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Cineverse’s ScreamBox will exclusively stream the 2025 Silent Night, Deadly Night remake starting April 28; the Mike P. Nelson–written/directed holiday horror earned $5.6M global ($1.5M NA) in its 2025 theatrical run and stars Rohan Campbell and Ruby Modine.
Scream 8 has begun pre-production with screenwriters Lilla and Nora Zuckerman attached; the franchise comes off Scream 7’s franchise-record haul (over $200M global, $118M domestic) though franchise creator Kevin Williamson is not returning.
Screen Australia announced a A$20.4M ($14.2M) funding round across 91 projects including horror feature Asian Girls (Korean‑Australian woman plagued by ghost visions) and other films in development/production such as Cody Fern’s debut starring Naomi Watts (shooting in Montreal) and Kuba Dorabialski’s Agata The Writer; individual title awards will be disclosed at year end and Telefilm Canada/mk2 are attached on some titles.
A24’s Backrooms trailer rollout comes with production detail: Kane Parsons directs his feature debut (shot in Vancouver July–Aug 2025), stars Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve, and lists producers James Wan (Atomic Monster), Shawn Levy (21 Laps) and co-financier Chernin Entertainment — positioning this creepypasta adaptation as a notable studio-backed horror release on May 29.
Justine Triet’s English‑language psychological thriller Fonda has begun principal photography (Apr–Jun 2026) and added Odessa A'zion, Ewan Mitchell, Cherry Jones and Benedict Wong to a cast led by Mia Goth; Mk2 Films is handling international sales with Studiocanal co‑producing and financing.
Genki Kawamura confirms conversations with studios across Asia, Europe and North America about English-language remakes (and other country-specific versions) of Exit 8 after the Neon-released original became a massive hit in Japan (¥5.08 billion box office).
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