Zach Cregger Confirms He’ Working On Weapons Prequel
Zach Cregger has confirmed that he is working on a Weapons prequel. Cregger wrote and directed the 2025 horror hit, which earned a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and has made $263 million worldwide. Not long after the movie’s release, talk about a potential prequel revolving around one of its breakout characters began. Well, the prequel is officially in development.
Weapons takes place in a small town where all but one child in an elementary school class mysteriously go missing one night, leaving a community ratteld and desperate for answers. The movie stars Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Benedict Wong, Austin Abrams, and Amy Madigan, whose Aunt Gladys is expected to be the center of the proposed Weapons prequel.
Talking with Fangoria about Weapons digital release, Cregger confirmed that a prequel around Aunt Gladys is being explored. The director said:
“It is real and I’ve been talking to Warner Bros. about it. There’s a story and I’m pretty excited about it. It’s not bulls–t.”
Cregger also shared that this idea did not come about only after Weapons became a box office success, but that he “had it kind of in my pocket before the movie came out.”
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