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WaterTower Music has announced the release of the Weapons (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), featuring an original score by Ryan Holladay, Hays Holladay, and filmmaker Zach Cregger.

The highly anticipated horror/thriller from New Line Cinema, Weapons will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and hits theaters and IMAX nationwide on August 8, 2025, with international release beginning August 6.

The soundtrack is available digitally now. Vinyl & CD will be available for Pre-Order starting 8/8 through Waxwork Records. The LP features deluxe packaging that includes colored vinyl, heavyweight gatefold jackets, custom artwork, and a premium 3D lenticular cover.

Unusually for a modern production, composing for Weapons began as soon as editing commenced. The Holladay brothers relocated to New York and set up their scoring suite just steps away from the editorial and VFX teams—allowing for a uniquely fluid, collaborative process. Music was integrated directly into the evolving picture, resulting in a score that was...

The reviews are in, and Weapons has hit its target with film critics.

Written and directed by Zach Cregger (Barbarian), the mystery-horror film tells the story of school kids who all disappear from their homes at the exact same time. Weapons has received a rare 100 percent score at Rotten Tomatoes, with critics praising it as a "genre-bender" that "dedicated cinephiles will be rocked by." The New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures movie will be released in theaters on Aug. 8.

Cast members include Julia Garner as the students' teacher, Justine Gandy; Josh Brolin as Archer Graff, a furious parent; Alden Ehrenreich as Paul Morgan, a police officer with a past history with Justine; Austin Abrams as Anthony, a drug addict and thief; Cary Christopher as Alex Lilly, the only child from Justine's class who did not vanish; and Benedict Wong as Marcus, the school principal.

Weapons is a "righteous, fully...

The first social media reactions to Zack Cregger's Weapons were universally positive, and the full reviews have followed suit. Though only 12 verdicts have been added so far, Zack Cregger's Barbarian follow-up is currently sitting at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

New Line has also released the first full clip from the movie, and it doesn't hold back on some pretty intense scares - and what will likely turn out to be a few major spoilers.

The clip finds Josh Brolin's character Archer Graff confronting Justine Gandy (Julia Garner), who taught the class that "lost" all but one of its students when they inexplicably left their houses at the exact same time and ran into the night.

As they argue, Justine notices her school's headmaster, Andrew (Benedict Wong), running towards them with blood all around his eyes and his arms held out in the same pose as the children. Andrew immediately attacks and begins to choke Justine,...

Though full reviews are still embargoed, the first social media reactions for Barbarian director Zach Cregger's highly-anticipated second feature, Weapons, have arrived, and they are universally positive.

Weapons is still shrouded in mystery, and although the trailers have given a few things away, the marketing has done a pretty good job of keeping the movie's biggest secrets under wraps.

While these reactions don't spoil anything outright, they do hint at certain things, so proceed with caution if you'd rather know as little as possible going in. Also, we advise not reading the comments beneath certain posts, which do contain major spoilers for the movie!

Here's what Cregger had to say about the (possible) meaning behind the movie's title during a recent interview with EW.

"My wife told me her friend called and was like, 'Do you know the etymology of that word means "small arms"?' Just think about that for a second.

The director of the surprise horror hit Barbarian (2022) is back with a spooky new movie.

Weapons is a mystery-horror film directed by Zach Cregger that tells the story of school kids who all disappear from their homes at the exact same time. Cast members include Julia Garner and Josh Brolin, and first-look photos were officially unveiled by New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures on July 21. Read on for everything to know about Weapons.

What's the plot?

"When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night and at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance," says the official logline. The innocent teacher ends up taking the brunt of the blame from the angry and confused parents. But everyone's heart is the right place as they collectively wonder what happened to the kids.

Who's in the cast?...

The second official trailer for Weapons seems to indicate that it’s not only kids who are affected by something strange going on in a small town. The new two-minute trailer once again shows kids disappearing but also focuses on adults acting strange and appearing to injure themselves.

Julia Garner (Ozark) stars as the teacher of all the students who disappeared. The film also stars Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan.

“When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance,” reads New Line Cinema’s synopsis.

Barbarian‘s Zach Cregger wrote and directed, and serves as a producer. Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz, and Raphael Margules also produce, with Josh Brolin and Michelle Morrissey executive producing. Cregger’s behind-the-scenes...

