Warner Bros. Wins 'Siren Head' Movie; Duffield to Direct
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- Warner Bros. won a bidding war for the film rights to "Siren Head," the internet urban legend about a long, thin predator with two sirens for a head, created by artist Trevor Henderson.
- Brian Duffield will direct from a screenplay he co-writes with Zach Cregger, whose recent credits include writing and directing the Oscar-winning "Weapons" and the horror film "Barbarians."
- Duffield's filmography includes the sci-fi horror "No One Will Save You" and the upcoming survival thriller "Whalefall," which stars Josh Brolin and Austin Abrams and opens this fall.
- Producers on "Siren Head" include Cregger, Duffield, Roy Lee, Andrew Childs, and Scott Glassgold, with Henderson attached as executive producer, per the report.
- The deal continues a pattern of studios mining internet-born horror IP for theaters, following A24's "Backrooms" (directed by 20-year-old Kane Parsons) and "Obsession" from 26-year-old YouTuber Curry Barker.
- Cregger's next project is a "Resident Evil" reboot hitting theaters in September and also starring Austin Abrams, according to the piece.
Why it matters: Warner Bros. is paying top dollar for a creepypasta character specifically to court Gen Z, the demographic that now drives the most consistent theatrical attendance — placing the studio in direct competition with A24, which already scored with the YouTube-born hit "Backrooms."
