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Weapons, the new horror film from Barbarian (watch it Here) writer/director Zach Cregger, has made its way out into theatres. The film has been very well received, with JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray giving it a 9/10 review you can read at This Link, and it’s also off to a strong start at the box office, having pulled in more than $81 million over its opening weekend. The reception has been so positive that Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema are already thinking of expanding this into a franchise and are talking to Cregger about making a prequel that would center on a certain character. During an interview with Vanity Fair, Cregger revealed that he gave the actor who plays that character two options for their character’s back story… and before we go any further, we have to drop a Spoiler warning here.

Cregger assembled a strong cast for Weapons,...

What, like it’s hard? Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and Prime Video will revisit the world of Legally Blonde with a prequel series, Elle, set to follow Elle Woods’ high school years.

The series was first ordered in May 2024, as exclusively reported by Deadline with Witherspoon taking the stage at Prime Video’s Upfronts to share the big news.

Everything we know about the ‘Elle’ prequel series lies below, including cast, release window and more.

When will the Elle prequel series come out?

No specific date has been set yet, but as of now, the show is expected to arrive at some point in 2026.

Is the Elle prequel in production?

Hello Sunshine and Prime Video revealed the series had wrapped production on August 8.

Who is in the Elle prequel series?

Lexi Minetree (The Murdaugh Murders) will step into Witherspoon’s pink high heels as Elle Woods. Minetree beat out Madison Wolf in testing for the lead role in the series. Witherspoon welcomed Minetree to the project with a great sit-down chat.

Deadline broke the news that June Diane Raphael will portray Elle’s mother and role model, Eva. Tom Everett Scott, will portray Elle’s dad, Wyatt.

Deadline first reported that Gabrielle Policano (Baby Girl), Jacob Moskovitz (Y2K) and Chandler Kinney (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin) joined the cast as series regulars as Liz — the anit-Elle Woods, the school’s star athlete Miles and sharp-tongued senior Kimberly who is not Elle’s biggest fan, respectively.

Related: Chandler Kinney, Gabrielle Policano & Jacob Moskovitz Join ‘Legally Blonde’ Prequel Series

Next came the casting of Zac Looker (Geek Girl), Jessica Belkin (American Horror Story: Hotel) and Logan Shroyer (This Is Us) as Elle’s classmate Dustin, Elle’s best friend Madison and Elle’s crush Josh.

Amy Pietz joined the series in the role of Donna, the no-nonsense high school secretary.

Lisa Yamada (The Bold and the Beautiful), Chloe Wepper (The Rookie), David Burtka (How I Met Your Mother), Brad Harder (Supernatural) and Kayla Maisonet (The Rookie) will play key recurring characters. Yamada will play Bel-Air high school friend Amber, Wepper will play chemistry teacher and high school cheer team choreographer Ms. Burke, Burtka will appear as Elle’s family neighbor Chad and Maisonet will play another Bel-Air high school friend of Elle’s, Tiffany.

Daniel Chand will play Shannon, and Matt Oberg will portray Principal Anderson, according to the above-mentioned wrap video.

And last but certainly not least, James Van Der Beek has been cast as school district superintendent Dean Wilson, the city’s new mayoral candidate.

Who else is behind the Elle prequel series to Legally Blonde?

Laura Kittrell, created the series and served as its showrunner. Kittrell also executive produces with Hello Sunshine’s Witherspoon, Lauren Neustadter and Lauren Kisilevsky as well the Legally Blonde movie franchise producer Marc Platt. The series is produced by Hello Sunshine and Amazon MGM Studios.

Jason Moore (Pitch Perfect) directed the series.

Related: ‘Legally Blonde’ Prequel Series Drops First Image Of Lexi Minetree As Elle Woods...

“The Great British Bake Off” has been one of the most popular reality competition shows in the world ever since it premiered on BBC Two in 2010.

However, whether you’ve seen the U.K. series (now on Channel 4) stateside on PBS, Netflix or Roku, you’ve experienced the joys of British baking under a different name altogether — “The Great British Baking Show.” The same goes for its U.S. counterpart.

Ahead of the premiere of “The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Summer” this weekend, judge Prue Leith opened up about the discrepancy on contestant Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s “Dinner’s on Me” podcast.

“I met you initially because I got to be a contestant on ‘The American,’ um–,” the comedian started to say on Tuesday’s episode, to which the food critic answered: “‘Great American Baking.'”

