{"id":1555670,"date":"2026-04-01T16:19:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consequence.net\/?p=1555670"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:19:14","slug":"weapons-prequel-gladys-zach-cregger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/04\/weapons-prequel-gladys-zach-cregger\/","title":{"rendered":"Weapons Prequel Gladys Now In the Works with Zach Cregger Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite what the ending of <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/08\/weapons-review-zach-cregger-movie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Weapons<\/i><\/a> might have implied, we haven&rsquo;t heard the last of <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/tag\/amy-madigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amy Madigan<\/a>&rsquo;s Aunt Gladys. <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/04\/weapons-prequel-writers-zach-cregger-zach-shields-gladys-1236771121\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Deadline reports<\/a> that <i>Weapons<\/i> writer\/director <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/tag\/zach-cregger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zach Cregger<\/a> is teaming up with <i>Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire<\/i>&nbsp;screenwriter Zach Shields to write <i>Gladys<\/i>, a prequel focused on the witchy menace.<\/p>\n<p>Madigan <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/03\/amy-madigan-weapons-oscars-sag-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar<\/a> for her terrifying turn as a woman who uses dark magic to control people, often for sinister purposes. Deadline doesn&rsquo;t confirm whether Madigan will appear in the prequel, or if it&rsquo;ll feature a much younger Gladys&rsquo;s origins, but theoretically it would confirm which of two backstories Cregger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/weapons-ending-amy-madigan?srsltid=AfmBOooiiSjpOjEIIBTcbBENY8XdpUf0mN9zZQ4YOOcEYqxb3W-BpdnB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">created for the character<\/a> (letting Madigan choose one of them to inform her own performance).<\/p>\n<p>Other details on the prequel, including who might direct, remain unknown. For more, here&rsquo;s Cregger revealing how his background in comedy helps him tackle <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/03\/horror-comedy-zach-cregger-ready-or-not\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the challenges of directing horror<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Weapons&nbsp;<\/em>is currently streaming now on HBO Max, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3OgxLPI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">is also available on 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD<\/a> via Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cregger is co-writing the film with Zach Shields (Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":154143411,"featured_media":1539602,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2026-04-01T20:19:21Z","apple_news_api_id":"401890a6-0094-490c-b101-4cf14a2e5884","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2026-04-01T20:19:21Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AQBiQpgCUSQyxAUzxSi5YhA","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"[\"https:\\\/\\\/news-api.apple.com\\\/sections\\\/ae2a92b9-917e-3fa5-8944-2cad60e24ec0\",\"https:\\\/\\\/news-api.apple.com\\\/sections\\\/f6ae1e60-ecf4-4920-b312-ec81c39f7d73\"]","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[654310306,103,654310305],"tags":[609204925,654309917],"artist":[],"game":[],"live_coverage":[],"class_list":["post-1555670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv-movie-news","category-entertainment-news","category-tv-movies","tag-amy-madigan","tag-zach-cregger"],"apple_news_notices":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/04\/weapons-prequel-gladys-zach-cregger\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Weapons Prequel Gladys Now In the Works with Zach Cregger Writing","url":"http:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/04\/weapons-prequel-gladys-zach-cregger\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/04\/weapons-prequel-gladys-zach-cregger\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/weapons-amy-madigan.jpg?quality=80&w=150","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/weapons-amy-madigan.jpg?quality=80"},"articleSection":"TV &amp; 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