After the breakthrough success of his 2022 hit Barbarian, the filmmaker set himself up for a home run with the recently released Weapons, starring Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Benedict Wong, Austin Abrams,

"It's gonna be not at all like Barbarian and Weapons," Cregger explained. "It's going to be a rock 'em, sock 'em … it's for me to play. And for me to turn my brain off and just make like a … Evil Dead 2