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Dreams of Violets, a fully AI-generated live-action feature, lands at Tribeca as the launch title for Fountain O, the Koosha brothers’ new AI production outfit. The company says the film cost about $2K, took roughly two months to make, and is the first of multiple projects in development.
A24’s 'Backrooms' is tracking to a $40 million to $50 million opening on a $10 million budget, which would make it the studio’s biggest debut; the wide theatrical launch in 3,400 North American venues keeps horror’s box-office leverage intact.
Mubi dates Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma for Aug. 7 theatrical after its Cannes Un Certain Regard launch and Queer Palm win. The piece also confirms Jane Schoenbrun is attached to write, direct and exec produce Netflix’s Black Hole TV adaptation with Plan B and New Regency.
Artlist is financing Terrarium, a hybrid horror feature now in production from Paranormal Activity producer Steven Schneider and writer-director Jason Zada; Secret Level is producing, making the AI-native package a live test case for new genre workflows.
The $111 billion Paramount Skydance bid for Warner Bros. Discovery is under FCC and CFIUS scrutiny over 49.5% foreign ownership, including Gulf sovereign wealth funds and revived Tencent money. Senators are demanding assurances that the backers won’t influence CNN, HBO, Warner Bros. or CBS content and editorial decisions.
$17M domestic bow turned into a $24M second weekend for Obsession, a 39% surge that pushes Curry Barker's horror breakout into rare box-office territory and strengthens the case for creator-led micro-budget horror.
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