“‘The Great American Baking Show,'” Ferguson continued. “I know, it’s...

Austin Abrams' agent ruined the mystery of Weapons before he read the script.The 28-year-old actor plays drug addict James in Zach Cregger's new horror blockbuster, and he has admitted the movie's big twist - which involves witchcraft being at the heart of the story - was ruined for him before he had a chance to sit down with the story.He told The Hollywood Reporter: "Well, my freaking agent had spoiled it. I love him, but that was annoying. [Laughs]"I still loved the script. I read it in one go in the middle of the night when I should have been sleeping."I just couldn’t stop reading it, which is insane and how it’s been with all of Zach’s scripts. I just love them."Abrams - who will reunite with Cregger on his new Resident Evil movie - praised the way the filmmaker makes...

Who’s ready to practice their “bend and snap” routine? Earlier this year, Reese Witherspoon introduced the world to actress Lexi Minetree, who will play the new Elle Woods in the upcoming Legally Blonde series Elle. The highly anticipated prequel (produced by Amazon MGM Studios) will follow a teenage Elle as she navigates her high school years. After watching her get into Harvard Law, we're sure she'll make navigating high school look easy because, what, like it’s hard? Shortly after unveiling the new Elle, Witherspoon’s production company, Hello Sunshine, announced that the show had entered production, and Prime Video later confirmed that the Legally Blonde prequel would have a Summer 2026 release. Now the streamer has another exciting new update to share with fans.

Recently on Instagram, Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine posted a video that features the Elle cast on set. At the beginning of the clip, Minetree recreates her...

Warning: The following contains major spoilers for Weapons.

With two feature films now under his belt, Zach Cregger is making a name for himself in the horror world. His 2022 shocker Barbarian unfolds in a series of increasingly startling revelations that slowly erode our illusions of safety. His sophomore outing Weapons boasts a similarly cryptic title which clarifies itself in the story’s final act. A shocking tragedy at an elementary school sparks a horrifying tale of parasitic violence and sinister control. As in Barbarian, Cregger offers two female characters who sit on opposite ends of a monstrous spectrum. What unifies Justine (Julia Garner) and the mysterious Gladys (Amy Madigan) is the misogynistic world they both occupy. One suffers from a community primed to vilify women while the other uses patriarchal culture to hide in plain sight.

Justine is the newest teacher at Maybrook Elementary when a strange tragedy befalls the city.

Following the theatrical debut of Weapons, director Zach Cregger has opened up about his potential plans for the future of his newest horror thriller movie. In addition to directing, the rising horror filmmaker also wrote the screenplay and co-produced the movie.

During a recent interview with Variety, Cregger was asked about the possibility of doing another movie set in the world of Weapons. He confirmed that he actually does have an idea for a potential sequel, but he would probably do it after working on his next project, which is Sony Pictures’ upcoming Resident Evil reboot. "Definitely. I’ve actually, it’s funny you asked that. I can’t help it: I have another idea for something in this world that I’m kind of excited about," he shared. "I’m not going to do it next, and I probably won’t do it after my next movie, but I...

Josh Brolin thinks Weapons is the cure for “boring” content from streamers.The 57-year-old actor stars in director Zach Cregger’s new twisty horror flick, and has now argued Weapons is able to bring the genre to “the edge of absurdity” to ultimately create something fresh and unique away from the offerings of streaming platforms.Speaking with Collider, Brolin said: “You’re looking for great filmmakers, and you’re hoping that there’s another new good filmmaker out there.“Right now, with so much content, you’re just watching things on whatever streaming service you’re on, and you’re just going, ‘F***, why is this so boring, man? Why?’ And just go to the next thing. It’s all the same s***. “And then somebody not only takes the horror genre, but then f**** with it and then does something on the edge of absurdity, and it’s sort of humorous,...

Weapons debuts with one of the strongest audience scores on Rotten Tomatoes this year. Written and directed by Zach Cregger, who made his debut with Barbarian in 2022, his new mystery horror film follows the puzzling disappearance of seventeen students from the same classroom, all of whom vanish on the same night, seemingly taken by an invisible force.

The Weapons cast includes Oscar nominee Josh Brolin (Milk), three-time Emmy nominee Julia Garner, Cary Christopher, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Benedict Wong, Oscar nominee Amy Madigan (Twice in a Lifetime), Toby Huss, June Diane Raphael, Whitmer Thomas, Callie Schuttera, Clayton Farris, Luke Speakman, and Scarlett Sher.