2025 has been filled with some great horror movies! From the recent 28 Years Later and Sinners, to Presence, Final Destination: Bloodlines and Ash, just to name a few, now comes the highly anticipated Weapons.

Warner Bros. Pictures has dropped a new trailer that gives us a few more clues into the mysterious story, along with some terrifying new scenes. This looks so Good!!

What’s with the creepy eyes!!

Head over to the site: https://www.maybrookmissing.com/

From New Line Cinema and Zach Cregger, the wholly original mind behind Barbarian, comes a new horror/thriller: Weapons.

In the April 2025 EW interview with the director, he says: Similar to Barbarian, a surface-level logline description about missing kids is but the tip of a massive and wildly complex iceberg.

“That mystery is going to propel you through at least half of the movie, but that is not the movie,” the filmmaker divulges.

Following a surreal, eerie social media countdown, Warner Bros. and New Line have released a new trailer for Barbarian director Zach Cregger's highly-anticipated second feature, Weapons, and it features plenty of unsettling new footage.

Though the trailer keeps the movie's biggest secrets hidden, there are a few more hints about what exactly is going on, and the final 30 seconds or so contain what certainly appear to be some significant plot spoilers.

The trailer begins with Julia Garner's Mrs. Gandy addressing the parents of the children that went missing from her classroom. A child's - presumably the only one that didn't disappear - voiceover then recounts what occurred at 2:17 am on the night every other student in her class "woke up, got out of bed, walked downstairs and into the dark, and they never came back." From there, we're introduced to Josh Brolin's character, who clearly blames Gandy for his son's disappearance.

Zach Cregger’s follow-up to Barbarian, Weapons arrives in UK cinemas on 8 August, and its latest trailer has left horror fans scrambling for answers. The teaser opens on a sleepy town shaken by the simultaneous disappearance of seventeen schoolchildren. Director Cregger keeps the details sparse, but unsettling glimpses of empty classrooms, flickering streetlights and shattered toys hint at something far more sinister than a simple missing persons case.

The cast is led by Josh Brolin as a grief-stricken parent desperate for the truth and Julia Garner as Justine Gandy, the teacher at the heart of the mystery. They are joined by Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Benedict Wong and Amy Madigan. Cregger adapts his own screenplay and shares production credits with Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules, while Brolin and Michelle Morrissey serve as executive producers.

The emphasis on trailer craft is clear in this first glimpse at Weapons.

Zach Cregger’s “Weapons” quickly became one of the year’s buzziest horror movies when the first trailer dropped in April.

Now, the latest trailer for the new film from the “Barbarian” director shows the drama (and haunting imagery) getting even darker as children’s disappearances plague a small town.

The logline reads: “’Weapons’ is a horror film that follows an entire classroom of children who get out of their beds and disappear one night without a trace. When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.”

Julia Garner stars as the teacher whose entire class, except for one student, goes missing in the dead of night. Josh Brolin plays one of the many parents disturbed by the disappearances, now determined to find his child at any cost.

Watch the New Trailer for Weapons: "From New Line Cinema and Zach Cregger, the wholly original mind behind Barbarian, comes a new horror/thriller: Weapons.

When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.

The film stars Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, with Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan.

Cregger directs from his own screenplay, and also produces alongside Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules, with Michelle Morrissey and Josh Brolin executive producing. The filmmaker’s creative team behind the camera includes director of photography Larkin Seiple, production designer Tom Hammock, editor Joe Murphy and costume designer Trish Summerville. The music is by Ryan Holladay, Hays Holladay and Zach Cregger.

New Line Cinema Presents A Subconscious/Vertigo Entertainment/BoulderLight Pictures Production,...

Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema have released the new trailer for the Weapons movie, which is set to open in theaters on August 8.

In the horror thriller from Zach Cregger (Barbarian), when all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.

The film has been rated R by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) for strong bloody violence and grisly images, language throughout, some sexual content, and drug use.

The Weapons movie stars Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan.

Cregger directs from his own screenplay, and also produces alongside Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz, and Raphael Margules, with Michelle Morrissey and Josh Brolin executive producing.

The filmmaker’s creative team behind the camera includes director of photography Larkin Seiple,...

