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Sam Raimi and producer Roy Lee are developing a remake of the ventriloquist-dummy horror film Magic for Lionsgate, marking a studio-backed reboot of an established horror IP with high-profile producers attached.
Robert Eggers is reuniting with two actors from Nosferatu for a new horror feature; the attachment signals continuity with Eggers' auteur brand and raises festival and awards potential for another prestige arthouse horror (no budget or distributor yet disclosed).
A24’s Backrooms — directed by 20‑year‑old Kane Parsons and produced by James Wan, Shawn Levy and Osgood Perkins — expanded his YouTube lore into a feature with an A‑list cast (Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass) and built a 30,000 sq. ft. physical set to replicate the viral liminal maze ahead of the May 29 theatrical release.
Tommy Wirkola's shark-survival thriller Thrash was sold by Sony to Netflix for direct streaming, hit #1 on Netflix in 83 countries and logged ~34.5M views in one week despite mixed/negative reviews.
Developer Creative Assembly signaled an imminent reveal for the long‑teased sequel to survival‑horror game Alien: Isolation, moving the project out of early development toward a public showcase timed for Alien Day.
Fede Álvarez has exited direction of the planned sequel to Alien: Romulus; the franchise now needs a new director attachment and the project’s creative trajectory is unsettled.
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