Now, on the day of its theatrical release, Weapons has debuted with a 90% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, which is one of the strongest of this year. The film only has 500+ verified ratings at the time of writing, so its audience score is subject to change. Currently,...

Weapons, the new horror film from Barbarian (watch it Here) writer/director Zach Cregger, has made its way out into theatres. We know what JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray thought of the film, you can read his 9/10 review at This Link – but now we want to know, what did you think of the film?

Cregger assembled a strong cast for Weapons, including Julia Garner (Ozark), Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men), Alden Ehrenreich (Solo), Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange), Amy Madigan (Antlers), Austin Abrams (Euphoria), June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie), and Cary Christopher (Days of Our Lives). Most details about the film have been successfully shrouded in mystery up to this point, but it has been said that it’s “an interrelated, multistory horror epic” that’s tonally in the vein of Magnolia, and the story revolves around the disappearance of elementary school kids in a small town. Here...

Zach Cregger’s horror movie Weapons is already making a big splash before it even hits theaters. The film could pull in $6 million from its previews, beating out Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, which earned $4.7 million from its Thursday night previews. Weapons is set to open in the United States on August 8, 2025, through Warner Bros. Pictures and has been impressing critics early on.

Right now, the movie holds a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, making it one of the highest-rated horror films of the decade so far, according to early reviews. The story is set in a small town where something strange happens one night.

Seventeen kids from the same classroom suddenly get up in the middle of the night and run out of their homes. None of them return. The only kid who stays behind is Alex Lilly, played by Cary Christopher. The town’s teacher, Justine Gandy, played by Julia Garner,...

Zach Cregger’s Weapons is headed for the biggest previews for a horror movie this year with $6M, beating Coogler’s Sinners, which earned $4.7 million from Thursday night previews. Weapons is already making a big splash before it even hits theaters. Set to release in the United States on August 8, 2025, through Warner Bros. Pictures, the movie has impressed critics early on.

It currently holds a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which makes it one of the highest-rated horror movie of the decade so far, according to early reviews.

The story is set in a small town where a strange event takes place one night. Seventeen children from the same classroom mysteriously get up and run out of their homes in the middle of the night. None of them return. The only child left behind is Alex Lilly, played by Cary Christopher. The town’s teacher, Justine Gandy, played by Julia Garner,...

Pedro Pascal is quickly becoming one of Hollywood's biggest stars and most in-demand actors. This year alone has been remarkable for Pascal, beginning in April with his return as surrogate father figure Joel Miller in HBO's The Last of Us season 2, a performance that earned him a second Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

This summer alone, Pascal has starred in two A24 movies, Celine Song's romantic comedy Materialists and Ari Aster's neo-Western Eddington. In his biggest role yet, Pascal made his MCU debut as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Pascal was actually set to star in another movie this summer, though he exited the role early in pre-production.

Zach Cregger Explains Why Pedro Pascal Exited Weapons

Director Zach Cregger explains why Pedro Pascal exited his new horror movie, Weapons. Written and directed by Cregger, who made his buzzy...

In her nearly 50-year career, Jamie Lee Curtis says she’s only improvised one single line: “Make good choices.” These are the words her character, Dr. Tess Coleman, yelled out the car window to her daughter Anna (Lindsay Lohan) in the 2003 body-swap comedy Freaky Friday. That beloved, heavily-memed quote is brought back for the new sequel, Freakier Friday, which reunites Curtis and Lohan. Only now, things are a little different: Anna is the one shouting “Make good choices!” and consequently mortifying her own teenage daughter, Harper (Julia Butters). Tess sits behind the wheel,...

Barbarian (watch it Here) writer/director Zach Cregger has assembled a strong cast for his mysterious horror project called Weapons, including Julia Garner (Ozark), Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men), Alden Ehrenreich (Solo), Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange), Amy Madigan (Antlers), Austin Abrams (Euphoria), June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie), and Cary Christopher (Days of Our Lives)… and we’re going to have the chance to see that cast face the horrors Cregger has conjured up when Weapons reaches theatres on August 8th. But that’s not the first cast this movie had. Back in May of 2023, it was announced that Pedro Pascal (The Fantastic Four: First Steps) would be starring in the film alongside Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World). Then, the Screen Actors Guild strike hit in July and lasted until November, and when it ended, scheduling issues forced Cregger to recast the movie.

Cregger told Entertainment Weekly,...

