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‘Critters’ Feature Film Could Shoot This January in South Africa
Back in October, we dropped a bomb of a scoop, reporting that not only would Syfy be making a new feature film based on the Chiodo brothers’ Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988), but they’d also be revisiting Critters, which launched in 1986 under the direction of Stephen Herek. While we don’t have any updates on the new Klowns project, we do have some interesting news on Critters.
Last year, it was announced that Verizon’s go90 has ordered “Critters: A New Binge” from Blue Ribbon Content, the Warner Bros. Television Group’s digital studio. Zombeaver‘s Jordan Rubin was attached to direct what would be released on mobile devices, similar to go90’s “Snatchers” and “La Quinceañera”. Since then, Verizon shut down go90, which put this project in peril.
Thankfully, instead of doing a mobile series, a new Critters is in the works as a feature film with plans to shoot this coming January in South Africa, says Production Weekly.
While there are no plot details or director just yet, the producers lend credence to my story from last October: Adam Friedlander and Armand Leo, the former who is credited as co-producer on Syfy’s Leprechaun Returns as well as their Lake Placid: Legacy.
Critters followed a group of small, furry aliens that make lunch out of the locals in a farming town. Leonardo DiCaprio made his film debut in the third Critters.
We’ll update with casting and director news as it comes in.
Zazie Beetz must fight her way through a New York City high-rise serving as a temple to Satan in They Will Kill You, and it’s officially set to make its global streaming debut next week.
They Will Kill You begins streaming exclusively on HBO Max on Friday, June 12. The film will debut on HBO linear on June 13 at 8:00 p.m. ET.
Beetz leads the cast as Asia, who must survive the night at the Virgil, a demonic cult’s mysterious and twisted death-trap of a lair, before becoming their next offering. Patricia Arquette, Myha’La, Paterson Joseph, Tom Felton, and Heather Graham also star.
Kirill Sokolov (Why Don’t You Just Die!) directs from a script he co-wrote with Alex Litvak (Predators).
IT filmmaker Andy Muschietti produces alongside Barbara Muschietti and Dan Kagan. Executive producers include Sokolov, Litvak, Russell Ackerman, John Schoenfelder, and Carl Hampe.
The raucous action horror comedy delivers on blood-splattery fun, but was overshadowed by high profile sequel Ready or Not 2: Here I Come. It’s worth a watch for the talented cast, who commit to Sokolov’s zany action horror beats, include a rogue eyeball.
I wrote in my SXSW review, “Sokolov’s striking composition, dedication to carnage-fueled stunts and fight choreography, and an all-too-game cast anchored by a dedicated and fierce Zazie Beetz prevent this slight but energetic crowd-pleaser from careening off the rails.” And, “it’s so brazen and unabashed in its pursuit of cinematic thrills and splatstick chills that it succeeds in its aim, which is to deliver a riotously great time at the theater.”
More of a physical media fan? On June 30, 2026, They Will Kill You will be available to own on 4K UHD™, Blu-ray™, and DVD from online and physical retailers.
New Line Cinema/Nocturna’s “They Will Kill You,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
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