Warner Bros. Needs a ‘Weapons’ Prequel...

Weapons hasn’t been in theaters a week, however the studio already desires extra. The Hollywood Reporter says it has talked to writer-director Zach Cregger about doing a little form of prequel centering on Aunt Gladys, a vital, immediately iconic character within the movie performed by Amy Madigan.

Cregger revealed to io9 recently that he had, at one level, written a chapter centered on Gladys, however finally minimize it. “In an earlier draft of the script I had given her her personal chapter,” Cregger advised io9. “It was a bit little bit of an origin earlier than she got here to city. However I noticed that it was simply giving an excessive amount of away. It’s extra compelling to not know a few of these issues. So I ended up slicing it very early on within the writing course of.”

Nicely, now, Warner Bros. is hoping he’ll flip that story right into a full function. No offers are in place but; it’s simply talks, but it surely’s brewing.

In fact, Cregger will subsequent make a brand new Resident Evil film, based mostly on the long-lasting online game franchise. It’s an unique story that he’s very enthusiastic about, however as soon as that’s out, nothing is lined up simply but. If Resident Evil is a success, possibly Sony backs up the dump truck for a sequel. Or, Warner Bros. knocks into that dump truck with its personal dump truck, hoping to get Cregger again for extra Weapons. Time will inform.

As for the Gladys film, Cregger additionally advised io9 that a lot of the place the character got here from and what she was about was largely left as much as Madigan. “I sort of had an concept of what was happening along with her,” he mentioned. “And I talked with Amy about that considerably, however I additionally wish to respect Amy’s course of. And I would like her to take possession, and I would like her to sort of create her personal mythology. So I gave her a few choices of what I feel could be happening. After which I sort of didn’t ask her too many questions on the place she landed with it.”

Possibly we’ll discover out in a giant manner someday sooner or later.

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