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A24’s Backrooms premieres May 29; teaser boards audience buzz for the indie horror adaptation of Kane Parsons’ viral short, stars Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve, producers include Peter Chernin and James Wan; projections place a $20–30M opening for this small studio release.
FirstGen has optioned Laura van den Berg’s novel The Third Hotel for a feature adaptation with Michelle Garza Cervera set to direct and Isa Mazzei adapting the screenplay; the project positions a rising Mexican horror voice with a proven genre scribe to translate the novel’s psychological-horror liminal nightmare to screen.
Coin Operated, Gary Dauberman's production outfit, has secured rights to Nat Cassidy's horror novella Rest Stop and will develop it as a feature with Dauberman producing; project moves fast off publication into adaptation.
Mubi alone financed Jane Schoenbrun’s follow-up slasher Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma after every major studio and distributor passed; the Gillian Anderson–starrer premieres at Cannes May 13 and hits U.S. theaters August 7, underscoring financing resistance to queer/trans-led genre projects despite prior indie success.
Hulu orders Count My Lies limited series adaptation of Sophie Stava’s bestseller to replace The Housemaid programming slot; cast includes Shailene Woodley, Kit Harington and Lindsay Lohan, produced by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger; production began April 8 and follows the $398.2M global success of The Housemaid.
Skyline Media is launching The Scourge, one of the first Vietnamese video-game-to-film horror adaptations, at Cannes with Chanh Phuong Films producing; the IP topped China’s Steam Early Access and the project marks a step toward expanding Vietnam’s genre export slate.
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