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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Zach Cregger Confirms He’s Working on a Prequel to Weapons · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Director Zach Craiger delivered a bonafide hit with his horror
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  Speaker 2: thriller Weapons, which feature one of the most unique boogeymen
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  Speaker 2: in recent memory, Aunt Gladys, a house guest with highly
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  Speaker 2: suspect makeup skills and a passion for witchcraft. And not
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  Speaker 2: much was revealed about the character's backstory, but it appears
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  Speaker 2: that it's going to change thanks to a prequel.
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  Speaker 3: Zach just confirmed he's actively developed in this.
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  Speaker 2: He tells Fangoria it's real and I've been talking to
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  Speaker 2: Warner Brothers about it. Who produces Weapons. There's a story
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  Speaker 2: and I'm pretty excited about it as not a rumor.
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  Speaker 2: It turns out the kernel of the prequel was already
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  Speaker 2: in the original script Zach wrote for Weapons before it
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  Speaker 2: was cut during development, and it's proving fruitful now. He adds,
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  Speaker 2: I was ready. I kind of had it in my
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  Speaker 2: pocket before the movie even came out. Before he can
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  Speaker 2: lean into the Weapons prequel, Craiger is swamped with the
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  Speaker 2: reboot of Resident.
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  Speaker 3: Evil, which is supposed to get theaters in about a year.
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  Speaker 1: That's Direct from Hollywood.