Rooney Mara to star in Zach Cregger’s BARBARIAN follow-up WEAPONS and we have story details

The director of last year’s blockbuster horror film Barbarian, Zack Creggeris preparing to direct his next film, Weapons. Weekly production reports that Rooney Mara will star in the project, and we have early story details to share, too! Horror fans will surely appreciate what this movie has to offer.

The story is described as a “multi-connected horror epic centered around witchcraft and missing children”. Yep, it looks like the prep for a great horror movie, and I can’t wait to see what Cregger does with this concept!

The film has previously been described as “an interconnected multi-story horror epic that is tonally in the vein of Magnoliathe 1999 showcase filled with the director’s actors Paul Thomas Anderson.“ Then, we can expect more cast members to join the ensemble.

The film is staged at New Line Cinema and they wrapped up the project with a deal that “seems unprecedented in modern times, especially for a filmmaker with essentially only one film under his belt.” The director made an eight-figure deal to write and direct Weapons.

Cregger is in control of the final cut, waiting for a threshold to be hit during test screenings. There is also a controlling interest in a backend pot. Then, of course, there’s the guarantee of a theatrical release.

New Line President and CCO Richard Brener said earlier in a statement, “Zach has demonstrated with Barbarian which can create a visceral theatrical experience for the audience and which controls every tool in the director’s tool belt. We couldn’t be happier with him, Roy [Lee] and Miri [Yoon]and JD [Lifshitz]and Raffi [Margules] has chosen New Line as the home of his next film and I hope it will be the first of many to come.

This will do!