After years of keeping the world laughing as part of the comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U’Know, Zach Cregger made a sharp shift and moved into the world of horror. Moving from in front of the camera to behind it, Cregger made his breakthrough feature-length directorial debut with the 2022 film Barbarian. In the years since, the movie has reached the masses and become considered by many as one of the greatest genre flicks of the last decade. Proving that lightning can in fact strike more than once, Cregger followed up the Georgina Campbell-led film last year with Weapons. The following behind the filmmaker’s sophomore project can’t be understated as it was not only a favorite among audiences but was just as much of a hit with critics as well, even earning its star Amy Madigan her first Academy Award win.
Madigan’s performance as the eccentric witchy aunt Gladys made such a wave that she will soon be reprising her role in a prequel film titled Gladys. But, before we learn more about the hijinks that brought Gladys to the town of Maybrook, Pennsylvania in the Warner Bros. production, audiences will be invited to join Cregger for something completely different. Tonight, during the Warner Bros. panel at CinemaCon, it was announced that the helmer will flex his sci-fi chops with an original project titled The Flood. Slated for a cinematic arrival on August 11, 2028, not only is Cregger back behind the camera on this one, but he also penned the screenplay and will serve as a producer alongside Amblin and Vertigo Entertainment.
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
The good news for Cregger fans hungry for more to come from the Weapons universe is that The Flood will in no way, shape, or form affect the production process and arrival of Gladys. In fact, the prequel has already set an arrival date for September 8, 2028. So, while Cregger’s sci-fi thriller will bring audiences into cinemas a full month ahead of Gladys, the origin story of one of the greatest characters in recent years won’t be affected in any way.
Now for the twist. If you were hoping that Cregger would be keeping himself incredibly busy over the next two years as the director behind both The Flood and Gladys, you’ll be sorely disappointed to learn that he’s stepping away from the helm for the former. He will, however, co-pen the screenplay alongside Zach Shields and will serve as a producer with Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee and Miri Yoon.
Stay tuned to Collider for more to come from CinemaCon.
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