Entities/Person/Curry Barker

Curry Barker

Person
last seen in coverage Oct 15
139
Wire items · since Feb 21
0
Sourced transactions
0
Projects
9
Months active
39
Multi-source stories

Deal mix

No transaction involving Curry Barker is established by a headline yet.

18 records flagged as deal coverage could not be tied to Curry Barker, a named project, a role and a transaction from their headlines; they are not counted here and are listed with sources under Unresolved.

Slate

No project is tied to Curry Barker by a headline that states its role yet.

Key people · from coverage

Names as they appear in sourced items; no contact data by design.

Inde Navarrette
Named in coverage
41 items · 0 sourced transactions · in 29% of all Curry Barker coverage
Michael Johnston
Named in coverage
39 items · 0 sourced transactions · in 28% of all Curry Barker coverage
Kane Parsons
Named in coverage
25 items · 0 sourced transactions · in 18% of all Curry Barker coverage
Cooper Tomlinson
Named in coverage
22 items · 0 sourced transactions · in 16% of all Curry Barker coverage
Jason BlumNamed in coverage15i · 0tx
Megan LawlessNamed in coverage8i · 0tx
Roy LeeNamed in coverage8i · 0tx
James HarrisNamed in coverage7i · 0tx
Steven SchneiderNamed in coverage7i · 0tx
Aaron PaulNamed in coverage7i · 0tx
James WanNamed in coverage7i · 0tx
Chiwetel EjioforNamed in coverage7i · 0tx
Zach CreggerNamed in coverage7i · 0tx
Andy RichterNamed in coverage6i · 0tx
Violet McGrawNamed in coverage6i · 0tx
Renate ReinsveNamed in coverage6i · 0tx
AFFILIATED = APPEARS IN ≥15% OF ALL CURRY BARKER COVERAGE · OTHERS ARE COUNTERPARTIES ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS

Box office in coverage orbit · 3 tracked titles

Grosses as reported — “via” badge = released by another studio.

Leviticus
latest: “$4.3 million worldwide” (domestic) as reported — not a comparable figure

Activity · by month

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WIRE ITEMSSOURCED TRANSACTIONS

Works with · top 8 of 23

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CounterpartyItemsTransactions
ObsessionTITLE 800
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Focus FeaturesCO 760
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BlumhouseCO 570
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UniversalCO 510
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Inde NavarrettePERSON 410
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A24CO 400
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Michael JohnstonPERSON 390
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Toronto International Film FestivalFEST 350
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Transactions · 0 sourced

One row per transaction; reports of the same transaction are merged under it. Dates are when ScreamWire first archived a report. Amounts appear only as the source phrased them.

No transaction established by a headline yet.

Unresolved · 18 deal-flagged records not counted

ScreamWire’s classifier tagged these as deal coverage, but the headline does not establish Curry Barker, a named project, Curry Barker’s role and the transaction. They are excluded from every count on this page and kept, with their sources, for review.

Oct 13 Everything We Learned During the BlumFest Panel at NYCC 2026
person not named in headline
Complex
Oct 8 'Anything But Ghosts', Curry Barker's Next Horror Film, Sets May 7th 2027 Release Date
no stated role on a named project“eight-figure”
Phantasmagoria
Sep 26 2026’s Most Surprising Blockbuster Release Could Have Been a Straight to Netflix Movie, Director Reveals
person not named in headline“eight-figure agreement”
Yardbarker
Sep 26 Curry Barker Says Netflix Wanted Straight-to-Streaming for ‘Obsession’ Before Focus Won the Bidding War
no stated role on a named project“around $15M”
World of Reel
Sep 12 Inde Navarrette to Lead Alien Sci-Fi Thriller 'The Waffle House Index' for Apple Original Films
person not named in headline“seven figures”
Phantasmagoria
Jul 2 After Backrooms, Hollywood Goes All-In On Siren Head
person not named in headline“low seven figures”
Cosmic Book News
Jun 20 Blumhouse Signs Curry Barker for Original Horror Movie
no project title in headline“rich eight-figure deal”
Horror Obsessive
Jun 19 Curry Barker’s Third Film, an Original Horror Concept, Heads to Universal and Blumhouse Atomic Monster
no project title in headline
Variety
Jun 15 Curry Barker’s ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Movie Aims to Capture the Rawness of the Original Classic
no stated role on a named project
Bloody Disgusting
Jun 15 Curry Barker Got His Wish: Inside the ‘Obsession’ Director’s Wild Month (Exclusive)
no stated role on a named project“$15 million”
THR
Jun 8 ‘Obsession’ Crosses $200M Globally to Become Focus’ Top Movie of All Time
person not named in headline
THR
Jun 8 ‘Obsession’ Sequel Talks Haven’t Happened… Yet
person not named in headline
Dread Central
May 23 Curry Barker Promises a “Deeply Uncomfortable” and Very Different ‘Texas Chainsaw’ Reboot
no stated role on a named project
HorrorFuel
May 15 How ‘Obsession’ Filmmaker Curry Barker Became Hollywood’s Next Horror Sweetheart
no stated role on a named project
The Wrap
May 12 Your Next Favorite Horror Director Just Might Be a YouTuber
person not named in headline
Dread Central
May 7 Horror! A24’s Youngest Director Ever Started on YouTube
person not named in headline
The Ankler
Apr 21 Panic Fest: Obsession ushers in a new powerhouse voice in horror
person not named in headline
Google News (Panic Fest)
Feb 21 'Obsession' Gets Defined By Teaser Poster; Trailer Tomorrow
person not named in headline
Entity Website

Recent mentions · 10 of 121

Methodology

Source. Assembled from ScreamWire's classified archive — 139 wire items (Feb 21 → Oct 15) matching Curry Barker, deduplicated by URL (10 cross-day re-sightings removed). Every entry links to the original reporting. Descriptive, never predictive.

Why no deal amounts. Only 1.8% of tracked deal items site-wide carry a reported figure — the trades rarely publish terms — so dollar amounts appear only as the source phrased them (e.g. “rich eight-figure deal”), never as comparable numbers. This is a deal-flow tracker, not a comps database.

What counts as a transaction. A row appears under Transactions, Slate or Deal mix only when the publisher’s headline names Curry Barker, names the project, and states Curry Barker’s role in a transaction (bought, set up, developing, ordered, distributing, hired or cast for…). A company mentioned alongside a film is not enough, and neither is a classifier tag. Reports of the same transaction are merged; separate transactions on one project, such as a set-up and a later casting, stay separate. 18 deal-flagged records did not meet the test and are listed under Unresolved.

Source material and medium are recorded only when the headline states them; otherwise “not stated”. Dates are when ScreamWire first archived a report, so a resurfaced older story can carry a later date; reviewed exceptions are listed in the repository’s record-review file.

Grades are ScreamWire's editorial coverage grade — how strongly the wire covered the story — not a deal-quality score.

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