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- Director Lee Cronin to terrify audiences as soon as once more with new Warner Bros. movie set for April 17, 2026 launch.
- Cronin’s subsequent challenge described as a “fashionable tackle one thing historical,” with heavyweights from Atomic Monster and Blumhouse connected.
- Cronin’s success with ‘Evil Useless Rise’ results in new initiatives, together with a horror thriller
Thaw
with New Line.
Director Lee Cronin made waves along with his 2023 movie Evil Dead Rise, and we now know when he can be scary audiences with a brand new challenge. Warner Bros.’ New Line Cinema has set Cronin’s subsequent movie for an April 17, 2026, launch, in line with The Hollywood Reporter. The movie stays shrouded in thriller, however has two heavy hitters connected to it; Cronin’s function will come from Atomic Monster and Blumhouse Productions in what would be the first movie to be greenlit by the horror manufacturing firms since they merged earlier this year.
Cronin can be writing the movie along with directing. In keeping with THR, it has been described as a “fashionable tackle one thing historical.” No casting has been introduced but, however the challenge is seemingly in good arms with Atomic Monster/Blumhouse. Atomic Monster’s James Wan and Blumhouse’s Jason Blum are recognized for helming among the most profitable horror franchises of the previous few years. Past this, Cronin signed a first-look cope with New Line earlier this yr by his Doppelgängers manufacturing firm, which may even be concerned with the movie, so the studio looks like an ideal pairing. Lee shared a picture of the script on X and likewise launched a press release:
“I’m tremendous excited to be gathering up my gang of oddballs from Doppelgängers to affix forces with the overlords of horror at Blumhouse and Atomic Monster. Collaborating with Jason, James and the fantastic groups from these two storied and massively profitable organizations is what excellent nightmares are manufactured from. Attending to return to New Line Cinema and my fantastic companions over there’s the cherry on prime. I’ve received one thing wickedly entertaining and terrifying hidden up my sleeve, and I can not wait to carry it screaming to the massive display screen on April seventeenth, 2026.”
‘Evil Useless Rise’ Turned A Huge Success
Cronin had made just one prior full-length movie when he took the reigns of Evil Useless Rise, the fifth installment within the wildly well-liked Evil Useless collection. The movie, which starred Morgan Davies, Alyssa Sutherland, and Lily Sullivan, was initially set to premiere on Max, however Warner Bros. determined to launch it theatrically after optimistic take a look at screenings – and it paid off; Evil Dead Rise grossed more than $140 million worldwide on a finances of lower than $20 million, and cemented Cronin’s standing as a star horror director.
Cronin is preserving himself busy, too; past this new movie, the director can be collaborating with New Line on one other horror thriller, Thaw. That movie is about years after the polar ice caps have melted with concurrent rising sea ranges. It facilities on a bunch of survivors at sea trying to find a brand new residence. They uncover an inhabitable city however encounter a brand new nightmare residing just under the water’s floor. No launch window for that movie has been set but.
Cronin’s subsequent movie will launch on April 17, 2026. Evil Useless Rise is streaming now on Max.
