Overview
- Paramount announced an animated horror-comedy based on Yehudi Mercado’s comic and set its theatrical release for Friday, October 13, 2028.
- Mercado will co-direct the film while Dan Trachtenberg and producer Ben Rosenblatt are attached in producing roles, signaling direct involvement from the comic’s creator.
- The story follows Freddy VanWinkle, a well-meaning family member who accidentally kills the Boogeyman on vacation and becomes cursed with its powers, a synopsis released with the announcement says.
- Trachtenberg framed the project as a shift toward material parents can show their kids in an Instagram post and the film is described by Paramount as PG-minded family scares and laughs.
- The film is listed on Paramount’s 2028 slate alongside adaptations such as Call of Duty, a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and a Sonic movie, but casting and production start dates have not been disclosed.