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Osgood Perkins served as a behind-the-scenes producer and mentor to 19-year-old Kane Parsons on A24/Atomic Monster's Backrooms adaptation; Perkins helped develop the screenplay and shadowed Parsons during production, positioning Backrooms as a potential breakout for liminal horror ahead of its late-May release.
Paramount sets Longlegs sequel for January 14, 2028; Osgood Perkins returns as writer/director/producer and Nicolas Cage boards as returning Longlegs Killer while Paramount assumes franchise rights after NEON passed due to budget.
Netflix is scoring a global streaming hit with Paul Rudd and Jack Black’s Anaconda reboot; creature-feature success is driving strong daily viewership and validates Netflix investment in star-driven, mid-budget genre revivals.
Scarlett Johansson has boarded Ari Aster’s next feature Scapegoat as the lead, marking a high-profile pairing that raises the project’s studio and awards visibility and cements Aster’s next commercial auteur follow-up.
$7.3B Q1 revenue and roughly $1.2B adjusted EBITDA; Paramount Global flags 17% year-over-year streaming revenue growth for Paramount+ and roughly 2M underlying subscribers added while reaffirming ~$30B full-year revenue and $3.8B adjusted EBITDA guidance.
Damien Leone confirms Terrifier 4 is set around New Year’s Eve and pushes back on outlandish rumors; script complete and pre-production accelerating with a likely 2026–early-2027 target, while franchise origin beats and practical-effects focus position the film as another unrated, high-demand horror tentpole.
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