Is Zach Cregger’s Horror Thriller ‘Weapons’ Getting A Prequel? Here’s What Warner Bros. Might Be Planning!

Weapons has hit the theatres on August 8, 2025, and within less than a week, it has made ripples at the box office and even garnered a lot of positive reviews from the audience and critics. Zach Cregger, who made his name with his movie Barbarian, has come up with another horror thriller with Weapons, and the audience is loving it. As the buzz is growing, not only fans but also the studio, Warner Bros., are expecting a prequel. Scroll ahead to find out what the prequel would be about.

What Is The Prequel Of Weapons Going To Be?

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. and New Line, the production house for Weapons, have already been in talks with the director Zach Cregger about the prequel. And the storyline will be exploring Aunt Gladys (played by Amy Madigan). One of Weapons’ main points has been the chapters’ structure, centering around the different characters.

Cregger even recently opened up about having a chapter on Gladys early on while writing Weapons, but then he scrapped it as it didn’t fit right. In an interview with io9, the writer-director said, “In an earlier draft of the script, I had given her her own chapter. 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 not to know some of these things. So I ended up cutting it very early on in the writing process.” Now, Warner Bros. is hoping that it might turn into a feature film soon that can be released as Weapons’ prequel.