Zach Cregger's new horror film Weapons is set to be released in theaters this Friday, and ahead of its debut, the director is opening up about the behind-the-scenes struggles that nearly derailed the project, including the exit of Pedro Pascal. Yes, we're talking about the Emmy-nominated actor who you might recognize from starring as the beloved Joel Miller character in HBO's The Last of Us.

Weapons would've looked much different than how it does now, according to Cregger in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly. The highly anticipated horror film originally had a high-profile cast attached, including Pascal, Brian Tyree Henry, Austin Abrams, and Renate Reinsve. However, the 2023 Hollywood strikes caused lengthy production delays. Due to these delays, actors who were originally attached, like Pascal, had scheduling conflicts and couldn’t stay on.

As a result, Cregger tells Entertainment Weekly that he had to recast the entire movie, except for Abrams,...

Zach Cregger’s new horror film Weapons hasn’t even hit theaters yet, but it’s already making waves. The movie is set to be released in the United States on August 8, 2025, by Warner Bros. Pictures, but early reviews are glowing. In fact, it’s holding a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, making it the highest-rated horror movie of the decade so far.

The story takes place in a small town where something strange happens one night. Seventeen children from the same classroom suddenly wake up in the middle of the night and run out of their homes toward an unknown destination. None of them return. The only child who stays behind is Alex Lilly, played by Cary Christopher. His teacher, Justine Gandy, portrayed by Julia Garner, is left to figure out what happened, along with the devastated parents and the rest of the town.

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Josh Brolin plays Archer Graff,...

Zach Cregger is making waves in the horror world with his new film Weapons. The movie, written, produced, and directed by Cregger, has already made history before its U.S. release on August 8, 2025. Critics have praised it so highly that it currently holds a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, making it the highest-rated horror film of the decade.

Out of 40 critic reviews listed on the site, every single one has been positive. Over on Metacritic, the movie has earned an impressive score of 81 out of 100, showing what reviewers call “universal acclaim.”

Via Rotten Tomatoes

The film tells a strange and unsettling story. One night, 17 children from the same classroom all wake up in the middle of the night, leave their homes, and vanish into the dark without explanation. Only one student, Alex Lilly, doesn’t disappear.

His teacher, Justine Gandy, along with the rest of the town, is left wondering what happened and why.

Weapons is just days away from its global release, and is set to be the second feature movie from director Zach Cregger. Having marked his directorial debut with the critically acclaimed Barbarian, the new movie has garnered impressive critical reception and buzz ahead of its theatrical premiere.

As for fans who aren’t well-versed with the movie, or lack any idea what the movie is about and what to expect heading into the theatres this week, this article will break down everything that you need to know.

What Is the Movie About?

Set in the fictional town of Maybrook, the horror thriller from the Barbarian director revolves around the mysterious disappearance of 17 third-graders, after they simultaneously leave their home at 2:17 a.m. in the night.

A still from Zach Cregger’s Weapons | Credit: Warner Bros.

With only one kid remaining, Alex, the teacher. Justine Gandy becomes the centre of suspicion,...

Josh Brolin and Julia Garner have a lot of friends in common, so when they found their way to lead roles in Zach Cregger’s Weapons, those pals whispered all good things in their ears.

“People kept saying, ‘You guys are going to love each other and it’s going to be great,’” Brolin explained to The Hollywood Reporter at the film’s Los Angeles premiere last Thursday. “I got nervous then because I kept thinking, well, what if it’s not great? I’m not going to agree to work with someone just because another person tells me that I’m going to like ‘em.”

Spoiler alert: They loved each other.

“We just hit it off immediately,” Brolin said with a smile. “Like immediate cellular, sibling shit.”

Brolin and Garner at a Weapons screening at New York’s AMC Empire. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Pictures...

So the poster for the new horror film Weapons shows a bunch of kids running down a suburban street with the ad line saying: “Last night at 2:17 am every child from Mrs. Gandy’s class woke up, got out of bed, went downstairs, opened the front door, walked into the dark … and they never came back.”

Immediately I start thinking, “Yeah, a Children of the Corn or Children of the Damned kind of riff.” But look closer at the credits and the writer-director is none other than Zach Cregger, whose debut feature film Barbarian was one of the most impressive first films, as well as horror genre entries, I had seen in years. There was just something so unique and compelling about its “house of horrors” concept that grabbed me instantly, and I have been talking about it ever since its 2022 debut, and anxiously awaiting whatever Cregger had in store for us next.

