{"id":552848,"date":"2023-02-16T23:52:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T20:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/zach-cregger-horrors-hottest-new-filmmaker-levels-up\/"},"modified":"2023-02-16T23:52:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T20:52:52","slug":"zach-cregger-horrors-hottest-new-filmmaker-levels-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/zach-cregger-horrors-hottest-new-filmmaker-levels-up\/","title":{"rendered":"#Zach Cregger, Horror\u2019s Hottest New Filmmaker, Levels Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a39e43fe396c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a39e43fe396c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/zach-cregger-horrors-hottest-new-filmmaker-levels-up\/#Zach_Cregger_Horrors_Hottest_New_Filmmaker_Levels_Up\" >Zach Cregger, Horror\u2019s Hottest New Filmmaker, Levels Up<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Zach_Cregger_Horrors_Hottest_New_Filmmaker_Levels_Up\"><\/span>Zach Cregger, Horror\u2019s Hottest New Filmmaker, Levels Up<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    It was a flash bomb of an auction. Within 36\u202fhours of first hitting the town, a package featuring a 39-page short story titled \u201cOccupant\u201d and written by newbie Victor\u202fSweetser saw offers zoom from a $25,000 option to a final purchase price of high mid-six figures. There were numerous studios and filmmakers fighting in the trenches for the project \u2014 Paramount, Lionsgate, Amazon \u2014 but in the end it was New Line that won it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The early February brouhaha illustrates the hot streak of<strong> <\/strong>Zach Cregger, the filmmaker behind last year\u2019s horror hit <em>Barbarian<\/em>, which cost $4.5\u00a0million to make and then grossed more than $40\u00a0million domestically for 20th Century Studios. Cregger is attached to produce <em>Occupant <\/em>along with frequent partner Roy Lee and Scott Glassgold, who originated and developed the project. <em>Occupant<\/em> is described as a reverse haunted house story. Instead of a family moving into an abode, here a historical house is moved for preservation purposes into a neighborhood. Scares ensue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    It\u2019s Cregger\u2019s third project to be set up in as many weeks, highly unusual for a neophyte filmmaker, albeit one also repped by CAA, Artists First and Jackoway Austen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    At the beginning of the year, Cregger set up horror thriller <em>Weapons<\/em> in a frenzied auction that New Line also won and that will see the filmmaker earning $10\u00a0million to write and direct what will be his follow-up to <em>Barbarian<\/em>. Days later, New Line (again) went all in for <em>Companion<\/em>, a sci-fi thriller that Cregger will produce with BoulderLight Pictures and Lee. Both (yes, both) projects came with automatic green lights and are expected to shoot this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Before this moment, Cregger was in the comedy <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> as a co-founder of the comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U\u2019 Know and co-directed a little-seen 2009 movie titled <em>Miss March<\/em>. He also starred in a comedy titled <em>Wrecked <\/em>that aired on TBS for three seasons. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <em>Barbarian<\/em> was rejected by almost every production entity in Hollywood, in some cases twice, thanks to its unique structure and many twists. But the movie proved to be a hit with audiences and critics, and especially with other producers and executives who im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely wanted to be in the Cregger business. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cHe capitalized and then he leveled up,\u201d says an executive at a rival studio that lost out on <em>Occupant<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    New Line, for one, is thrilled to be in the burgeoning Cregger business. With horror one of the few genres consistently working theatrically outside the superhero genre, it now has three projects tied to a talent poised to become a voice in the scary movie department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cIf I just saw <em>Barbarian<\/em>, it would be enough for me to bet on Zach having a long and impressive career,\u201d said New Line\u2019s president and CCO, Richard Brener. \u201cBut after reading <em>Weapons<\/em> and discussing <em>Companion<\/em> and <em>The Occupant<\/em> with him, it\u2019s a virtual lock.\u00a0When you add how collaborative and personable he is on top of that, well, I hope he is part of the New Line family as long as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <em>A version of this story first <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared in the Feb. 15 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.hollywoodreporter.com\/sub\/?p=THR&amp;f=saleb_2&amp;s=IH2205THRS\">Click here to subscribe<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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