Category: Deals
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After 150-country sales, Hidalgo takes on Hungry Ghost Festival
Alejandro Hidalgo is set to direct The Hungry One, a Malaysian Hungry Ghost Festival horror from Abnormal Studios with Clover Films pre-buying Asian rights.
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400-Title Distributor Leads Busan Slate With Khmer Remake
Abnormal Studios is selling a Cambodia-set remake of Korean drama Wedding Dress at Busan, alongside a slate of horror, sci-fi and fan-driven titles.
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After a $114M 2025, Vietnamese Horror Leads Busan Slate
Bee Entertainment is shopping a 2027 film and TV slate at Busan after Vietnamese films beat international titles at home for the first time.
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Zobel to Direct Blumhouse’s 5M+ Selling Horror Comic
Blumhouse is adapting the 5M+ selling comic Something Is Killing the Children with Craig Zobel directing, and an adult animated series in development.
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Stanfield and Mendelsohn to Star in 2027 Horror Molepeople
Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Paramount Primal co-finance Rob Savage’s tunnel thriller starring LaKeith Stanfield and Ben Mendelsohn, dated for Aug. 27, 2027.
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Blumhouse signs 8M-follower horror creator to make shorts
Blumhouse Atomic Monster signs horror creator Heidi Wong to develop original shorts, betting on her 8M followers and Eastern folklore angle.
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WBD top executives take $1.1B in Skydance merger payouts
Five WBD leaders collected over $1.1B as the Paramount sale closed this week. Zaslav led with $600M; employee equity also broadened.
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Red Woman sells to 5 markets including North America and Japan
V Studios’ first in-house feature has closed territory deals in Japan, North America, ANZ, Korea and Cambodia ahead of its Nov 27 Vietnam release.
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Black Bear Buys U.S. Rights to Starry Rom-Com Honeymoon / Funeral
Black Bear takes U.S. rights to MRC’s rom-com ‘Honeymoon / Funeral’ starring Rebecca Ferguson, Greta Lee and Carrie Coon.
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Apple TV Lands All the Little Houses After 40-Country Hit
Apple TV won May Cobb’s All the Little Houses adaptation, with Naomi Sheldon writing. It follows The Hunting Wives’ 40-country Netflix run.