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Update: Paramount contacted us letting us know they expect to hit upwards of $150k this weekend! For those of you who are curious as to how Paranormal Activity kicked off its theatrical run, it did pretty outstanding. Opening in only 12 screens this weekend, the film took in $33,600 on Friday alone with the film looking to take in close to $100k by Sunday. If you guys continue to demand it, there’s a good chance of it expanding and making even more next weekend. Most of you constantly bitch and moan about how hard we push remakes and big budget studios films, well, this is your chance to prove to the world that YOU want to see highly effective indie films in theaters as well. So quit reading and go demand it now!
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.
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