Jason Blum & Busan International Film Festival

Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Paramount Primal have co-financed Molepeople, with LaKeith Stanfield and Ben Mendelsohn starring, Paramount set to distribute worldwide and a theatrical date locked for Aug. 27, 2027. Rob Savage directs the horror thriller, which begins production in the UK at the end of November or early December.

Blumhouse is adapting DreadXP’s Amanda the Adventurer with Matthew “MatPat” Patrick developing the feature; the move extends the studio’s indie game-to-film pipeline after Five Nights at Freddy’s crossed $520M worldwide.

Seven-figure sale for Nicolas Curcio’s micro-budget horror Play House; Focus Features and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster pick up worldwide rights outside Latin America and India after a Fantastic Fest bow.

Blumhouse Atomic Monster tapped Heidi Wong for original horror shorts after a NYCC Blumfest reveal; Wong brings an 8M-follower horror audience and folklore-driven concepts.

Blumhouse Atomic Monster used its NYCC BlumFest panel to unveil a 2027 slate, with Craig Zobel tapped for Something Is Killing the Children and Amanda the Adventurer moving fast toward writer-director attachments. Jason Blum and James Wan also teased The Exorcist: Martyrs, Paranormal Activity, The Blair Witch Project, Molepeople and a Happy Death Day comic expansion via IDW Dark.

Mockingbird Pictures is taking Vietnamese supernatural horror 'Bloodline: The Curse Within' to Busan’s ACFM with worldwide rights in hand; Vietnam theatrical release is set for Dec. 25. The package is being sold off a cast led by Quách Ngọc Ngoan as Mockingbird pushes its wider Southeast Asian slate to buyers.

Alejandro Hidalgo is attached to direct Malaysian Hungry Ghost Festival horror 'The Hungry One'; Clover Films has already picked up Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia rights. Abnormal Studios is taking the pre-production package to Busan while producers close the final financing gap.

Craig Zobel boards Blumhouse's feature adaptation of Something Is Killing the Children; James Tynion IV, Werther Dell'Edera and Jason Blum are producing.

13 Studio and Toei are adapting Junji Ito’s The Hanging Balloons into a Thai horror feature, with Death Whisperer director Taweewat Wantha set to helm and filming slated for Thailand next year ahead of a 2028 delivery. The banner is also scaling up Thai genre output with Wantha’s Dawn Of Soengsang due Dec. 31.

FX orders a Bangkok-shot pilot from Hiro Murai and Wong Kar Wai; Havana Rose Liu stars as a petty criminal who inherits a stake in a mysterious corporation, with Charles Yu and Julia Cho scripting.

Plus M is taking folk horror Maiden Home to Busan’s ACFM with Asmara Abigail attached to star; Sinn Kirin’s feature debut is set to shoot in January 2027 across South Korea and Indonesia. Indiestory, Infinite Studios and Screenworks are producing after the project ran through Talents Tokyo and Bifan’s NAFF.

AMC Global Media used NYCC to set dates for Mayfair Witches season 3 and The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’s final season, while rolling out first looks for Kill Jackie and YAGA. AMC+ is adding all seasons of The Walking Dead on Jan. 7, turning the streamer into the full franchise hub.

Dark Sky Films has pushed Grégory Morin's 70-minute horror-comedy Flush to digital VOD; the French indie bowed after a festival run that included wins at Fantasia and playdates at Sitges, Beyond Fest, Overlook and Chattanooga.

Paramount is taking the next Paranormal Activity back to the original house, with Ian Tuason directing and Blumhouse Atomic Monster co-financing the 2027 release.

Bee Entertainment is shopping a genre-heavy Busan slate led by psychological horror 'Arithmadtic' and is actively seeking investment, co-development and distribution partners. Vietnamese films grossed more than VND3 trillion ($114 million) domestically in 2025, and Bee is using that momentum to sell four 2027 features plus three TV dramas.

Bone Temple’s weak box office has pushed the planned 28 Years Later trilogy capper onto the back burner; financing for the third film is still unresolved as Danny Boyle and collaborators pivot to other projects.

Criterion sets a four-disc 4K Blu-ray of Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein for Halloween; the package adds a 158-minute director's cut and marks a rare Netflix original physical-media play.

Ryan Murphy’s vampire series Brides of Blood heads to camera in Europe this December; the Dracula-brides reimagining joins The Watcher, All’s Fair and a Glee reboot on his packed TV slate.

Netflix says generative AI is already in use across roughly 300 titles, but James Rustad said artists still make the final story call; Eyeline is pitching hybrid VFX workflows as assistive, not replacement, tech.

Netflix says AI is already in use on about 300 titles, and Kang Yoon-sung says the tools can shave 30% to 40% off feature budgets; the tech could reopen shelved genre and sci-fi projects, but human judgment still closes the gap.

Netflix and Weta FX are pushing AI across cleanup, crowd motion, previs, editorial, and VFX; the Busan panel also previewed Kang Yun-sung’s Gulf of Aden, which claims 30-40% production savings from AI-assisted workflows.

California expands its film and TV tax credit with a new post-production credit and AI performer protections; a separate federal incentive is being lined up for 2027, a potential cost reset for production economics.

Sony taps YouTube veteran Fede Goldenberg to run Screen Gems as Ashley Brucks shifts into producing; the genre label is widening its lane from traditional horror to creator-driven theatrical projects.

Multiple territory sales locked on V Studios’ supernatural fantasy Red Woman, with Mockingbird Pictures taking U.S./Canada, NewGates Japan and Infinity Entertainment ANZ; Vietnam release is set for Nov. 27.

Trancas International Films and Compass International Pictures are rolling Halloween back into theaters Oct. 11-Nov. 5, with nearly 2,000 U.S. screenings and playdates in 12 countries.

Universal and Blumhouse rolled out the first trailer at NYCC; Mike Flanagan’s Exorcist sequel lands a March 12, 2027 theatrical date and teams Scarlett Johansson with Chiwetel Ejiofor and John Leguizamo.

Blumhouse’s horror slate is moving into IDW Dark with new The Purge, Happy Death Day and M3GAN comics; Tim Seeley boards Happy Death Day as the publisher teases more franchise extensions.

Legendary tapped Michael Dougherty for another Trick ’r Treat graphic novel in late 2023; the Sam universe is expanding on the page while Trick ’r Treat 2 remains stuck in status-update mode.