Zach Cregger, the visionary filmmaker behind the breakout horror hit Barbarian, is back with his next nightmare-inducing project: Weapons, a mystery-horror film already generating massive buzz across Hollywood.

The project first made headlines thanks to a ferocious bidding war over Cregger’s highly sought-after script, widely hailed as one of the best horror spec scripts of the last 20 years.

The screenplay sparked a fierce competition among major players, including Netflix, TriStar Pictures, Universal/Monkeypaw Productions, and New Line Cinema. In the end, New Line came out on top, securing the distribution rights in a $38 million deal.

Reports claim that Jordan Peele, head of Monkeypaw Productions, was so frustrated by losing the bid that he fired his longtime managers, Joel Zadak and Peter Principato.

Now, with expectations sky-high, Weapons is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated horror releases of the year. And thanks to IMAX, fans are getting...

Following last week's eerie first teaser, Warner Bros. and New Line have released the first full trailer and poster for Barbarian director Zach Cregger's highly-anticipated second feature, Weapons.

Though descriptions suggest that the CinemaCon footage was slightly different (there's no clown at the end), this looks every bit as creepy and unsettling as those reports claimed.

The trailer begins with a child's voiceover recounting what occurred at 2:17 am on the night every student (bar one?) in Mrs. Gandy's (Julia Garner) classroom "woke up, got out of bed, walked downstairs and into the dark, and they never came back." From there, we're introduced to Josh Brolin's character, who clearly blames Gandy for his son's disappearance, as the headmaster (Benedict Wong) advises the teacher to take some time off.

"That mystery is going to propel you through at least half of the movie, but that is not the movie,...

There’s something wrong in Maybrook.

From New Line Cinema and Zach Cregger, the wholly original mind behind Barbarian, comes a new horror/thriller: Weapons.

When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.

The film stars Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, with Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan.

Watch one of the best and creepiest trailers to come down the pike in quite awhile.

Cregger directs from his own screenplay, and also produces alongside Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules, with Michelle Morrissey and Josh Brolin executive producing. The filmmaker’s creative team behind the camera includes director of photography Larkin Seiple, production designer Tom Hammock, editor Joe Murphy and costume designer Trish Sommerville. The music is by Ryan Holladay,...

For the past few weeks, New Line Cinema has been teasing Zach Cregger’s latest nightmare, Weapons. From creepy social media clips and a strange website to a mysterious teaser trailer, they’re crafting the world of Cregger’s Barbarian follow-up into something nightmarish and unnerving. Now, with the release of the official trailer, we have a little bit more information about what befell the town of Maybrook.

In Cregger’s new film, “When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.“

Watch the new official trailer:

While we still have more questions than answers, it looks like Julia Garner will be at least one of our central characters as a teacher who becomes the object of the town’s ire. After all, it is her entire class that went missing.

New Line Cinema released a short teaser for Weapons just a week ago that showed kids leaving their beds in the middle of the night. Now, the studio’s following up with a full trailer that sort of offers more details on why a classroom-full of students decided to walk out of their homes and disappear at 2:17am.

New Line Cinema offers this synopsis: “When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.”

Julia Garner (Ozark) stars as the teacher of the kids who vanished. The film also stars Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan.

Weapons was written and directed by Barbarian‘s Zach Cregger. Cregger also serves as a producer along with Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz,...

Weapons Trailer: "From New Line Cinema and Zach Cregger, the wholly original mind behind Barbarian, comes a new horror/thriller: Weapons.

When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.

The film stars Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, with Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan.

Cregger directs from his own screenplay, and also produces alongside Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules, with Michelle Morrissey and Josh Brolin executive producing. The filmmaker’s creative team behind the camera includes director of photography Larkin Seiple, production designer Tom Hammock, editor Joe Murphy and costume designer Trish Sommerville. The music is by Ryan Holladay, Hays Holladay and Zach Cregger.

New Line Cinema Presents a Subconscious/Vertigo Entertainment/Boulderlight Pictures Production, a Zach Cregger Film,...

Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema have released the official trailer and poster for Weapons, the upcoming horror thriller from Zach Cregger (Barbarian).

When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.

The film has been rated R by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) for strong bloody violence and grisly images, language throughout, some sexual content, and drug use.

While you don’t see them in the short, effective Weapons teaser, the movie stars Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan.

