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TriviaDeadline Hollywood reported that New Line Cinema won the spec script in a bidding war against, allegedly, Universal, Netflix and Sony/TriStar. The Hollywood Reporter detailed that part of the deal were a eight figure sum of money, a guaranteed greenlight for production, final cut privileges for Cregger, interest in a backend pot and, most importantly in closing the deal, the guarantee of a theatrical release. Insiders called it a unprecedented deal in modern times and is compared to M. Night Shyamalan deals post The Sixth Sense (1999). 8/8/2025, 12:00:00 AM