The Next Movie From BARBARIAN Director Zach Cregger Is WEAPONS and New Line Won the Rights
After director Zach Cregger’s Barbarian became a huge hit, fans of the film have been wondering what Cregger’s next project would be. Well, that project has been revealed, and it’s a new horror movie titled Weapons.
As soon as the project was revealed, a bidding war in Hollywood erupted and in the end, New Line Cinema won the right, and apparently, it’s a big deal. It’s said the deal “seems unprecedented in modern times, especially for a filmmaker with essentially just one movie under his belt.”
The exact number wasn’t revealed, but it is an eight-figure deal for the filmmaker to write and direct Weapons. It’s explained that the numbers are more than double the entire budget of Barbarian, which is pretty incredible.
The movie has a guaranteed greenlight and 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. So, the pressure is on for Cregger to make a great second film!
New Line’s president and CCO, Richard Brener 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.”
There are no plot details to share for Weapons, but it is 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 report goes on to say that if things turn out well with this project, “a goal would be to ultimately have Cregger become a significant horror voice and supplier for the Warners/New Line movie factory.”
Source: THR