Rooney Mara Set To Star In Zach Cregger’s BARBARIAN Follow-Up Film WEAPONS and We Have Story Details
The director of last year’s hit horror film Barbarian, Zack Cregger, is gearing up to helm his next movie, Weapons. Production Weekly reports that Rooney Mara will star in the project and we also have the first story details to share! Horror fans are sure to like what this movie will deliver.
The story is described as a “multi and inter-related story horror epic centered around witchcraft and missing children.” Yep, that sounds like the makings of a great horror film, and I can’t wait to see what Cregger does with this concept!
The film was previously described as a “interrelated, multistory horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.“ So, we can expect some more cast members to join the ensemble.
The film is set up at New Line Cinema and they nabbed the project in a deal that “seems unprecedented in modern times, especially for a filmmaker with essentially just one movie under his belt.” The filmmaker made an eight-figure deal to write and direct Weapons.
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.
New Line’s president and CCO, Richard Brener previously 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.”
This is gonna be good!