If Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema have their method, Weapons may simply be getting a follow-up from author/director Zach Cregger.
The filmmaker’s followup to his 2022 shock hit Barbarian has cemented him as a horror filmmaker to look at, with the film incomes a formidable field workplace return and successful over critics to the tune of a 94% Contemporary ranking on Rotten Tomatoes.
Now, The Hollywood Reporter has reported that, in keeping with its sources, New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. are courting Zach Cregger to create a prequel movie about Weapons‘ Aunt Gladys, primarily based partly on materials he had created for the character that did not make it into the movie.
What This Means For Zach Cregger & Weapons Followers
ScreenRant’s Weapons evaluate highlighted the professionals and cons of its chapter-based storytelling, nevertheless it’s clear that the construction Cregger opted for boasts main spinoff potential. Sources advised The Hollywood Reporter that Cregger wrote a chapter for Aunt Gladys (performed by Amy Madigan) that was in the end reduce from the movie.
The truth that some story already exists for the character signifies that, if Cregger had been sufficient in leaping again on board the Weapons prepare, arising with a feature-length screenplay will not be as daunting a proposition as, say, breaking new story floor for a sequel.
However even when Cregger is satisfied to make Aunt Gladys the middle of his subsequent challenge, the movie received’t be in theaters for fairly a while. The director has simply began taking pictures his Resident Evil reboot, which can certainly take up fairly a little bit of time for the self-proclaimed recreation franchise fan.
Our Take On The Potential Weapons Prequel
On this author’s opinion, it might be extra fascinating to see Cregger proceed down the highway of telling unique tales than to look at him revisit the world of Weapons anytime quickly.
A part of Cregger’s fast rise to notoriety has been the truth that he has stored audiences stunned; leaping proper again into acquainted territory, even with a compelling story, may present short-term positive factors whereas altering Cregger’s present trajectory.
Because it stands, the Barbarian filmmaker’s profession path isn’t in contrast to that of recent horror maestro Jordan Peele. After arising in comedy, Peele launched three stellar, but unrelated horror movies in Get Out, Us, and Nope (with a mysterious fourth on the best way) cementing his fame as a novel filmmaker with a watch for gripping and surprising tales.
Even supposing Cregger is leaping into the franchise world with Resident Evil, he in any other case has achieved one thing related to date. Cregger doesn’t have to comply with in anybody’s footsteps, after all–together with his personal, which a Weapons prequel might primarily see him try.
Weapons is in theaters now.
Weapons
7/10
- Launch Date
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August 8, 2025
- Runtime
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128 minutes
- Director
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Zach Cregger
- Writers
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Zach Cregger
- Producers
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Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz