Brian Duffield, Netflix & Trevor Henderson

Cineverse is adapting Trevor Henderson’s horror podcast Mayfair Watchers Society into a found-footage anthology feature; Henderson boards to produce and write as the deal extends his studio run after Siren Head and Cartoon Cat.

Sony taps former YouTube exec Fede Goldenberg to run Screen Gems, sharpening the label’s push toward theatrical projects from digital-native creators. The move plugs into a broader horror-IP scramble, with Sony, Blumhouse, A24 and Lionsgate all mining YouTube and short-form creators for franchise-ready genre material.

Netflix layoffs and weaker engagement data headline a broader Hollywood media reset, with Hello Sunshine also in bargain-bin mode. The roundup underscores tightening economics across streamers, debt markets and tax-incentive driven production.

Gersh folds You First Originals into Victoria House and pushes deeper into scripted features and true-crime TV; the slate includes Netflix’s Criminopatía podcast adaptation and new co-pro ambitions out of Spain.

Shudder picked up Ryan Glover’s supernatural horror Split Rock for multiple territories; Raven Banner, Just For Laughs and BayView also landed licensing deals out of MIPCOM.

Zendaya boards Alex Garland’s untitled A24 sci-fi feature; shooting is set for next year, extending the Garland/A24 run that includes Ex Machina, Civil War and Elden Ring. A24 keeps the star in orbit after The Drama and Be My Baby.

Netflix says AI has touched about 300 titles across previs, production design, set dressing, editorial and VFX; BIFF panelists said those workflows can cut feature budgets by 30% to 40%.

Nine-episode horror podcast Midnight Radio lands October 22 on iHeartPodcasts after Ethan Hawke, Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill self-financed the production; Under The Influence and Crooked Highway co-produce.

Grace Caroline Currey is back for Fall 3; Scott Mann returns to direct and cameras are slated to roll in 2027 after the sequel’s soft domestic run.

Radial Entertainment orders season 3 of Making a Serial Killer and extends the true-crime franchise across the U.S., Canada, Germany, Switzerland and Austria; the 10-part run is set for a December premiere on TBD platforms. The order caps a MIPCOM rights spree that also saw Forensic Files and A Haunting expansions.

Level 33 has taken U.S. and Canadian rights to Derek Sulek's indie slasher Dead of Night for a November 13 theatrical rollout. Dermot Mulroney, Scott Grimes, Jake Busey and Kirrilee Berger star.

Universal’s Other Mommy opened to $27.5M domestic, beating forecasts and holding No. 1 despite soft reviews; the weekend frame totaled $85.2M, while Fathom’s Pan’s Labyrinth 20th anniversary bowed to $1.66M.

£18m-a-year UK Global Screen Fund has been revamped to back international distribution, co-production and business development. Denitsa Yordanova says producers and sales agents can tap the money under updated eligibility rules.

EFM is taking exhibitor bookings for its 2027 market, with space at Gropius Bau, the Marriott and virtual stands; organizers are forecasting up to 70,000 visits across the seven-day run.

$500M+ theatrical haul turns Obsession into one of horror's biggest hits; JioHotstar streams the uncut version Oct. 30 via The Peacock Hub in India with Hindi dubs.

George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead is being adapted as a vertical microdrama for Room418, a horror-focused mobile app. The classic zombie title is getting a mobile-first serialized rework.

Brian Duffield only punched up the next Alien script over Christmas; he is not writing or directing the 20th Century sequel. The clarification keeps the franchise in development under Steve Asbell and Ridley Scott while Duffield stays focused on Whalefall.

Whalefall opens Friday with a 4DX theatrical push; Brian Duffield is selling the sperm whale as the good guy and leaning into an immersive release strategy.

Roadside Attractions and Saban Films set Crawlers for an Oct. 16 theatrical bow; the Matilda Lutz horror pic, formerly Arachnid, leans into creature-fear marketing.

New Witchcraft 40th-anniversary trilogy details put the longrunning horror franchise back into active development around a fresh run of films.

XYZ Films sets Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant for U.S. digital on October 27; the New Zealand body-horror comedy premiered at Sundance and expands THUNDERLIPS’ short into a feature.

Marta’s feature directorial debut joins Raven Banner’s genre slate alongside The Sadness, Deathstalker and Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon.

Bleecker Street sets a Winter 2027 theatrical bow for Elias Witherow’s creepypasta adaptation; first-look trailer is out now.

Skydance has James Gunn and Peter Safran locked in through April 2027; Gunn says David Ellison already knows the core DCU roadmap, including where the franchise goes after Man of Tomorrow.