You can’t keep a strong woman down. As the hand-down spell the queen of Zach Creggers Massive Horror Hit “Weapon,” star Amy Madigan Has been the subject of any serious chatter in recent weeks. Not only does she deliver, Afteye -catching tension and skin -crawling chills like witchcraft villain in the Smash genre, her performance has also inspired Some early prices laugh.
And while film Fans and Cinephiles love to manage genre performances for Oscar love, it tends to be a tough line to have with the academy. Still Madigan is absolutely deserving of prices attention, but all that talks about how fucking (and cursedDepending on how you feel about her deeds) good, she is in the movie can create something else: a whole prequel, just for her.
While Prequel spoke kicked up Within a few days after the film’s theater edition in August, With Hollywood Reporter notes August 12 as “Warner Bros. and New Line … is already talking to Cregger about making a prequel exploring the story of origin into the strange aunt that suddenly arrives in town.”
The THR report also pointed to the film’s “chapter structure that centered on certain characters” and that “sources say that Cregger actually had a chapter focused on Gladys and part of her backstory. He finally drew that section from the script for length purposes. Now with the film’s wild success, the lost chapter would be extended to a story in full length.”
At that time, a source told Indieview that all plans are currently just speculation. But, speculation aside, Cregger himself has now confirmed in a New interview with Fangoria That he works with an aunt Gladys-centered prequel idea.
“It’s real and I’ve talked to Warner Bros. about it. There’s a story and I’m pretty excited about it. It’s not bullshit,” he told the outlet. He also added that the Prequel idea kicked around before the film opened for enormous success. “I was ready,” he said. “I had it kind of in my pocket before the movie came out.”
In August, when Prequel Chatter is heated, New York Times Madigan asked about rumors. “Do you know what? I think it’s really nice to be in a conversation,” she told the outlet. “I am definitely not poo-pooing it, but because I have done this for a long time is not real until they are real. Listen, I love Gladys, I love being in Zach’s imagination and being on Zach’s side, but what are people who will talk about for a couple of weeks or in November? It’s amazing and exciting when people talk about
Much will be due to Creggers increasingly busy schedule. The filmmaker is currently in prep on his next feature, a New “Resident Evil” movie Based on the video game franchise for Sony. Like “Weapons”, Cregger’s Take On The IP was also the subject of an aggressive bid war, one like Warner Bros. persecuted before landing at Sony. That movie will be opened in theaters September 2026.
And while an Oscar -nom for his work in the genre here would (still, Despite some recent recognition) Was a bit of a transitioner throughout the price world, it would not be new to Madigan: she was nominated in 1986 for best support actress for her work in “twice in a lifetime” (she lost to Anjelica Huston for “Prizzi’s honor”).
A Warner Bros. release, “Weapons” is currently available to stream on video-on-Demand platforms, including Main VideoThe Apple TV+and Fandango at home.
