Big Bad
Summary
FormerScream 7director Christopher Landon has signed on to helm the newfangled movieBig Bad . Although Landon was antecedently attached to direct theScreamsequel , he stepped down following production company Spyglass ' decision to fire star Melissa Barrera after she share pro - Palestine posts on social medium . Shortly afterward , it was announced that her co - star Jenna Ortega had also dropped out of the project , for unspecified reasons .
PerDeadline , Christopher Landon has boarded his first directorial project since dropping out of theupcomingScream 7 . The project , Big Bad , will be adapted by Chandler Baker from her short story of the same name , which was published as part of the Amazon Original anthologyCreature Featurealongside piece of work by Grady Hendrix ( My Best Friend ’s Exorcism ) , Josh Malerman ( Bird Box ) , Paul Tremblay ( The Cabin at the End of the World ) , and more . The story follows a dysfunctional syndicate whose house is surrounded by wolves follow a recent mudslide .
The Werewolf Subgenre Could Be Good For Christopher Landon
The werewolf subgenre will likely chance a very valuable director in Landon . The managing director has tackled a miscellanea of creatures and baddie in his body of work , including zombi spirit ( Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse ) , ghosts ( We Have a Ghost ) , demon ( Paranormal Activity : The Marked Ones ) , and slasher ( Freaky , Happy Death Day , Happy Death Day 2U ) . While he would belike have applied his skill at intermix comedy and repulsion to the unexampled installment in theScreamfranchise , making a werewolf picture show will provide him with a more unique opportunity .
Landon also wrote the screenplays forParanormal Activity 2 , Paranormal Activity 3,Paranormal Activity 4 , andParanormal Activity : Next of Kin , though he did n’t direct any of those installments in the franchise .
There are quite a few classic lycanthrope moving picture in the horror canyon , cross from 1941’sThe Wolf Manto more modern entries such as 1981’sAn American Werewolf in Londonand 2000’sGinger Snaps . However , the subgenre tends to get less care from filmmakers than other popular horror subgenres such as haunted houses and vampire . In spite of several late entrance , including the 2021 comedyWerewolves WithinandMarvel’sWerewolf by Night , there are still fewer notable loup-garou movies in the modern canon than many other prominent subgenres .
Big Badcould provide Landon with a more alone outing to add to his resume thanScream 7 , which would have given him his fourth entry in the slasher subgenre . If he applies the same filmmaking style to the fresh movie that has seen his projects connect with audiences clock time and again , the werewolf film could even try out to be a sizable hitting . With few similar movies in the mart , it will stand out even more on top of that .
seed : Deadline
