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Lionsgate taps Sam Raimi to direct a remake of William Goldman’s 1978 psychological horror Magic with Mark Swift and Damian Shannon writing and Zainab Azizi producing; Raimi moves from producer to director after recent Send Help success that grossed over $90M worldwide.
Chuck Russell’s Neumorphic AI and generative-video platform Higgsfield board two AI‑native sci‑fi features, Hyperia and b, embedding generative AI across worldbuilding, creature design, VFX and LED‑volume production with humanoid robot Erica supervised by Hiroshi Ishiguro and generative AI leads Elena Kaya and Anoush Sadegh attached; the partnership aims to operationalize AI in a professional feature pipeline.
German producer Augenschein is scaling up into higher‑profile, star‑led projects including Panos Cosmatos’ vampire thriller Flesh of the Gods with Kristen Stewart and Wagner Moura (A24 pre‑bought U.S. rights) plus airplane thriller Left Seat and smaller genre titles like Bloody Tennis, leveraging revamped German tax incentives and a mix of soft money and international partnerships to finance riskier genre fare.
$2.6M Thurs previews; projected ~$15M opening weekend for Curry Barker’s Obsession after Focus Features paid ~ $15M at TIFF; $10M production cost gives the film solid early ROI and positions Barker as a hot genre director with another Focus picture and an A24-linked Texas Chainsaw reboot lined up.
Cannes market shows measured optimism as indie buyers and financiers ramp up meetings; on-the-ground conversations point to warmer indie financing and quiet dealmaking away from red-carpet drama.
Amazon MGM boards $70M streaming-rights deal for Gordon Green-directed Supermax starring Will Smith, with production set to begin mid-August and Smith producing via Westbrook alongside The Picture Company; the four-figure rights figure signals Amazon MGM’s continued strategy of paying premium for theatrical/streaming exclusives on star-driven thrillers.
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