00:00A siren head horror movie is headed to the big screen.
00:03Coming out on top of a five-studio bidding war with a massive multi-million dollar deal,
00:09Warner Bros. Pictures has picked up the underlying rights to the viral horror
00:12sensation created by creature designer Trevor Henderson. Weapons filmmaker Zack Kreger is
00:18teaming up on the script with Brian Duffield, whose upcoming survival movie Whalefall is
00:23already generating buzz. The plan would be for Duffield to direct. Kreger and Duffield will
00:28also be among the film's producers. This news comes following the success of Back Rooms,
00:32which helped kick off the trend of mining viral internet content for Hollywood source material,
00:37with its $81.4 million opening on May 29th.
00:41Look, I know how this sounds, but you gotta understand, it's massive in there.
00:45I'm not saying I don't believe you.
00:48Okay, I'm gonna come back here with proof.
00:51Finding what will bring Gen Z to theaters has become a Hollywood focus,
00:54thanks to the unexpected success of Back Rooms, directed by Kane Parsons,
00:58and Obsession, directed by Curry Barker.
01:01Is her love real?
01:06Just because you chose this for her doesn't make it less real.
01:10Both Parsons and Barker gained followings with their YouTube horror shorts.
01:14Siren Man was created by Canadian artist Henderson in 2018,
01:17and once he put it on the internet, it took off in an unexpected way beyond anyone's comprehension.
01:23Krager and Duffield are said to have found a take into the world of Siren Man
01:26that jazzed them into collaborating, and in turn excited the studios into bidding.
01:31The rights deal alone is said to be in the low seven figures.
01:34For much more on this story and all the latest movie news,
01:37go to THR.com.
01:39This is the Hollywood Reporter News.
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