Warner Bros. Sets 2028 Dates for Cregger Films The Flood, Gladys

Warner Bros. announced release dates for two upcoming films tied to acclaimed director Zach Cregger at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, highlighting the studio's continued collaboration with the filmmaker following the blockbuster success of his 2025 horror hit Weapons. The sci-fi thriller The Flood, which Cregger wrote and will direct, is scheduled for August 11, 2028, while a prequel to Weapons titled Gladys is set for September 8, 2028.

The Flood marks Cregger's venture into science fiction, diverging from the horror genre that defined his recent work. The original project, produced by Amblin Entertainment, Vertigo Entertainment and others, is set on a distant space station, though plot details remain limited. It reunites Cregger with producers Roy Lee and Miri Yoon from Weapons. The film was initially developed at Netflix but shifted to Warner Bros. after the streamer declined a theatrical release. Cregger has described the script as his favorite project, calling it "maybe the best thing I ever wrote" in a 2025 podcast interview. He penned it after Barbarian but before Weapons, initially doubting he would direct it.

Gladys explores the backstory of the enigmatic Aunt Gladys,...