Cregger directs from his own screenplay, and also produces alongside Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz, and Raphael Margules, with Michelle Morrissey and Josh Brolin executive producing.

The filmmaker’s creative team behind the camera includes director of photography Larkin Seiple,...

Last night, at 2:17am, every child from Mrs. Gandy’s class woke up, got out of bed, went downstairs, opened the front door, walked into the dark, and never came back. Watch the official trailer for Barbarian director Zach Cregger’s Weapons, in theaters on August 8, 2025.

Here’s the brand new official synopsis from New Line Cinema: “When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.”

Much like Barbarian, Cregger’s new movie is cloaked in a web of darkness, with even this trailer refusing to spoil pretty much anything about the movie. All we know is the basic gist of the storyline, with the trailer teasing that it’s only the beginning of this nightmarish mystery.

“That mystery is going to propel you through...

After shifting from his comedy days in The Whitest Kids U’ Know to his horror debut Barbarian, Zach Cregger’s next project has been highly anticipated and highly secretive. Led by Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, with Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan, Weapons took the summer slot previously occupied by Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, and now WB has unveiled the first teaser.

Here’s the brief synopsis: “When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.”

Cregger directs from his own screenplay, and also produces alongside Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules, with Michelle Morrissey and Josh Brolin executive producing. The filmmaker’s creative team behind the camera includes director of photography Larkin Seiple, production designer Tom Hammock,...

The creepy first teaser for Barbarian Zack Cregger's next horror film, Weapons, has been released online.

Up until details from the full trailer were disclosed following a recent CinemaCon screening, the only information we had been given about the movie is that it was developed 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.”

Warner Bros. has also released an official synopsis, but it doesn't really give us much more to go on: "When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance."

In the trailer, we see the children rushing out of their homes at 2:17 am, as a voiceover tells the father of one of the missing kids, Mr. Graff, that he understands his frustration,...

The 40-second teaser for New Line Cinema’s Weapons gives nothing away other than confirming the film’s creepy vibe. Barbarian‘s Zach Cregger wrote and directed the horror/thriller opening in theaters on August 8, 2025.

Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan star. New Line Cinema offers this description of Weapons: “When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.”

Cregger serves as a producer along with Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz, and Raphael Margules. Josh Brolin and Michelle Morrissey are the executive producers. Larkin Seiple is the director of photography, Tom Hammock is the production designer, Joe Murphy is the editor, and Trish Sommerville is the costume designer. Cregger collaborated with Ryan Holladay and Hays Holladay on the music.

Zach Cregger is building out his “Barbarian” cinematic universe with the highly-anticipated “Weapons.” While little is known about Cregger’s latest horror/thriller, New Line Cinema chief Richard Brenner described the film as being “batshit insane.”

Julia Garner stars as a teacher whose entire classroom of kids goes missing in the middle of the night. Josh Brolin is one of the many parents demanding answers. Did Garner’s character lure them away? Is this supernatural? And who is orchestrating a slew of murders in town…could it be the children?

The logline reads: “Weapons” is a “horror film that follows an entire classroom of children who get out of their beds and disappear one night without a trace. When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.

Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema have released a creepy teaser trailer for Weapons, the upcoming horror thriller from Zach Cregger (Barbarian).

When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.

The film has been rated R by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) for strong bloody violence and grisly images, language throughout, some sexual content, and drug use.

While you don’t see them in the short, effective Weapons teaser, the movie stars Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan.

Cregger directs from his own screenplay, and also produces alongside Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz, and Raphael Margules, with Michelle Morrissey and Josh Brolin executive producing.

The filmmaker’s creative team behind the camera includes director of photography Larkin Seiple,...

We got confirmation late last year that a follow-up to Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire was officially in the works, with writer Dave Callaham enlisted to pen the script for the untitled movie.

Adam Wingard, who helmed The New Empire and previous MonsterVerse movie Godzilla vs. Kong, was originally set to return, but ultimately departed the project under "amicable" circumstances, with Grant Sputore stepping in to replace him shortly after.

Now, Deadline reports that the next MonsterVerse movie has founds its lead in Kaitlyn Dever.

We don't have any details on who she'll play, but the trade mentions that, while Kong and Godzilla will still be fronting the film, Legendary is looking to build on its human characters. The story will focus on "Godzilla and Kong as they face off against a cataclysmic world-ending threat."

