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$57M paid to Warner Bros.; Village Roadshow now holds zero stake in The Matrix Resurrections after a reconfigured settlement tied to long-running litigation and appeals over co-financing obligations.
A24 and Peacock's Crystal Lake series confirms all eight episodes are picture-locked and teases a major announcement; Brad Caleb Kane promises a paranoid '70s-tinged Friday the 13th origin with Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees and explicit slasher DNA, signaling a high-profile franchise expansion for streaming.
Nikias Chryssos’ English-language horror Bloody Tennis boards sales at Cannes Market with Playmaker; elite-boarding-school-set folk/contained horror starring Sandra Guldberg Kampp and Helena Zengel, produced by Augenschein, positions as festival-driven genre title ahead of sales push.
Magenta Light Studios; bought North American theatrical rights to Jonathan Bensimon’s horror‑thriller Lice with a Q1 2027 release; stars Emile Hirsch, Justin Long and Kevin Connolly and was sold internationally by Highland Film Group out of Cannes.
Radiant International is selling Will Wernick’s prison-set thriller Time of Death at Cannes while Vertical closed U.S. theatrical day‑and‑date PVOD rights for a June 12 release; cast includes Michael Kelly, Kevin Pollak, Mena Suvari and Dennis Haysbert.
Damien Leone confirms TERRIFIER 4 relocates its carnage to New Year’s Eve, positioning the installment as a holiday-set finale for Art the Clown and signalling franchise momentum toward a major theatrical event.
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