Warner Bros. Wants a ‘Weapons’ Prequel About That Character

Weapons hasn’t been in theaters a week, but the studio already wants more. The Hollywood Reporter says it has talked to writer-director Zach Cregger about doing some sort of prequel centering on Aunt Gladys, a crucial, instantly iconic character in the film played by Amy Madigan.

Cregger revealed to io9 recently that he had, at one point, written a chapter centered on Gladys, but eventually cut it. “In an earlier draft of the script I had given her her own chapter,” Cregger told io9. “It was a little bit of an origin before she came to town. But I realized that it was just giving too much away. It’s more compelling to not know some of these things. So I ended up cutting it very early on in the writing process.”

Well, now, Warner Bros. is hoping he will turn that story into a full feature. No deals are in place yet; it’s just talks, but it’s brewing.

Of course, Cregger will next make a new Resident Evil movie, based on the iconic video game franchise. It’s an original story that he’s very excited about, but once that’s out, nothing is lined up just yet. If Resident Evil is a hit, maybe Sony backs up the dump truck for a sequel. Or, Warner Bros. knocks into that dump truck with its own dump truck, hoping to get Cregger back for more Weapons. Time will tell.

As for the Gladys movie, Cregger also told io9 that much of where the character came from and what she was about was largely left up to Madigan. “I kind of had an idea of what was going on with her,” he said. “And I talked with Amy about that somewhat, but I also want to respect Amy’s process. And I want her to take ownership, and I want her to kind of create her own mythology. So I gave her a couple of options of what I think might be going on. And then I kind of didn’t ask her too many questions about where she landed with it.”

Maybe we’ll find out in a big way sometime in the future.

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