Sputore doesn't have much experience, having come from the world of commercials, but he...

Lionsgate Limited, the studio’s new direct-to-consumer shop, has launched pre-orders for an exclusive SteelBook 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray edition of You’re Next.

The 2011 film has been restored in 4K with Dolby Vision Hdr, approved by director Adam Wingard, and Dolby Atmos audio.

Due out on February 25, it costs $39.99.

The release includes all of the special features from the UK version released by Second Sight last year along with the archival extras from the original Blu-ray:

2024 Audio Commentary with Director Adam Wingard and Writer Simon Barrett 2013 Audio Commentary with Director Adam Wingard and Writer Simon Barrett 2013 Audio Commentary with Director Adam Wingard and Writer Simon Barrett and Actors Sharni Vinson and Barbara Crampton Interview with Director Adam Wingard and Writer Simon Barrett Interview with Producers Keith Calder and Jess Wu Calder Interview with Actor Aj Bowen Interview with Actor Joe Swanberg Interview with Actor Amy Seimetz Interview with Production...

“MaXXXine,” the third film in writer/director Ti West and producer/actress Mia Goth’s “X” trilogy, is now in theaters. From the ’70s set “X” to the 1910s of “Pearl” and now the ’80s of “MaXXXine,” one of the defining characteristics of the trilogy is how they adopt the look and filmmaking style of the genre of the films they are emulating. Cinematographer Eliot Rockett, a long-time West collaborator who shot all three films, told IndieWire the roots of this approach pre-dated 2022’s “X.”

“This started back with ‘House of the Devil,’” said Rockett, referencing the 2009 horror film he shot for West. “We were trying to make a movie that felt not just like a period, but the whole thing felt more like an artifact from that time.”

With “X,” West wanted to make his first slasher film in the spirit of 1970s films like “Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” in...

We recently got confirmation that a follow-up to Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is officially in the works, with writer Dave Callaham enlisted to pen the script for the untitled movie.

There was no mention of a potential director at the time, but we'd later learn that Adam Wingard, who helmed The New Empire and previous MonsterVerse movie Godzilla vs. Kong, would no longer direct the project after initially being attached to return. His departure was described as "amicable and stemming from timing issues," with the door remaining "open for a future return."

Now, THR (via SFFGazette.com) the next instalment in the popular franchise has enlisted a new director, with Grant Sputore set to take the helm.

Sputore doesn't have much experience, having come from the world of commercials, but he does have one feature under his belt: The 2019 sci-fi movie I Am Mother starring Hilary Swank.

Callaham...

Dan Stevens is a busy man. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire landed in theaters at the end of March, where Stevens played charming leading man Trapper, then anarchic horror Abigail arrived hot on its heels in April. Next up, August brings strange horror/sci-fi Cuckoo, which sees Stevens playing a deranged scientist. Between press tours, festivals, and new projects, he’s got a lot going on. And we get the sense he wouldn’t have it any other way.

Describing himself as an “experience hound,” Stevens is a man who thrives on challenges. He began his career in theater, made it big as tragic heartthrob Matthew Crawley in British drama Downton Abbey, and has genre-hopped ever since, from action-thriller The Guest, to playing Sir Lancelot in family fun Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb. He sang and danced on stilts for Beauty and the Beast, played Charles Dickens...

It was recently announced that Warner Bros./Legendary are officially moving forward with a follow-up to Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, with writer Dave Callaham enlisted to pen the script for the untitled movie.

There was no mention of a potential director at the time, but it seems Adam Wingard, who helmed The New Empire and its predecessor Godzilla vs. Kong, was set to return.

Was being the operative word.

According to THR, Wingard is no longer in line to direct the project. Though the report stresses that he didn't have a deal in place, anyway, it sounds like he was tentatively attached prior to a parting of ways, which is described as "amicable and stemming from timing issues," with the door remaining "open for a future return."

Wingard is now expected to turn his attention to his next project, a new original feature that he wanted to tackle...

This year's Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire wasn't exactly a monster hit, but it did manage to take in close to $555 million worldwide on a reported $135 million budget. Now, we have word that a sequel is officially in development, and Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have enlisted a writer to pen the script.

