Pedro Pascal joins Zach Cregger’s BARBARIAN follow-up WEAPONS

Peter Pascal is set to star in the upcoming film Weaponswhich is the next film of Barbarian director Zach Cregger. This is sure to be a fun project for Pascal, who is gaining a lot of success and popularity right now.

It was previously reported that Rooney Mara may also star in the horror project. In regards to the film’s subject matter, the story is described as a “multi- and interconnected epic horror story centered around witchcraft and missing children.”

This certainly sounds like an interesting concept for Cregger to play with. It is unknown who will play Pascal in the film. 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.“

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.

Source: Deadline