Two pioneers of the found footage genre team up for a mystery project. The Crypt Keeper returns to host AMC. The Lilo & Stitch sequel is rumored to introduce a brand-new character. And three newly-announced projects concern ghost clowns, cyber clowns, and a vampire from 1994. The world changes, we do not. It’s Morning Spoilers!
C.L.A.Y.
Deadline reports Nicolas Cage, Michael Sheen, Jordi Mollà, Emilio Sakraya, and Adrian Topol are attached to star in C.L.A.Y., a “psychological cyber-thriller” from writer/director Simon Afram. The story follows “a brilliant but socially invisible computer prodigy who finds purpose and belonging when he is drawn into C.L.A.Y. (Clowns Laughing At You), an underground hacker collective whose daring exploits turn digital provocation into real-world consequences. As the group’s notoriety grows, their actions attract the attention of intelligence agencies, criminal syndicates, and rival hackers.”
R.L. Stine’s Afraid of Clowns
Variety also reports Frankie Honey, Ava Ferrer, Azriel Dalman, Joe Moore, and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’ Season 8 champion, Jimbo, are attached to star in R.L. Stine’s Afraid of Clowns, a Tubi original from R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead director, Jem Garrard. Scheduled for release sometime next year, the synopsis reads: “When Ringmaster Rollo and his mysterious clown troupe arrive in Redhaven, Frankie discovers their visit may be connected to a child who vanished years ago. Convinced they’ve now set their sights on her little brother, Frankie must convince her friends to help uncover the truth and stop the clowns before her brother disappears with them for good.”
Hexagram
According to the latest issue of Production Weekly, Osgood Perkins’ Hexagram—a film said to be set in the “Longlegs universe” and also star Nicolas Cage—begins filming this January 2027 in Vancouver, Canada.
Lilo & Stitch 2
According to a new rumor from entertainment insiders @cosmic_marvel and @DanielRPK, Lilo & Stitch 2 is now casting Nellie, a “new lead character” described as a “fast-talking” 9-year old who “quickly befriends Lilo and Stitch” after moving to Hawaii from “a big city.”
The live-action ‘LILO & STITCH 2’ film is reportedly casting for a new lead character named Nellie.
• Described as a 9-year-old fast-talking girl who moves to Hawaii from a big city and quickly befriends Lilo and Stitch.
• Filming begins in December.
(via @DanielRPK) pic.twitter.com/r2fUycd9lr
— Cosmic Marvel (@cosmic_marvel) October 1, 2026
Bleed the Night
Deadline reports Fox Entertainment Studios has acquired Bleed the Night, a vampire spec script from Keith Cooper and Zoe Cooper, “based on a story by Keith Cooper and Justin Dyck.” The story concerns “a lonely teenager” who answers “a mysterious ad reading ‘MUST LOVE BLOOD.’ She then meets a charismatic young vampire who offers her the friendship and freedom she’s always craved — turning one summer night in 1994 into a bloody crime spree that tests just how far she’ll go for her first real friend.” Currently, no director is attached.
Every House is Haunted
Deadline also reports Corin Hardy is no longer attached to direct Every House is Haunted, the film adaptation of the Ian Rogers short story The House on Ashley Avenue, which has since moved from Netflix to 20th Century Fox. Don’t Move directors Adam Schindler and Brian Netto have taken over the project, and will reportedly “do their own pass on the script by Jason Pagan and Andrew Deutschman.” The story follows “an insurance investigator who tries to debunk claims that a couple’s death was caused by a haunted house, only for his doubts to be challenged by a psychic and the mysterious occurrences he witnesses with his own eyes.”
Untitled Eduardo Sánchez/Dean Alioto Project
During a recent Reddit AMA (via Bloody-Disgusting), The Blair Witch Project‘s Eduardo Sánchez revealed he’s collaborating on a new project with The McPherson Tapes‘ Dean Alioto.
Love The McPherson Tape, Alien Abduction: Incident In Lake County – but didn’t see it (both versions, actually) until after [Blair Witch Project]. Working with Dean Alioto on something right now, in fact…
Clayface
During a recent interview with Comic Book Movie, credited Clayface co-screenwriter Mike Flanagan stated the project is director “James Watkins’ movie,” and “very much not mine.”
Clayface, very much is not mine. It’s James Watkins’ movie. I wrote a script I loved and I turned it in and then that’s the last…I haven’t even seen it. I’m excited to see it and see what James did with it.
Slayground
A24 has released five new posters for Jeremy Saulnier’s Slayground.
Ebenezer
Paramount has released a new trailer for Ti West’s Ebenezer starring Daisy Ridley, Andrea Riseborough, Tramell Tillman, Ian McKellen, Rupert Grint, and Johnny Depp.
Below
Spoiler TV has a synopsis for Below, the new Netflix series about a small town terrorized by a sea monster starring Josh Hartnett, Charlie Heaton, and Mackenzie Davis.
When a mysterious sea creature terrorizes a small Newfoundland town, a hard-bitten fisherman must fight to protect his family, his community, and his vanishing way of life. Calvin Penney (Josh Hartnett) is a big‑hearted but stubborn fisherman living in a small Newfoundland town, who’s still haunted by his father’s mysterious death from decades ago. When an unidentified sea creature begins terrorizing his hometown, Calvin must fight to hold his close-knit community together. Determined to keep his son Wade (Charlie Heaton) and the rest of his family safe, he teams up with a visiting marine researcher (Mackenzie Davis) to confront the creature and reveal the island’s buried secrets before it’s too late. Blending local myth, thrilling suspense, and heartfelt humour, this twisty six-part limited series dives into themes of family, community, and change – both terrifying and inevitable.
Treasure Island: The Series
Spoiler TV also has a synopsis for Amazon’s Treasure Island series starring Hayley Atwell, David Oyelowo, Jack Huston, and Tomer Capone. Click through for images.
A high-stakes reinvention of the classic, Treasure Island follows teenager Jim Hawkins and his formidable mother Bess as they’re pulled into a deadly race for the treasure of the infamous Captain Flint. Battling for control are Long John Silver—a ruthless survivor who is just as charming as he is cunning —and Aaron Graham, a revolutionary spy seeking to use the gold to upend colonial power. Set in 1788 across storm-battered Cornwall, treacherous seas, and a jungle island soaked in secrets, this is Treasure Island reimagined as a thrilling, immersive, and character-driven epic.
Dexter: Resurrection
Dexter goes up against a pair of serial killers played by Dan Stevens and Brian Cox in the trailer for the second season of Dexter: Resurrection.
Crystal Lake
Linda Cardellini has shared the opening scene of Crystal Lake on Instagram.
AMC Fear Fest
Finally, the Crypt Keeper returns to host AMC Fear Fest for the full month of October.
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