New Line appears all set to observe the Peele and Wan playbook, with Zach Cregger set to provide and direct tasks for the studio.
Just final week it was revealed that Zach Cregger had signed a really good-looking deal with New Line Cinema to make his subsequent movie, Weapons. The director actually made a splash final 12 months with Barbarian, saying himself as a daring new identify in horror and New Line (as a part of Warner Bros) moved rapidly to safe his providers following the departure of James Wan to Universal.
As with Wan and Jordan Peele, it appears like Cregger will likely be afforded the chance to push by way of tasks at a manufacturing stage too. Both Wan and Peele have shepherded loads of profitable horror flicks by way of the studio system as producers and New Line appears eager to utilise Cregger in a similar way with the announcement of Companion.
According to The Wrap, the movie will mark the directorial characteristic debut of Drew Hancock however was co-penned by Cregger alongside together with his fellow Barbarian producers, Roy Lee, Raphael Margules. Not quite a bit is understood concerning the challenge but aside from that it will likely be a horror thriller and it’s being fast-tracked for manufacturing this 12 months, alongside Weapons.
As for the latter, just a few particulars have emerged relating to Weapons however these are unconfirmed so take them with a pinch of salt.
According to World of Reel, the movie will revolve round ‘witchcraft and lacking youngsters and will likely be instructed by way of multi and inter-related tales.’
The screenplay can also be mentioned to be fairly hefty and will end in a 3 hour movie. Blimey, if that every one is true it seems like Cregger is utilizing the success of Barbarian to make a Paul Thomas Anderson transfer, and who can blame him? He could by no means discover himself in such a robust place with a studio once more so a daring swing might effectively be his goal. We’ll carry you extra information on both of those tasks as we hear it.
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