Barbarian (watch it Here) writer/director Zach Cregger has assembled a strong cast for his mysterious horror project called Weapons, including Julia Garner (Ozark), Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men), Alden Ehrenreich (Solo), Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange), Amy Madigan (Antlers), Austin Abrams (Euphoria), June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie), and Cary Christopher (Days of Our Lives)… and we’re going to have the chance to see that cast face the horrors Cregger has conjured up when Weapons reaches theatres on August 8th. With that date now just a few days away, a pair of clips have made their way online. They’re both focused on Garner’s character, and you can watch them at the bottom of this article.

Most details about Weapons are shrouded in mystery. It has been said that it’s “an interrelated, multistory horror epic” that’s tonally in the vein of Magnolia, and the...

Weaponswriter and director Zach Cregger explains how Pedro Pascal derailed the whole film.

Speaking toEntertainment Weekly, Cregger discussed how both the 2023 WGA/SAG-AFTRA strikes and the complex shooting schedule of original star Pedro Pascal led to the entire film being overhauled early on in production. "I had a whole different cast for this movie. And then we had the strike, and then Pedro Pascal's schedule threw us into turmoil. I had to recast the whole movie," Cregger recalled.

Cregger began working on Weapons shortly after the success of his breakout hit horror feature Barbarian in 2022. Previously noted as being partly inspired by Paul Thomas Anderson's 1999 epic drama Magnolia, hype surrounding Weapons started roiling early on, with news breaking in May 2023 that The Fantastic Four: First Steps star Pedro Pascal had signed on for the film. After Pascal exited the feature, fan-favorite actor Josh Brolin signed on as the film's protagonist,...

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June Diane Raphael turned it out Thursday night at the world premiere of her new movie “Weapons,” wearing a a pantless black tuxedo look reminiscent of Roxie Hart, the murderess ex-con turned showgirl in the Broadway musical “Chicago.”

“When you’re a part of such a big genre film and such a giant piece of performance art, it’s time to leave your pants at home,” Raphael deadpanned. “I’ve always said that, you know what I mean? It’s time to lose a major piece of clothing. (The “performance art” was a faux classroom on the red carpet inside the United Theater on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles that featured several child actors pretending to be unconscious at their desks and a couple of boys covered in creepy clown makeup.)

Raphael continued, “It’s horror chic. It’s horror glam and it’s a little cunty and a little...

Julia Garner and Josh Brolin are stepping out for the premiere of their new movie Weapons!

The co-stars hit the red carpet together at the event on Thursday night (July 31) at the United Theater on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles.

Also in attendance at the premiere were co-stars Cary Christopher, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Benedict Wong, Amy Madigan, and June Diane Raphael, as well as writer and director Zach Cregger.

Here’s the 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.

The upcoming movie, from the director of Barbarian, hits theaters on August 8. The movie just debuted on Rotten Tomatoes with a current score of 100%! Watch the trailer now.

Fyi: Julia is wearing head-to-toe Gucci with Beladora earrings. Josh is wearing Canali with Velasca shoes.

Barbarian (watch it Here) writer/director Zach Cregger has assembled a strong cast for his mysterious horror project called Weapons, including Julia Garner (Ozark), Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men), Alden Ehrenreich (Solo), Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange), Amy Madigan (Antlers), Austin Abrams (Euphoria), June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie), and Cary Christopher (Days of Our Lives)… and we’re going to have the chance to see that cast face the horrors Cregger has conjured up when Weapons reaches theatres on August 8th. With that date right around the corner, a clip has dropped online, and it comes with a Spoiler warning. It gives a glimpse of an intense, creepy sequence from the film involving the character seen in the video thumbnail above. If you want to watch the clip, you can find it at the bottom of this article.

Most details about Weapons are shrouded in mystery. It has...

Julia Garner is on a roll, after the success of Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps, where she plays Shalla-Bal aka the Silver Surfer. Her next release with Barbarian director Zach Cregger, Weapons, is getting critical appreciation. While her two roles can’t be far apart, the actor’s performances are winning hearts all around as critics have spoken on Rotten Tomatoes.

Weapons has garnered a 100 percent Rotten Tomatoes score from the critics. The movie sees Garner as a school teacher investigating children going missing in the town. While it sounds like a regular supernatural horror the movie takes twists and turns unfathomable. With the resurgence of interest in the horror genre with movies like Sinners and Nosferatu, recently, fans are enjoying the diverse themes covered by new movies.

