Session 1: Session 9 Creators Pitch Prequel About Mary Hobbes

Overview

• Director Brad Anderson and writer-actor Stephen Gevedon announced they are developing a prequel called Session 1 during a public Q&A at a Mass Mini Con anniversary screening.
• The project is framed as an origin story set in late-1960s Boston that will explore Mary Hobbes’s backstory and the events that shaped her character.
• The announcement was captured and shared on social media but the film remains at the pitch and early-development stage with no confirmed cast, budget, distributor, or production timeline.
• Anderson said the filmmakers believe there is an audience for the prequel and are trying to get the movie off the ground; they have not yet disclosed any financing or studio attachments.
• Session 9 first found its audience slowly after a limited 2001 release, building a cult following for its slow-burn asylum setting and low-budget, atmospheric approach, which helps explain renewed interest now.