Overview
- Warner Bros. released a short teaser Wednesday that confirmed an Oct. 6, 2028 theatrical release and showed brief Mogwai footage.
- The new date delays the film by nearly a year from the previously announced Nov. 19, 2027 release.
- Chris Columbus is attached to write and direct with Hannah Marks credited for the current draft and a screenplay credit shared with Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein.
- Producers include Amblin and 26th Street Pictures veterans and Steven Spielberg returns as an executive producer for the project.
- The timing change is presented as a marketing move to suit the film’s spooky tone, reduce direct competition with family tentpoles, and it has already prompted other Warner Bros. schedule shifts such as a DC title moving to Sept. 22, 2028.