Zach Cregger just confirmed what fans have been waiting to hear: a Weapons prequel is coming.
“It is real and I’ve been talking to Warner Bros. about it,” Cregger told Fangoria. “There’s a story and I’m pretty excited about it. It’s not bullsh**."
The project does not yet have a release date, but before work begins properly, the director is set to take on the next big-screen adaptation of the hit video game series Resident Evil.
Cregger revealed he’d been planning the prequel since before the first movie even premiered. “I was ready," he told the outlet. "I had it kind of in my pocket before the movie came out.”
The final sign-off ultimately rests with Warner Bros., which may look favorably on the project given Weapons’ box office success. Released on August 8, the film grossed $264 million worldwide on a $38 million budget and currently holds a 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
As for what the prequel will explore, Cregger says Aunt Gladys is the focus. “I knew one day I was going to explore something like that, and this was my chance,” he explained.
According to the director, she was inspired by one of David Lynch’s best works. “There’s the scene in Twin Peaks, where Kyle MacLachlan gets off a plane in the first episode and there’s a woman on the tarmac. She’s wearing this crazy, outlandish, brightly colored outfit. She’s making this weird face and doing this weird peacock dance," he said. “It just scared the s*** out of me as a kid.”
