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Republic Pictures boards Ben Leonberg’s feature adaptation of Dan Baillie’s horror novella Look Out; Leonberg and Alex Cannon co-write, with Roy Lee, Andrew Childs and Zach Studin producing through Vertigo Entertainment and AWA.

Yash Raj Films locks March 31, 2028 for its first horror feature; Varun Dhawan fronts Abhay Pannu's theatrical debut, with Aditya Chopra and Akshaye Widhani steering the launch into genre.

Bleecker Street rolls Zachary Wigon’s Victorian Psycho onto 1,206 screens after its Cannes bow; Maika Monroe leads the period horror-thriller adaptation from Virginia Feito’s novel.

Cineverse locked 25-year North American all-media rights to the next Jason Universe feature and plans a wide theatrical rollout; the company also lifted subscription prices 25% to 40% and posted 110% revenue growth to $26 million.

Jon Hamm and Andrew Koji board Takashi Miike's Tokyo-set psychological thriller "Bullfrog" as mk2 Films takes international sales and CAA Media Finance handles North American sales and financing. OLM is producing in Japan, with principal photography slated for summer 2027.

Resident Evil clears $400 million worldwide, giving Zach Cregger's franchise entry a major box-office benchmark.

Dutch is back in play for a new Predator feature; Ben Rosenblatt says Dan Trachtenberg has met with Arnold Schwarzenegger about a return, extending 20th Century's franchise reunion chatter.

Netflix wins the competitive auction for Aaron Pierre's Fairytale in New York; Jalmari Helander directs from Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani's original spec, with Lionsgate producing and distributing.

Final Destination Bloodlines is sitting in Netflix’s global top 10, extending the franchise’s streaming heat; the entry’s box-office and review performance has already pushed New Line to greenlight a seventh film for 2028.

Jessica Marie Garcia boards and produces vampire comedy Randy Mandy and the Curse of the Plaza Theatre; Kristina Arjona directs from a script she co-wrote with Leanna Adams, with cameras set for 2027 at Atlanta’s Plaza Theatre.

Margot Robbie is set to star in A24 and Square Peg's The Week of Pain, with Kristoffer Borgli writing and directing and A24 financing the project.

MGM+ greenlights an eight-episode adaptation of Daisy Goodwin's The American Heiress with Julianna Margulies leading; Fifth Season handles worldwide distribution and UK filming starts this month.

Chris Carter says any Mulder-and-Scully continuation has to wait for the Hulu reboot to find its footing; he still eyes a sequel as either a series or a movie.

From held No. 1 on Nielsen for a second straight week with 2.04 billion viewing minutes, its biggest acquired-series week of the year; Hocus Pocus topped the film chart on Halloween week with 405 million minutes on Disney+.

A crew member died during Season 2 wrap on Netflix’s Dept. Q in Edinburgh; police say the incident isn’t suspicious, and FirstStage Studios is again under scrutiny after a prior fatal accident.

Iron Lung has crossed $51.2 million worldwide and picked up Best Game Adaptation at the Golden Joysticks, giving the self-financed horror-game adaptation a rare awards-and-box-office double. Markiplier’s feature debut also cleared digital on YouTube Movies and Google TV after its theatrical run.

Highland Film Group is launching worldwide sales on The Cell at AFM; Joel Kinnaman boards the creature thriller, with principal photography set for February 2027 and Adam Cooper directing from a screenplay by Evan Turner and Ben Zazove.

Shudder acquired Red Snow ahead of its Fantastic Fest premiere; the Finnish holiday horror-comedy lands on the service Dec. 15, 2026 after the fest launch.

$20M+ domestic bow on 3,535 screens after a $7.1M Friday/previews; Ti West's Ebenezer is also set for another $20M from 63 overseas markets, making Paramount's Dickens-horror play a solid star-driven launch.

Renny Harlin has launched Harlin House, a genre-focused production company and fellowship that will mentor emerging European filmmakers into commercially viable features. Republic Film opens the investor window next week; the outfit wants its first film next year and at least two movies annually after that.

Cineverse rolls Pan’s Labyrinth’s 20th-anniversary 4K/Blu-ray editions onto digital, rental, and physical windows after a del Toro-supervised restoration; the Amazon-exclusive steelbook is sold out and preorder demand has set a company record. TOHO International and Subtitle also unveil the Godzilla-inspired TIDES apparel line.

Tom Hopper, Rita Ora and Mila Harris board in-production sci-fi thriller "The Signalers"; WME Independent is selling domestic rights while Peachtree Group finances. The Canada-set pic tracks an impossible signal, escalating phenomena and a buried unearthly force.

Michael Mann and New Regency are in a copyright fight over the original Heat screenplay as Heat 2 heads toward a January shoot; Amazon MGM now holds the sequel film after Warner Bros. exited.

Netflix’s The Body vaulted to No. 2 globally two days after launch; Quinn Shephard’s Catholic-school horror series is translating strong early chart play into one of the streamer’s buzziest new genre titles.

Blue Harbor Entertainment sets a Nov. 24 U.S. digital/cable rollout for conspiracy thriller "The Awakening," which already bowed in Italy and is headed for a U.K. launch next. Justin Tinto created and financed the indie, and a sequel is already in development.

Keanu Reeves, Francis Lawrence, Akiva Goldsman and J.J. Abrams remain attached to Constantine 2; DC’s leadership shakeup reopens a path for Warner Bros. and Paramount to revisit the long-stalled sequel.

The announced Yellowjackets bonus episode remains in play; the standalone installment is still being mapped into the franchise rollout.

Gary Dauberman locks a first-look producing pact with Blumhouse Atomic through Coin Operated, deepening his horror pipeline after It and The Conjuring as the banner keeps feeding new genre projects into market.

2027 Disney+ animated series expands Death Stranding into a fresh stand-alone narrative; Kojima Productions and director Takayuki Sano are steering the adaptation into TV.