(The editor’s note: The following story contains spoilers for the “Arms. “)
With “weapons” a Hit at checkout and Zach Cregger suddenly one of the most sought after filmmakers aroundIt makes sense to Warner Bros. And a new line would think about a follow -up. And according to ThrThe studio has already discussed a potential prequel film With Cregger, but whether such a movie actually happens depends a lot on the director’s increasingly busy schedule.
ThR reports that Cregger had previously deducted from his script a chapter in Backstory about Gladys, the mysterious antagonist played by Amy Madigan in the film. Many have compared Gladys with a classic fairy tale antagonist, a villain whose undefined age and unequivocally evil motivations threw a city into chaos. The lack of clear backstory is one of the film’s strengths, but it also gives Cregger an empty cloth to take the character in all the directions he wants. According to THR, the studio has discussed with Cregger about expanding the cut segment to a function, but no offers have been made, and there is no timeline for when some kind of film could meet.
A source told Indiewire that all plans at the moment are just speculation.
Cregger is currently in prep on its next feature, one 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.
Cregger in a separate interview with Thr Also mentioned that he has an original script called “Hanchman”, one he wrote before he wrote his 2022 movie “Barbarian” and which is located in the DC universe but is not a superhero movie. He also discussed having completed a sci-fi script that THR reports are entitled “Flood”, and he added that he has another original property he works with in the movie “Nightcrawler.” Some of these may be options for Cregger after “Resident Evil” and before a potential “weapon” follow -up.
Even Monday, “weapons” earned $ 48.7 million in domestic and a global cumulative feature of $ 81.3 million, as Warner Bros. And New Line won the bid war for the project with a budget of $ 38 million. Like Warner’s “sinner”, the film is one of the best -examined films of the year.
