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Damien Leone has locked a Lionsgate deal to write, direct and produce Tortures of the Damned, with Sam Raimi and Ghost House aboard; the original horror follows Terrifier 4 in pre-production and is set up with a bigger budget than Leone’s franchise roots.
A24’s Backrooms is tracking to a $76M-$79M opening, a record-setting launch for the indie banner and a breakout driven by under-35 turnout and repeat business. The huge run comes as co-financier Chernin Entertainment and A24 look poised to make Kane Parsons’ internet-born horror IP one of the year’s defining theatrical events.
Sarah Snook fronts a buyers-facing Birds limited series package, with Tom Spezialy writing and David Heyman’s Heyday Television teaming with Universal International Studios on a present-day Alaska reimagining built around bird attacks and a murder mystery.
Jim Mickle to direct and co-write with E.L. Katz; both developing an Image Comics adaptation. Mickle (Stake Land); Katz (Channel Zero).
Kyle Gallner boards Sony's Skeletons opposite Brie Larson; J.J. Abrams and JT Mollner are packaging the horror feature around a growing cast.
Sony is still targeting 28 Years Later III for a shoot next year, with Alex Garland back on script and Danny Boyle eyeing a return after the trilogy’s first two chapters were staged back-to-back.
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