In an interview with Bloody Disgusting, Zach Cregger, the writer-director of present horror sensation Barbarian, talks about a few of the initiatives he’d prefer to work on subsequent. In addition to an unique function he’s been slowly growing, he’s additionally engaged on a script that’s “set in the DC Universe.” He additionally mentioned that it was “Batman-adjacent” which helps slim it down, however not by a lot.

Now, I don’t know a lot about IP work in movie (I imply, I do know somewhat bit about it) however I do know quite a bit about fanfiction, and this, Mr. Cregger, is fanfic to the very best diploma. Personally, I’m delighted to see spec scripts aired out with such hope and optimism, and extra folks ought to write spec scripts only for the hell of it.

Barbarian, the movie that Cregger is at present selling, is an Airbnb horror story that contains a double-booked residence with a darkish secret hidden within the basement. It’s somewhat bit like Psycho, Get Out, and Mandy all got here collectively and had a child, raised that child on AITA Reddit, after which advised it that they may have somewhat homicide, as a deal with.

Barbarian is at present out in theaters.

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