ $3M supernatural horror feature; rollout starts Oct. 8, with The Mage 2 already in post.

Test-screening notes forced Zach Cregger to strip jokes from Resident Evil; he says even a little humor shifted the reaction, and Sony now has the zombie reboot set for Sept. 18, 2026.

Kid Cudi rolls Wrong Number into production in Los Angeles, with Barbie Ferreira, Lucy Barrett, Dewayne Perkins, Clifton Powell, and Laura Harrier in the cast; Mescudi writes, directs, and scores the horror thriller for Mad Solar.

Saban Films acquires U.S. rights to Alphas and lines up an early 2027 theatrical release. The long-gestating creature feature pits great white sharks against killer whales, with Martin Henderson, Teagan Croft and Charlotte Vega leading.

Telefilm is using TIFF: The Market to push Canada’s treaty co-production pipeline; 53 official co-productions last year carried a combined C$371M budget, while modernized treaties and new talks widen access to tax credits and financing.

Forecasts for Sony’s Resident Evil jump to $45M-$60M domestic opening; even the low end would set a franchise best over Resident Evil: Afterlife’s $26.65M debut. The Zach Cregger adaptation opens Sept. 18 and is tracking like a theatrical event.

Sony cut Physint loose over budget, deadline and exclusivity concerns; insiders say the game was already heading into the red, while Xbox is now positioned to publish on PC and console.

Highland Film Group is co-financing White and selling it out of TIFF after pre-selling multiple territories; Carla Woodcock, Kate Beckinsale and Katherine McNamara are aboard for Jake West’s shark-survival thriller. Dan Schaffer adapts his cult comic Dogwitch.

Soho Horror Film Festival kicks off its 2026 feature slate for the November return, with a fully accessible online edition following the London run.

TIFF buyers are circling Courteney Cox’s true-crime feature Evil Genius, while FilmNation is showing horror footage from Bill Hader-directed They Know and A24 is shopping a three-title buyers’ slate on the sidelines.

Jurassic World 5 remains in development even as Gareth Edwards exits over creative differences and Universal hunts for a replacement. The original Jurassic Park-branded theatrical lane is effectively retired, with the franchise now living in Jurassic World and game spinoffs.

Hamilton, Ontario wrap on thriller No Free Lunch, the third title in Horizon Line/March On’s slate; Red Sea Media is shopping international rights at TIFF while Quiver handles domestic sales and a spring 2027 release is set.

Saban lands North American rights to Maisie Williams-led thriller Ignition out of Cannes; the film is already in post with multiple international sales set. WestEnd continues selling as the bomb-plot survival pic targets the market with real-location action and a tight package.

Dark Vintage Pictures’ The Crawlspace is nearly ready after a summer 2024 shoot; Luke Walters writes and stars, with Brian Kilby directing the Ada Witch-legend horror pic.

Shudder sets Paolo Strippoli's Italian folk horror film for a Nov. 27 streaming bow after a Venice premiere and Fantastic Fest awards; Michele Riondino stars as a teacher pulled into a town-cult nightmare.

del Toro hand-processed Pan's Labyrinth's 20th-anniversary 3D/HDR re-release with zero AI in the pipeline, doubling down on craft over speed. He links the film's creature design and the re-release workflow to a broader warning that generative tools flatten the apprenticeship that makes great images possible.

Well Go USA opens Joko Anwar's prison-set supernatural killer pic in U.S. theaters Oct. 2; the 106-minute hybrid mixes horror, black comedy, and thriller beats with Abimana Aryasatya and Tia Hasibuan producing.

Gladys stays in Zach Cregger’s orbit as a Weapons-style prequel; he remains closely involved even after stepping back from scripting duties. The project keeps its horror DNA and stays tied to Amy Madigan’s breakout character.

Nicholas Pineda’s feature debut Infirmary lands on Shudder in October after a Dances With Films NY premiere; bodycam and surveillance footage drive the found-footage medical-horror play.

Netflix's Monster turns Lizzie Borden into a Sept. 17, eight-episode true-crime season, with Ella Beatty in the title role and Sarah Paulson closing the trailer as Aileen Wuornos.

Tom Six’s black-and-white horror satire The Onania Club still has no distributor seven years after wrapping, with the filmmaker now saying the movie may not surface until after his death. The standoff underscores how backlash risk and distribution caution are freezing out ultra-provocative genre titles.

Shudder acquired Hallowarrior ahead of Tribeca; the Milly Shapiro-led post-apocalyptic Halloween thriller is set for an Oct. 16 streamer bow as the film opens up Shudder’s Season of Screams slate.