Weapons - trailer - 8 August

Weapons – trailer – 8 August – due in UK cinemas August 8

Weapons – trailer

An interrelated, multistory horror epic about the disappearance of high school students in a small town.

Director – Zach Cregger

Writer – Zach Cregger

Stars – Julia Garner – Josh Brolin – June Diane Raphael

Deadline Hollywood reported that New Line Cinema won the spec script in a bidding war against, allegedly, Universal, Netflix and Sony/TriStar. The Hollywood Reporter detailed that part of the deal were a eight figure sum of money, a guaranteed greenlight for production, final cut privileges for Cregger, interest in a backend pot and, most importantly in closing the deal, the guarantee of a theatrical release. Insiders called it a unprecedented deal in modern times and is compared to M. Night Shyamalan deals post The Sixth Sense (1999).

Captain Ed: [from teaser trailer] Voice Over: Mr. Graff, I can understand your passion and I don’t mind having these conversations with you because god forbid if it was my child, I’d be demanding answers too. Those kids walked out of those homes, no one pulled them out. No one forced them. What do you see that I don’t?