As soon as once more, I ask: Did you see Weapons this previous weekend? Did you catch a post-work screening to mood the weekday blues Monday or Tuesday? If you happen to did, you undoubtedly met Aunt Gladys, one of the noteworthy characters of the brand new ensemble horror movie by Barbarian’s Zach Cregger — and for those who met her, you’d perceive why the powers that be now desire a prequel that focuses on her story.
In keeping with The Hollywood Reporter, each Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema — the previous of which owns the latter — have began discussions with Cregger a few prequel movie that can carry audiences all the way in which again and expose the character’s origin story.
The outlet additionally claims that Cregger initially had an entire chapter of the movie (which is damaged down on the entire into chapters representing every of the primary characters) for Amy Madigan’s Gladys, which went right into a little bit of her backstory.
Alas, Gladys’ backstory ended up on the reducing room flooring, because the film’s script had already grow to be too prolonged. Although, to be truthful, that does make sense because the completed product clocks in at over two hours.
That omission appears to be working in Cregger’s favor, because the film already seems to be an enormous hit, each on the field workplace and within the zeitgeist. Nonetheless, THR famous that no deal has formally been made for a second movie simply but — and that’s as a result of Cregger is already laborious at work on his third characteristic: his Resident Evil reboot starring Weapons MVP Austin Abrams.
Cregger’s subsequent film is ready to hit theaters on September 18, 2026 — however after that, his subsequent transfer is anybody’s guess. He might go the Weapons prequel route, he might make good on the unique DC script he wrote that includes Joker and Harley Quinn referred to as Henchman, or he might even take up one other full authentic concept like Flood, a sci-fi script he’s already completed.
“Author-director Zach Cregger blends insufferable stress and darkish humor as soon as extra in Weapons, a horror blockbuster that’s much less of a blunt-force barbarian and extra of a sharp-shooting murderer,” IGN wrote in our Weapons evaluation, scoring it 9/10.
Lex Briscuso is a movie and tv critic and a contract leisure author for IGN. You possibly can comply with her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.
