Netflix, Sony Pictures & Lionsgate

Pabrik Gula is getting a 2028 sequel after the original sold more than 5 million tickets in Indonesia and rolled out across Asia, the U.S. and Europe. MD Entertainment is leaning harder into folklore horror, with more IMAX titles, TV-library monetization and platform data driving its franchise playbook.

Netflix has set Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure, a 1955 Nevada prequel led by Kate Trefry and Joe Wright; the Duffers and Shawn Levy are back, filming is slated for New Mexico and launch is targeted for 2028.

Sony has landed film rights to Mouthwashing and set Karyn Kusama to direct; Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay are writing, with Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill producing through Crooked Highway.

Paramount has tapped David Bruckner to direct Smile 3; Nick Antosca is scripting and Parker Finn stays onboard as producer while the franchise’s global haul tops $350 million.

Blumhouse and Atomic Monster relaunch as Blumhouse Atomic, keeping the labels separate under one umbrella; the merged shop says it has generated $2.5 billion on $330 million in budgets and is expanding via Sam Zimmerman’s new development-and-acquisitions remit and a Divide/Conquer first-look.

The 1408 sequel is headed for an early 2027 shoot with Samuel L. Jackson, John Cusack, Natalia Dyer and Elijah Wood back in the mix; Mikael Håfström returns to direct and co-write, with FilmNation co-financing and WME Independent handling domestic sales.

Mirror Fiction used TCCF to unveil five 2027 IP plays and a NT$1 million prize; Kevin Chen’s 036037 already has a screen adaptation deal, while The Stand-In Family and The Midnight Masseuse extend its thriller slate. The company is also leaning into genre investment, with The Rope Curse 3 in its credits.

Netflix lands a two-season animated order for Midnight Sun; Lionsgate TV chief Kevin Beggs disclosed the pickup on earnings call. Sinead Daly writes, with Sadie Stanley and Julian Grey voicing Bella and Edward.

Lionsgate has picked up Witness Point from Nathan Fillion’s Dark Horse comic, setting the Midwestern noir up as a feature adaptation; Heath Corson and Soo Lee stay in the pipeline alongside Fillion.

Falcon Pictures’ Indonesian remake of The Invisible Guest was completed in 2023 but sat behind HBO exclusivity until its Jakarta World Cinema bow; Danial Rifki’s new thriller Sandal Jepit No. 10 is a confined-space interrogation pic about power abuse. He also has Tua Tua Keladi in play and Before Thirty set for January 2027.

Zach Cregger wants a hand in Resident Evil’s next chapter as Sony weighs sequel options; the first film has already crossed $400 million worldwide, giving the franchise real follow-up leverage.

Sébastien Vaniček’s Evil Dead Burn is among HBO Max’s most-watched U.S. films while the franchise title sits on a $72 million global haul against a reported $20 million budget. The piece also flags Rob Savage’s Other Mommy as a $109 million worldwide winner, underscoring how horror is still cashing theatrically before spinning into streaming.

Jakarta World Cinema handed its audience award to Fjord and closed with Banjong Pisanthanakun’s horror title Inherit. The fest also awarded full feature financing and distribution to three Indonesian shorts, with Falcon Pictures backing debut feature Karim.

Clayface has crossed $100 million worldwide on a $40 million budget, putting it on track to become one of DC Studios’ more efficient wins; the body-horror angle and Mike Flanagan screenplay widened its audience beyond superhero core buyers.

The Housemaid has spent 20 straight days near the top of HBO Max’s U.S. movie chart after a $400 million global run on a reported $35 million budget. Lionsgate already has The Housemaid’s Secret dated for Dec. 17, 2027, with Paul Feig back, Rebecca Sonnenshine writing, and Kirsten Dunst plus Brittany Snow joining the sequel.

Netflix made MGM+’s Stephen King-based sci-fi horror series the streamer’s No. 1 title, with only three seasons on the platform as MGM+ uses the exposure to tee up the newly renewed fifth season. The data underscores the Netflix effect on genre library titles and the value of cross-platform sampling for cult series.

Paramount+ streaming chart boost for V for Vendetta; the 2005 dystopian sci-fi thriller has hit No. 2 in the U.S., outranking two new action titles and reinforcing the long tail on cult genre library plays.

Netflix is moving Insidious: Out of the Further up to a November 21 U.S. streaming debut, 92 days after its theatrical launch instead of the usual Sony window. The timing reinforces the Sony-Netflix Pay-1 pipeline and gives the franchise an earlier post-theatrical boost.

Paramount pushes Paranormal Activity 8 to Oct. 22, 2027, keeping the found-footage sequel in theaters nine days before Halloween; Ian Tuason directs, with Blumhouse-Atomic Monster, Oren Peli and Paramount still producing/co-financing.

Chunghwa Telecom is fronting a multi-title Taiwan slate out of TCCF, with government-backed capital flowing into film and series bets including Studio76’s horror universe entry Demon Of The East - Black Condo. The telco is pitching the fund as an export engine for Taiwanese content and cross-border co-productions.

Toho unveils Leviathan, a live-action manga adaptation framed as a sci-fi thriller and part of the studio’s 2027 slate; first-look images land ahead of the February release window.

A Couple of Lies reaches No. 5 on Netflix UK after launching as a four-part Swedish home-swap thriller; the Stefan Ahnhem adaptation is already splitting critics and viewers.

Sony is eyeing a darker live-action Ghostbusters sequel, Ghostbusters: Nightmare on 34th Street, with Josh Miller writing; the piece also folds in the confirmed 2027 Netflix/Sony Pictures Animation series Ghostbusters: Night Shift.

DGA AI protections are shifting the burden to studios to lock down copyrights and block generative training use; Christopher Nolan says Universal’s The Odyssey credits mark a first small step, but the real fight now runs through the courts and Congress.

Keanu Reeves is stepping in for Alan Ritchson on Netflix's hurricane siege Maelstrom, a contained action thriller from Jaume Collet-Serra. The swap changes the film's star power and tonal read, but the project is still waiting on a production calendar.

Larry Fessenden frames Trauma, Or, Monsters All as the latest chapter in his Glass Eye Pix monster universe and says he’s not done yet; the piece reads as a career portrait, not a fresh business update.

Dark Sky opens Majid Al Ansari's Emirati horror The Vile in select U.S. theaters and on digital Nov. 20 after buying U.S. rights in October; the film won Best Horror Feature at Fantastic Fest and played Sitges, BFI London and Busan.