Zach Cregger’s New Sci-Fi Film Hits a Wall at Netflix
Production on Zach Cregger’s upcoming sci-fi film The Flood has reportedly stalled. According to The Wrap, Netflix declined to grant the movie a theatrical release, going against Cregger’s creative vision and leading to a production halt.
New Projects in Sci-Fi and Animation
Deadline reports that Winston Duke and LaKeith Stanfield have joined the cast of Slime, an animated sci-fi feature co-starring Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi, Willow Smith, Teyana Taylor, Anna Sawai, John Cho, and John Boyega.
The story follows Muna (Smith), “an optimistic but broke young woman who signs up for a paid clinical trial, only to be injected with a mysterious creature’s slime that unleashes destructive powers she can’t control. On the run, she kidnaps Glenn (Mescudi), the lab worker who injected her, and the two set out on a perilous odyssey through a crumbling dystopian world in search of refuge and a cure. But as the clock runs out, is Muna transforming into humanity’s worst nightmare or its last, unlikely savior?”
Other Sci-Fi Highlights
- The Doctor Who spinoff War Between the Land and the Sea is reportedly renaming the Sea Devils.
- Stranger Things season 5 has unveiled a series of new posters teasing the final chapter.
- NEON released a trailer for its animated feature Arco, telling the story of “a 10-year-old boy from a peaceful, distant future who accidentally travels back to the year 2075 and discovers a world in peril.”
Author’s Summary
Zach Cregger’s The Flood faces delays at Netflix, while animated sci-fi projects like Slime and Arco push forward with ambitious casts and imaginative stories.