According to THR, Dave Callaham has signed on to write the untitled movie. No plot details have been disclosed, but it's assumed that both the King of the Monsters and the mighty Monarch of Skull Island will return to face a new, potentially world-ending threat.

Callaham has previously worked on several major studio tentpoles, including the 2021 Mortal Kombat reboot, Wonder Woman 1984, Marvel Studios' Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and Sony Pictures' Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. He also has some prior experience with Big G, having written the early drafts and received story by...

Get ready to bring the roaring and fighting to your home theaters as Blu-ray.com has now released the details for Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire. The monster mash from Adam Wingard was a kaiju-sized hit that has Warner Bros. excited for more MonsterVerse films. The physical media website has revealed the specs for the Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD releases, as well as a peek at the limited edition steelbook copy that will also be available wherever retailers sell movies. These releases will be available on June 11.

The studio’s release reads,

“The epic battle continues! Legendary Pictures’ cinematic Monsterverse follows up the explosive showdown of Godzilla vs. Kong with an all-new adventure that pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence—and our own. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire delves further into the...

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is arriving on digital next week with 4K Uhd, Blu-ray and DVD to follow next month. Details below.

For those who didn’t manage to catch Godzilla and Kong going head to head in cinemas or simply really want to experience that again, Adam Wingard’s mega-sized sequel is about to debut on digital and disc.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire will be available digitally from 13 May and the film will also be available on 4K Uhd, Blu-ray and DVD from 24 June. You can pre-order the film here, if you so wish.

The 4K Uhd and Blu-ray releases are stacked with extras too. Here’s a handy list:

· GxK: Day of Reckoning

· Evolution of the Titans: Godzilla Evolved

· Evolution of the Titans: From Lonely God to King

· Journey to the Center of Hollow Earth: Visualizing Hollow Earth

· Journey to the Center of Hollow...

After a successful theatrical run, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is heading to home video. Legendary has announced when the latest MonsterVerse movie will be released on digital and physical formats.

Per TheWrap, the Adam Wingard-directed Godzilla x Kong is set for digital release on May 14, 2024, followed by a 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD release on June 11, 2024. The New Empire's arrival on digital and physical formats comes roughly two and three months, respectively, after the movie opened in theaters around the world. The sequel to 2021's Godzilla vs. Kong, The New Empire earned mixed reviews from critics but was a massive commercial success, grossing over $545 million worldwide on a $135-150 million budget. It is currently the second-highest-grossing movie of 2024.

Related Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire Confirms Which Titular Titan Is the Better Hero Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire has the titular Titans forming an alliance against the Skar King,...

The MonsterVerse keeps getting bigger and bigger, with the TV series "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters" landing a second season on Apple TV+ (along with multiple other spin-offs in the works) and "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" becoming the highest grossing Godzilla movie ever. (In case you missed it, you can check out our review of the latest monster mash right here.) The film takes place after Godzilla and Kong -- having joined forces for their battle against Mechagodzilla in "Godzilla vs. Kong" -- divide the planet between them. Godzilla stays on the surface, sleeping on the Roman Colosseum like a cat, while Kong goes on a little bachelor adventure in Hollow Earth.

However, things get complicated when Kong encounters a civilization of giant apes and winds up in a fight with their leader, Skar King. This leads to a larger battle against an army of giant apes and a...

To get the sleeping habits of one Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire kaiju right, director Adam Wingard modeled his actions on feline movements.

In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, Wingard described his cat Mischief as "my biggest inspiration in life," a sentiment that was shared by Godzilla Minus One filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki and his cat. After joking about their Godzilla/cat parallels, he continued, "To design a sequence where Godzilla is hibernating, you're always trying to juxtapose Godzilla against iconic backdrops that everybody knows. So we were trying to come up with a place where Godzilla could hibernate, and as we were having this discussion with my production designer [Tom Hammock], my cat was curled up in a ball and sleeping in her circular little cat nest. And I thought, "Wow, wouldn't it be funny to see Godzilla laying in the Roman Colosseum exactly like this?" We then...

You asked, and Adam Wingard listened.

Coming off of 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong, the filmmaker was keenly aware that critics and audiences wanted even more focus on the MonsterVerse titans, so his sequel, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, features multiple long stretches of runtime that’s exclusively titans, namely Kong and his journey. The giant ape is the main character of Warners’ fifth MonsterVerse film, and Wingard was able to pull off this more titan-heavy story by keeping his cast of human characters to a helpful minimum.

