Siren Head Movie Lands At Warner Bros With Brian Duffield Directing
Deadline • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Warner Bros. has acquired the feature film rights to Siren Head, a horror IP based on Trevor Henderson's viral meme, with Brian Duffield set to direct from a script co-written with Zach Cregger.
- The project emerged from a competitive five-way bidding war and will be produced by Duffield, Cregger, Roy Lee, Andrew Childs, Scott Glassgold, and exec produced by Henderson.
- Siren Head, created in 2018, features a 40-foot-tall humanoid monster known for blending into environments and emitting distorted audio to lure prey, gaining popularity through social media and YouTube influencer Markiplier.
- The film taps into the growing trend of youth-oriented, internet-rooted horror IPs, following the success of similar projects like A24’s Backrooms.
- Duffield, known for No One Will Save You and Whalefall, and Cregger, who recently released a Resident Evil movie, are both actively involved in upcoming high-profile genre projects.
