The week’s most share-worthy genre news, gathered for OtherWorldly Culture: John Constantine gets a new movie from the director of the next Evil Dead, Godzilla Minus Zero brings the King back to theaters, Paul W.S. Anderson returns to deep space, Chris Jericho hunts a werewolf, Grimes headlines an AI-generated sci-fi horror film, three misfits stand accused in Satanic Panic #1, a canceled Paranormal Activity game comes back from the dead for free, Triumph cancel their 2026 tour dates, and Chelsea Green and Rey Fenix leave Halloween SmackDown still champions.
DC Studios Hires Evil Dead Wrath’s Francis Galluppi to Write a New Constantine Movie
DC Studios is opening the door to its supernatural side. Deadline reports that Francis Galluppi, who will direct the seventh Evil Dead film, Evil Dead Wrath, has been hired to write a new movie built around John Constantine, the hard-drinking exorcist created for Swamp Thing and headliner of the long-running Hellblazer comic. What remains unclear is where the project sits: it could belong to James Gunn’s DC Universe, or connect to the long-developing sequel to Keanu Reeves’ 2005 film, which was recently reported as still alive. No director or casting has been announced.
Source: MovieWeb
Godzilla Minus Zero Brings the King Back to Theaters This Friday
Godzilla returns to theaters this Friday, November 6, with Godzilla Minus Zero, Takashi Yamazaki’s sequel to his acclaimed Godzilla Minus One. Collider notes the first film became a phenomenon on a reported budget of only about $15 million, earning more than $110 million worldwide and forcing Toho to keep adding screenings. The sequel, running 135 minutes, brings back Ryunosuke Kamiki as Koichi Shikishima and Minami Hamabe as Noriko Oishi. Fans wanting a refresher can stream Godzilla Minus One on Netflix, where it has lived since 2024, before the new film opens in regular and premium formats.
Source: Collider
Paul W.S. Anderson Returns to Deep Space With Nether Station and Nether Vortex
Paul W.S. Anderson is heading back into deep space. Deadline reports the Event Horizon and Resident Evil director will adapt Nether Station and Nether Vortex, Kevin J. Anderson’s two-book cosmic horror saga, for the big screen. The novels follow Cammie Skoura, a brilliant neurodivergent scientist on an expedition that uncovers ancient ruins and long-dead alien civilizations on the way to a mind-shattering discovery. Jonathan Wakeham writes both screenplays, and Anderson produces with longtime partner Jeremy Bolt alongside Weird Tales’ John Harlacher and Tony Eldridge. The sequel novel only arrived on October 27. No cast or release date is set.
Source: CBR
Chris Jericho to Star as a Werewolf Bounty Hunter in I Am the Teeth
Chris Jericho is trading the ring for a werewolf hunt. Deadline reports the wrestling star will play The Hunter, a ruthless bounty hunter, in I Am the Teeth, a creature horror adventure directed by Scott B. Hansen for Epic Pictures Group’s Dread label. The story follows five middle school students searching for a missing pet who encounter a werewolf in the woods around their town, putting Jericho’s Hunter on a collision course with kids determined to protect the creature. Hope Jordan and Thomas Parobek also star. Proof-of-concept footage screens at AFM, with full production planned for early 2027.
Source: WebIsJericho
Grimes Stars in Gods Don’t Give Gifts, an AI-Generated Sci-Fi Horror Film Headed to Theaters
Pop star Grimes is headlining a first for movie theaters: Gods Don’t Give Gifts, billed as the first AI-generated feature to receive a theatrical release, arriving December 4. ComingSoon reports Grimes plays Zayinth Alda, a disaffected aristocrat in a science fiction horror world called the Second Cycle of Humanity, where transhumanism has pushed humanity into strange new forms. The new trailer mixes meadows and robotic legs with mass destruction, sprawling computer systems, brain-scan experiments, consciousness transferred into machine frames and a colossal ape-like creature rising from the sea. Zack London directs the 107-minute film, produced by Edward Saatchi.
Source: ComingSoon
Three Misfits Are the Prime Suspects in Satanic Panic #1
A masked slasher is stalking a sleepy 1980s town, and the obvious suspects are the weird kids. Satanic Panic #1, a new horror comic from writer Matt Miner and artist Clayton McCormack previewed by Graphic Policy, follows D&D geeks and Ozzy enthusiasts Naz, Sal and Terry, three local misfits blamed for a series of gruesome murders at the height of the Satanic Panic, when heavy metal records and role-playing games counted as evidence of devil worship. To survive, the trio must clear their names and unmask the real killer before paranoia claims more innocent lives.
Source: Graphic Policy
Canceled Paranormal Activity Game Returns as Free Horror Experience Playable Archive
A canceled Paranormal Activity game has come back from the dead, free for anyone brave enough to play it. 80 Level reports that developer Brian Clarke of DarkStone Digital, creator of The Mortuary Assistant, has released Playable Archive, a reworked version of Paranormal Activity: Threshold, the licensed game Paramount canceled this past May after denying extra development time. Stripped of the franchise references, the 30-to-60-minute found-footage horror experience follows a young couple renovating their home who tamper with a strange object. It has no save system, so one sitting is all you get. It is available now on Steam.
Source: 80 Level
Triumph Cancel Upcoming 2026 Tour Dates
Hard rock legends Triumph have canceled all 17 shows on the second leg of their 2026 reunion tour, Loudwire reports, citing unexpected medical circumstances affecting the band. The Rock and Roll Machine Reloaded dates were to run from November 17 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, through December 19 in London, Ontario, and tickets will be refunded automatically through the original point of purchase. The band apologized for the short notice, said the circumstances left no time to rehearse, and struck an optimistic note, telling fans the outlook is positive and they intend to return to the stage soon.
Source: Loudwire
Chelsea Green and Rey Fenix Retain Titles on Halloween SmackDown
Halloween belonged to the champions on WWE SmackDown. 411Mania’s live coverage of the October 30 episode, a Danhausen-hosted Halloween special from Charleston, West Virginia, saw Chelsea Green retain the WWE Women’s Championship against Nikki Bella, escaping with a small package in just over eight minutes despite interference storylines swirling around Tiffany Stratton’s briefcase. In the night’s other title match, Rey Fenix kept the AAA Cruiserweight Championship against Ricky Saints, finishing a fast, near-fall-filled eleven-minute bout with the Mexican Muscle Buster. Both champions survived, but Liv Morgan’s post-match warning suggests Green’s luck may run out at Crown Jewel.
Source: 411Mania
That’s the week in briefs — see you next Saturday.
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