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Scott Derrickson Directing Genre-Bending Movie ‘The Gorge’ for Skydance
Up next from Sinister and Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson is the horror movie The Black Phone, releasing June 24, and Derrickson has already set up his next film project.
THR reports that Derrickson will direct The Gorge for Skydance, which isn’t a horror movie but rather an “action love story” that’s said to have “genre-bending” elements.
The Hollywood Reporter teases, “Logline details are being kept deep in the earth but The Gorge is described as a high-action, genre-bending love story.”
Zach Dean (The Tomorrow War) wrote the script.
C. Robert Cargill (Sinister) and Sherryl Clark are on board to produce.
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Julia Garner Joins Horror Movie ‘Weapons’ from the Director of ‘Barbarian’
In addition to Leigh Whannell’s upcoming Universal Monsters movie Wolf Man, Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel) has also joined the cast of Weapons, THR has announced tonight.
Weapons is the new horror movie from New Line Cinema and director Zach Cregger (Barbarian), with Julia Garner joining the previously announced Josh Brolin (Dune 2).
The upcoming Weapons is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.
The Hollywood Reporter teases, “Plot details for Weapons are being kept holstered but it is described as a multi and inter-related story horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.”
Cregger was a founding member and writer for the New York comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” which he started while attending The School of Visual Arts. The award-winning group’s self-titled sketch comedy show ran for five seasons on IFC-TV and Fuse. He was also a series regular on Jimmy Fallon’s NBC series “Guys with Kids” and the TBS hit series “Wrecked,” and was featured in a recurring role on the NBC series “About a Boy.”
Weapons will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.