What to Expect From ‘Weapons’?

Weapons follow a fictional town that experiences a massive loss after 17 children seemingly disappear without a trace one morning.

As the years accumulate in my time as a horror critic, I’m growing unwillingly jaded when it comes to my ability to be surprised by the genre. So, when a film like Weapons springs from the shadows and has me screaming at the screen, cackling nervously, and genuinely stressed from start to finish, I can’t help but consider it something of a (bad) miracle.

Like filmmaker Zach Cregger’s previous effort, Barbarian, Weapons is joyously cruel, constantly surprising, brutally funny, and 100% cursed from top to bottom. However, where Barbarian felt like three separate films laminated together, this one is impressively unified. Even with some familiar chapter-based storytelling, it manages to deliver a single, coherent nightmare. This structure could’ve come off as gimmicky in lesser hands, but Cregger uses it with precision to amplify dread, tension, and emotional investment, one carefully calibrated segment at a time.

Weapons offers...

Ahead of its theatrical release this August, New Line Cinema’s newest supernatural horror movie Weapons has received its first reactions, teasing another massive hit for the Barbarian director Zach Cregger. Just like the acclaimed 2022 movie, Cregger is also directing from a screenplay he wrote.

As seen on social media, the first reactions to Weapons have finally arrived online from early screenings, with most critics praising Cregger’s vision and direction. On X, FilmSpeak's Griff Schiller called the movie “a horror masterpiece and the best film of the year,” while also comparing it to Denis Villeneuve and Paul Thomas Anderson movies. “It's Prisoners by way of Magnolia with some of the Coen's absurdist humor. An absolutely Brilliant commentary on the attitudes and institutions during the fallout of a communal tragedy.” He adds, “a chilling masterclass in suspense and Pov storytelling that exposes a society with dwindling empathy that tolerates dehumanizing acts.

Weapons is being called a "masterpiece" in its first reactions. Written and directed by Zach Cregger, who made his debut with Barbarian in 2022, the upcoming horror film follows the mysterious case of 17 kids from the same class who vanish simultaneously overnight, sparking fear and confusion in the community, with their teacher being the main suspect in their disappearance.

The Weapons cast includes Oscar nominee Josh Brolin (Milk), three-time Emmy nominee Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Benedict Wong, Oscar nominee Amy Madigan (Twice in a Lifetime), June Diane Raphael, Whitmer Thomas, Toby Huss, and Luke Speakman.

Now, ahead of its theatrical release, the first reactions to Weapons have surfaced on social media. Overall, the horror film is being praised for its chilling mystery, ambitious structure, dark humor, powerful performances, and sharp social commentary. One critic calls it a "horror masterpiece and the best film of the year." Check...

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It’s been three years since up-and-coming horror filmmaker Zach Cregger unleashed Barbarian on unsuspecting audiences. The mysterious film, starring Bill Skarsgård, Georgina Campbell, and Justin Long, generated early buzz thanks to its unpredictability, unconventional premise, and enthusiasm from die-hard horror buffs. On August 8, Cregger returns to theaters with Weapons, another frightfest with clever viral marketing, a cherry cast, and positive word of mouth fueling its release. The first reactions to Weapons are making the rounds online, with critics and moviegoers saying it’s another feather in Cregger’s cap, proving he’s a filmmaker to watch with a promising career ahead.

The first reactions to Weapons call Cregger’s film a horror masterpiece, saying it’s a brilliant commentary on the attitudes and institutions during the fallout of a communal tragedy. Sadly, efforts to quell violence in rural areas yield little to no results in the face of calamity,...

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 hype for Weapons, the upcoming horror film by Barbarian director Zack Cregger, has just gotten stronger. Aside from the eerie trailers, New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. have used an authentically creepy marketing strategy to prepare audiences for what will surely be one of the scariest films of the year. Their latest reveal involves the internet, and the scariest computer code you can imagine. Let's dive in.

Weapons follow a small town facing an invisible threat. 17 children have vanished from their homes, as they all woke up at the same time in the early hours of the morning and walked into the dark, never to appear again. The official Rotten Tomatoes synopsis reads as follows: "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."

Now, the...

