"A blackbox marketing campaign, secret screenings, and very limited press helped power the secrecy around "Weapons" to $267 million worldwide for Warner Bros. The August release, now streaming on HBO Max, is written and directed by Zach Cregger, now a horror wunderkind very much on the Jordan Peele-cut path: He started in comedy, as a co-founder of The Whitest Kids U' Know,"
"Cregger directed Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, and, of course, Amy Madigan in his original script about a small town set upon by a Baba Yaga-style witch (that's Madigan, painted in makeup that looks like a faded beauty queen got lost in a clown pageant centuries ago, in an Oscar-worthy performance) draining the lives of adults and children (especially children) to preserve her youth."
"Cregger's now shooting an overhaul of the "Resident Evil" franchise, based on Capcom's zombie third-person-shooter video game series, in Budapest, where he Zoomed with IndieWire in spite of a cold. ("Resident Evil" reunites him with the scene-stealing Abrams, who plays a tweaker on the conspiracy's trail in "Weapons.") Cregger is more open to talking about the themes and behind-the-scenes scoop on his movie now that Warner Bros. is pushing the original summer hit for the Oscars - particularly for Madigan's performance a"
Weapons earned $267 million worldwide after a blackbox marketing campaign, secret screenings, and very limited press. Zach Cregger wrote and directed the film after transitioning from comedy as co-founder of The Whitest Kids U' Know and following Barbarian (2022), which made $45 million globally. Warner Bros. New Line won a competitive bidding war that included Monkeypaw. The film stars Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, and Amy Madigan. The plot centers on a Baba Yaga–style witch draining adults' and children's lives to preserve her youth; 17 children from one elementary school class go missing. Madigan's performance received Oscar attention. Cregger is directing a Resident Evil overhaul in Budapest and reunited with Austin Abrams.
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