Pedro Pascal Joins Zach Cregger’s BARBARIAN Follow-Up Movie WEAPONS
Pedro Pascal is set to star in the upcoming film Weapons, which is the next film from Barbarian director Zach Cregger. This is sure to be a fun project for Pascal, who is enjoying a lot of success and popularity right now.
It was previously reported that Rooney Mara might also star in the horror project. As for what the film is about, the story is described as a “multi and inter-related story horror epic centered around witchcraft and missing children.”
This certainly sounds like an interesting concept for Cregger to play with. There’s no word on who Pascal will be playing in the movie. The movie was previously described as an “interrelated, multistory horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.“
The film is set up at New Line Cinema and they nabbed the project in a deal that “seems unprecedented in modern times, especially for a filmmaker with essentially just one movie under his belt.” The filmmaker made an eight-figure deal to write and direct Weapons.
Cregger has control of the final cut, pending a threshold is met during test screenings. There is also a controlling interest in a backend pot. Then, of course, there’s the guarantee of a theatrical release.
New Line’s president and CCO, Richard Brener previously said in a statement: “Zach proved with Barbarian that he can create a visceral theatrical experience for audiences and that he commands every tool in the filmmaker toolbelt. We couldn’t be happier that he, Roy [Lee] and Miri [Yoon], and J.D. [Lifshitz]and Rafi [Margules] chose New Line to be the home of his next film, and hope it is the first of many to come.”
Source: Deadline