“In the development phase, my motto was ‘simplicity is key.’ And so I knew that if we created a smaller cast, we could create a more intimate story,” Wingard tells The Hollywood Reporter. “We can still spend time with [the human characters], and at the same time, we can spend more time with the monsters and not shortchange one or the other.”

The human drama...

Watch the Trailer for Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire: "The epic battle continues! Legendary Pictures’ cinematic Monsterverse follows up the explosive showdown of “Godzilla vs. Kong” with an all-new adventure that pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence—and our own. “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” delves further into the histories of these Titans and their origins, as well as the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever.

Once again at the helm is director Adam Wingard. The film stars Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle (“Godzilla vs. Kong”), Alex Ferns and Fala Chen.

The screenplay is by Terry Rossio (“Godzilla vs. Kong” the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series) and Simon Barrett (“You’re Next...

The epic battle continues! Legendary Pictures’ cinematic Monsterverse follows up the explosive showdown of “Godzilla vs. Kong” with an all-new adventure that pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence—and our own.

Check out the brand new IMAX trailer below.

“Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” delves further into the histories of these Titans and their origins, as well as the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever.

Once again at the helm is director Adam Wingard. The film stars Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle (“Godzilla vs. Kong”), Alex Ferns and Fala Chen.

The screenplay is by Terry Rossio (“Godzilla vs. Kong” the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series) and Simon Barrett (“You’re Next”) and Jeremy Slater...

With Godzilla Minus One currently rocking cinemas, it's certainly a good time to be a kaiju fan, and there's even more cinematic colossal creatures to look forward to on the horizon, as the official trailer has arrived for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire ahead of its April 12th nationwide release in theaters and on IMAX (preceded by an international release on April 10th):

The epic battle continues! Legendary Pictures’ cinematic Monsterverse follows up the explosive showdown of “Godzilla vs. Kong” with an all-new adventure that pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence—and our own. “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” delves further into the histories of these Titans and their origins, as well as the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever.

The epic battle continues! Legendary Pictures’ cinematic Monsterverse follows up the explosive showdown of “Godzilla vs. Kong” with an all-new adventure that pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence—and our own. “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” delves further into the histories of these Titans and their origins, as well as the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever. Once again at the helm is director Adam Wingard.

The film stars Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle (“Godzilla vs. Kong”), Alex Ferns and Fala Chen.

Watch the thrilling, first new trailer now.

The screenplay is by Terry Rossio (“Godzilla vs. Kong” the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series) and Simon Barrett (“You’re Next”) and Jeremy Slater (“Moon Knight...

Warner Bros. Pictures’ official trailer for the monster mashup Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire reveals new creatures, a new kingdom, and a mini Kong. Amidst the occasional clips of human characters, the nearly three-minute trailer shows off the titular creatures and teases the CG action in store when Godzilla and Kong stomp into theaters on April 12, 2024.

Rebecca Hall (Godzilla vs. Kong) stars as Dr. Ilene Andrews, Brian Tyree Henry (also Godzilla vs. Kong) is back as Bernie Hayes, Dan Stevens (Gaslit) is Trapper, and Kaylee Hottle (another Godzilla vs. Kong star) returns as Jia. The cast also includes Alex Ferns (The Batman) and Fala Chen (Irma Veep).

“The epic battle continues! Legendary Pictures’ cinematic Monsterverse follows up the explosive showdown of Godzilla vs. Kong with an all-new adventure that pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence—and our own,...

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In 2013, a home invasion horror movie was released that made a ridiculous amount of money relative to its tiny production budget which helped launch the career of a now-prominent filmmaker. That may sound like "The Purge" but I'm actually talking about "You're Next," the beloved slasher flick that helped to put Adam Wingard on the map. Wingard has since made giant blockbusters like "Godzilla vs. Kong," which helped bring movie theaters back to life in 2021 in the aftermath of the quarantine era of the pandemic. Wingard is now an A-list director, and that journey pretty much starts with this movie.

What's interesting about "You're Next" is that it's almost become a cult classic of sorts, as it wasn't a big enough hit...