Barbarian (watch it Here) writer/director Zach Cregger has assembled a strong cast for his mysterious horror project called Weapons, including Julia Garner (Ozark), Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men), Alden Ehrenreich (Solo), Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange), Amy Madigan (Antlers), Austin Abrams (Euphoria), June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie), and Cary Christopher (Days of Our Lives)… and we’re going to have the chance to see that cast face the horrors Cregger has conjured up when Weapons reaches theatres on August 8th. With that date right around the corner, a new poster for the film has dropped online to warn us that “harmless” things can be quite dangerous. You can check it out at the bottom of this article.

Most details about Weapons are shrouded in mystery. It has been said that it’s “an interrelated, multistory horror epic” that’s tonally in the vein of Magnolia, and the...

Barbarian (watch it Here) writer/director Zach Cregger has assembled a strong cast for his mysterious horror project called Weapons, including Julia Garner (Ozark), Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men), Alden Ehrenreich (Solo), Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange), Amy Madigan (Antlers), Austin Abrams (Euphoria), June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie), and Cary Christopher (Days of Our Lives)… and we’re going to have the chance to see that cast face the horrors Cregger has conjured up when Weapons reaches theatres on August 8th. Cregger has said that he was drawing inspiration from Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia when he was crafting this one – but now we have confirmation that his movie actually won’t be nearly as long as Magnolia. While Anderson’s movie had a running time of 188 minutes, Cregger’s film has the more bladder-friendly runtime of 128 minutes. Which is 26 minutes longer than Barbarian.

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The horror genre is already being haunted with masterpiece after masterpiece from Hollywood, and it doesn’t sound like that game will be stopping anytime soon. This is because Zach Cregger – the comedian, actor, writer, director, and producer all in one; credited for taming Barbarian – is returning to the screens with Weapons.

With him serving as the writer, producer, and director of the upcoming movie, Cregger will be joining the 2025 horror-mystery flicks ensemble with a star-studded cast – one that includes Julia Garner, and almost had onboard her Fantastic Four co-star as well, before he had to leave the movie because of the MCU: Pedro Pascal.

Pedro Pascal Almost Starred Alongside Julia Garner in Weapons Pedro Pascal in a still from The Fantastic Four: First Steps. | Credit: Marvel Studios.

Pedro Pascal, who is all set to be the new face of the Fantastic Four in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the latest Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic,...

Writer/director Zach Cregger got a lot of positive attention for his 2022 horror film Barbarian – so much that there was an intense bidding war when studios and production companies found out he was working on another horror project called Weapons. Get Out, Us, and Nope filmmaker Jordan Peele wanted to produce the film through his company Monkeypaw, for release through Universal Pictures… but Peele was the runner-up in the competition, with the rights going to New Line Cinema. The company spent $38 million to secure Weapons as their own. That includes the film’s budget, as well as the $5 million Cregger will be getting for writing and directing it and a second $5 million for producing it alongside Vertigo’s Roy Lee and Miri Yoon, and BoulderLight’s J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules. We’ll find out how well that pays off for New Line Cinema when Weapons reaches theatres on August...

"I want to know what happened in that classroom! Why just her classroom?!"...

A new horror film from Barbarian director Zach Cregger is making waves after the release of its second trailer. The movie, called Weapons, puts a spotlight on a terrifying and emotional subject, the unexplained disappearance of children. While many horror stories rely on ghosts or monsters, this one focuses on real-life fears.

In the trailer, Josh Brolin plays a father desperate for answers after 17 children, all from one classroom, go missing. The trailer opens with a heated school meeting where Brolin’s character demands, “I wanna know what happened in that classroom!” His anger grows as he questions, “Why just her classroom!” Julia Garner plays the school principal who seems unsure of what’s going on as tension rises around her.

A young girl’s voice is heard in the background, giving the story a chilling twist. “This is a true story that happened right here in my town,” she says.

Zach Cregger, the filmmaker behind the hit horror movie Barbarian, is back with a brand-new scary story called Weapons. The second trailer for the movie is now out, and it doesn’t hold back. It dives right into the deep fear many people share, the fear of children going missing. This isn’t your typical horror flick with ghosts or monsters. Instead, it focuses on something that feels all too real and disturbing.

The trailer kicks off with a tense scene at a school board meeting. Josh Brolin plays a desperate father, and he’s furious. He stands up during the meeting and demands answers. “I wanna know what happened in that classroom!” he yells. That one line sets the tone for everything that follows. According to the story, 17 kids vanished, all from the same classroom in a picture-perfect, all-American town.

