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Gladys, the rising character from Zack Krieger’s film Weaponsready to steal the entire show.
Krieger and screenwriter Zach Shields, known for his work on the Monsterverse series, are writing the script for a planned prequel to the director’s 2025 horror film. Gladys is the working title of the project in development at New Line Cinema.
The film’s events revolve around a group of children who went missing in the middle of the night. Weapons It arrived in theaters in August from Warner Bros. It collected $270 million at the global box office. The cast included Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, and Amy Madigan, the latter of whom won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Aunt Gladys.
Hollywood Reporter It was previously reported that Krieger was considering a prequel film to focus on the origin story of Aunt Gladys’ arrival in town.
“Zach has a map of what he wants to do,” Madigan said. THR late last year about a potential prequel. “It’s going to be a blast, and it’s going to be really cool to be able to revisit it in some way. I’m excited about that possibility.”
Krieger, also known for directing barbaric And it works on Vampire For Sony, he returns as a producer for the prequel alongside Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee and Miri Yoon. Krieger is repped by CAA, Artists First, Carl Austin and Michael Auerbach.
Starring Austin Abrams, Paul Walter Hauser, and Zach Cherry Vampirewith the film rebooting the video game property, scheduled to hit theaters on September 18.
The shields were recently worked on Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire for Warner Bros. And Legendary. His previous credits include Godzilla vs. Kong, Godzilla: King of the Monsters And global Krampus. Shields is repped by Range Media Partners and Hirsch Wallerstein.
Delivery time was the first to report that Cregger and Shields are writing the new film.
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