Lampoon the idea of a hollow earth all you want, but let it never be said that the kaiju battle aboard an aircraft carrier in "Godzilla vs. Kong" is scientifically inaccurate. Adam Wingard was coming from a horror background when he signed on to direct the sequel to both "Kong: Skull Island" and "Godzilla: King of the Monsters," and while a creature feature would seem to be right up his alley, this was a giant monster movie, told on a blockbuster scale that Wingard had yet to operate on. There were a lot of practical things to consider, not the least of which is whether it would even be possible for King Kong and Godzilla to fight on top of an aircraft carrier in the middle of the ocean without it sinking.

The real meat of the aircraft carrier fight lasts all of 30 seconds in "Godzilla vs. Kong," but it...

Godzilla vs. Kong director Adam Wingard is returning to the helm for a sequel that has been shrouded in secrecy for months – all we’ve heard up to this point was that Wingard’s The Guest star Dan Steven had joined the cast, and that was way back in May. But now Warner Bros. and Legendary have sent out a press release to give us more information on this currently untitled addition to the Monsterverse, which is scheduled to reach theatres on March 15, 2024.

The press release reveals that the screenplay for this film was written by Terry Rossio (the Pirates of the Caribbean series), Jeremy Slater (Moon Knight), and Simon Barrett (You’re Next), the three of them crafting a story that

follows up the explosive showdown of Godzilla vs. Kong with an all-new cinematic adventure, pitting the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world,...

The Amazon horror anthology series “Them” centers on a Black family that experiences terror after moving to a white neighborhood in 1950s Compton. The horror comes in both realistic and supernatural forms as Henry and Lucky Emory battle racist neighbors and otherworldly creatures who intend to drive them out of Compton, if not kill them outright. Scroll down to watch our exclusive interviews with six Emmy contenders from the limited series.

“Them” stars Ashley Thomas and Deborah Ayorinde as Henry and Lucky, while Shahadi Wright Joseph and Melody Hurd play their daughters, who are also haunted by evil spirits. Alison Pill plays Betty, a neighbor of the Emorys who leads the charge in trying to chase them out of their community. Ryan Kwanten rounds out the main cast as George, the milkman whose flirtations with Betty develop into something far more sinister. Like many domestic dramas set in the 1950s,...

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The landscape of Amazon Prime Video’s series “Them” is filled with horror from the moment the Emory family moves into their new Compton residence. That fear and tension isn’t limited to the project’s storytelling. As the crafts team members behind the series lay out, they wanted to imbue history and tension into everything surrounding the Emorys and everything they wear.

Costume designer Mari-An Ceo says the many meticulous details in the series’ costuming at times veered into being spoilers themselves. In some cases, those details were tiny. For instance, the villainous Miss Vera’s collar looks like a book, which subtly connects her to little Gracie Jean...

How does one become a production designer? For Tom Hammock (“Them”), it actually started in a most unusual way: he “stumbled into it” by milking spiders for their venom. We talked with Hammock, Sara K White (“The Flight Attendant”), Mark Ricker (“Halston”), and Jamie Walker McCall (“Pose”) about their careers and their current projects during our “Meet the Experts” TV production designers panel. Watch our group discussion above. Click on each name about to view that person’s individual webchat.

Hammock explains, “I’d been in science. My father’s studies poisons and so I’d grown up milking venomous animals for antivenom. And I stumbled into this via ‘Spider-Man’ and helping them out with a laboratory. And they kind of talked me into leaving architecture and ending up here.”

For McCall it wasn’t spiders but hobbits: “What inspired me to move out from New York and Boston to...

“I think we really started with color, with the idea that the exterior of all these houses would be fairly uniform and beautiful pastels … And yet with our various Black families that had moved out to Los Angeles, their houses would all be extremely dark inside,” reveals “Them” production designer Tom Hammock about creating a suburban paradise in 1950s California that turns out to be a nightmare for Black families that move there. We talked with Hammock as part of our “Meet the Btl Experts” TV production designers panel. Watch our interview above.

“Them” is an anthology series, and season one tells the story of the Emory family, who escape the racist violence of the South only to find more violence out West. But the violence doesn’t only come from their white neighbors. It also comes from supernatural forces in their house. “A lot of the decisions really were...