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Talk about taboo. Zach Cregger’s second horror movie, Weapons, goes right for the jugular tapping into the sheer human fear of missing children. The second trailer, released Monday, shows more of that schoolboard meeting where Josh Brolin’s Dad character demands, “I wanna know what happened in that classroom!” — questioning why 17 kids are missing from a specific classroom at this Americana school.

“Why just her classroom!” Brolin’s character shouts. Julia Garner’s principal — well, she’s all thumbs.

A young girl’s voice-over tries to tell us why a group of kids fled their bedrooms in the middle of the night.

“This is a true story that happened right here in my town,” she says. “A lot of people die in a lot of really weird ways in this story.”

“Those kids walked out of those homes, no one pulled them out,” continues Brolin’s protag.

And there...

Warner Bros. has released a nearly two-minute trailer for Zach Cregger's latest horror film Weapons, teasing the newest nightmare from the Barbarian director. The footage debuted at the end of a "one-time-only" livestream on MaybrookMissing.com (the movie's in-universe website), offering a closer look at the chilling mystery at the center of the story, involving the disappearance of a group of children who voluntarily left their homes one night at precisely 2:17 a.m. — as evidenced in surveillance footage recorded on the date they went missing.

While the first trailer for Weaponsprovided a broad overview of the puzzling premise, the latest video (shared below) dials up the creepiness to 11 and unleashes a bunch of new footage to give prospective audiences a better idea of what to expect from Cregger's second live-action feature film. "This is a true story that happened right here in my town," a young girl explains...

Barbarian (watch it Here) writer/director Zach Cregger has assembled a strong cast for his mysterious horror project called Weapons, including Julia Garner (Ozark), Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men), Alden Ehrenreich (Solo), Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange), Amy Madigan (Antlers), Austin Abrams (Euphoria), June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie), and Cary Christopher (Days of Our Lives)… and we’re going to have the chance to see that cast face the horrors Cregger has conjured up when Weapons reaches theatres on August 8th. Last week, we shared the news that the viral marketing website MaybrookMissing.net would be hosting a mysterious livestream broadcast today, promising an early glimpse of footage – and while the stream has primarily consisted of more security camera footage-type stuff, we’ve also gotten a second trailer out of the event! You can watch the second trailer in the embed above.

Most details about Weapons are shrouded in mystery.

A brand-new teaser for New Line Cinema’s upcoming Weapons movie has dropped. The clip features a look at Emmy winner Julia Garner, who is set to play Justine Gandy, a teacher whose students suddenly go missing in one night.

The video, shared by the official New Line Cinema X account, provides some clues about the mystery surrounding the disappearance of 17 children. The teaser shows clippings from a local newspaper article, revealing that the local and state police haven't found any leads or suspects during their morning search. It also features Garner's Justine peeking through a nearly closed window. The Ozark star is no stranger to the horror genre, after previously appearing in movies like 2013's The Last Exorcism Part II, 2024’s Apartment 7A, and 2025’s Wolf Man.

Look closer.#WeaponsMovie - only in theaters August 8. pic.twitter.com/IPpACYvaZC— New Line Cinema (@newlinecinema) June 21, 2025

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The puzzle pieces are beginning to come together, but there’s still plenty left to discover following the release of a brand-new teaser for Weapons. Taking to social media, the film’s studio, New Line Cinema, shared another clue about the madness that’s set to unfold when Zach Cregger returns for his sophomore feature-length directorial project. Starring Julia Garner (Fantastic Four), we might not see any of the other incredibly famous faces that fill out the mysterious horror thriller, but the sneak peek certainly gets us up close and personal with the Ozark alum.

Leaning into the fictional missing children’s case that has been at the center of the marketing team’s promotion for the film, the teaser shows various newspaper clippings that have all been written about the night a group of children disappeared into the dark. The excerpts walk viewers through the details of the case,...

Barbarian (watch it Here) writer/director Zach Cregger has assembled a strong cast for his mysterious horror project called Weapons, including Julia Garner (Ozark), Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men), Alden Ehrenreich (Solo), Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange), Amy Madigan (Antlers), Austin Abrams (Euphoria), June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie), and Cary Christopher (Days of Our Lives)… and we’re going to have the chance to see that cast face the horrors Cregger has conjured up when Weapons reaches theatres on August 8th. There has been some interesting marketing in the build-up to the film’s release, including the unveiling of two hours of security camera footage and a viral marketing website. Now, it has been announced that the website MaybrookMissing.net will be hosting a mysterious livestream broadcast next Monday, June 23rd, at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern.

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