Christopher Landon, the writer-director behind horror films like Happy Death Day (pictured above) and Freaky, has a potential new project lined up after his departure from Scream VII.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Landon is in negotiations with Lionsgate, who is working on an adaptation of the Chandler Baker’s “Big Bad.” The short story appeared in the 2023 Audible-only anthology, Creature Feature, which also features tales by Grady Hendrix, Joe Hill, Josh Malerman, Paul Tremblay, and Jason Mott.
Audible’s logline for “Big Bad” describes the story as follows: “For a family trying to make an isolated farmhouse into a home, fear and rage are getting harder to control.” That fear and rage phrase is a reference to werewolves, a beloved horror staple. Whether it’s the family members themselves turning into werewolves (is the call coming from inside the house?) or werewolves on the outside trying to murder the family, the threat isn’t revealed from the logline, so you’ll have to listen to the story yourself to find out where the lycanthropes lie.
If Landon signs on to direct, this project will be the first one for him after leaving Scream VII late last year. The next sequel in the immensely popular Scream franchise has become enshrouded in controversy after news broke in November 2023 that neither Melissa Barrera nor Jenna Ortega would be returning for the film.
The adaption of “Big Bad” is still in its early days, so no news yet on casting, much less when the movie will scare its way to a theater near you.
