James Gunn's Mystery Box + Neve Campbell's Blood Intervention

FRIDAY. The day we collectively pretend matters more than other days because capitalism told us so. But you know what? I'm buying in. Completely. Wore my good sweatpants today. The ones without the mystery stains. Felt dangerous. Might even brush my hair later. Probably won't.

But the option exists and that's what Friday's about - theoretical possibilities we'll never pursue.

IN THIS ISSUE:

James Gunn went on some podcast and basically said "stuff is happening but I won't tell you what."

The Batman Part II will film before his mysterious Superman follow-up that he won't name. There's an unannounced TV show in production. The Brave and The Bold, Wonder Woman, Paradise Lost, and Booster Gold are all still happening but when? Who knows. Not us. Probably not Gunn either.

The Authority "has undergone some changes" which is Hollywood speak for "we f**ked something up and had to start over."

You know what this reminds me of? My friend who keeps saying he's "working on something big" but it's been three years and all he's done is buy a whiteboard. Gunn's that friend but with Warner Brothers money.

He won't greenlight anything until the screenplay is perfect which sounds responsible until you remember this is the same studio that released Suicide Squad (the first one) and thought "yeah this is ready."

Kevin Williamson revealed that Neve Campbell basically walked into Scream 7 and said "can we maybe not make this a blood fountain for once?"

She wants it to be like the original - suspenseful instead of just throwing organs at the screen. February 27, 2026 release and apparently Sidney gets a happy ending because Williamson says anything else would be "sacrilegious."

Look, Neve Campbell is 51 and has been running from Ghostface since 1996. That's almost 30 years of franchise trauma. She deserves to tell them exactly how she wants to not die this time.

David Arquette's back somehow even though Dewey died. Either flashbacks or we're doing zombie Dewey which honestly wouldn't be the weirdest thing this franchise has done.

Dave Green got his movie shelved by Warner Bros for tax reasons so he said "f**k it" and sold a horror pitch called "Hex" to 20th Century Studios.

This is a beautiful revenge story. Warner Bros shelved his completed Looney Tunes movie to save money so he immediately went and made money for their competitor. Ben David Grabinski (Scott Pilgrim Takes Off) is writing about "dark magic coming to an unusual town" which sounds like every Netflix show but at least it'll actually get released.

The Coyote movie is now coming out in August 2026 through Ketchup Entertainment which sounds fake but isn't.

I respect the pettiness. This is like when my ex blocked me so I became friends with her sister. Not to be weird, just to exist in adjacent spaces.

A24's "October" cast Chase Sui Wonders and Sophie Wilde in a "fugitive thriller set during Halloween."

Jeremy Saulnier's directing and that man only makes movies where everyone's having the worst day of their lives. Green Room was just watching people get murdered by Nazis for 90 minutes. Rebel Ridge was "what if cops but worse." Now he's doing Halloween which means someone's definitely dying in a Spirit Halloween store.

Character details are "under wraps" which is movie speak for "we haven't figured it out yet but these actors tested well."