This Week in Dead Meat | July 7th

You’ll notice that you’re getting this on Monday rather than Sunday and that’s because…

We’re moving the Newsletter to Monday Mornings!

Why? Frankly because I keep having to work on it over the weekends and at least this way I have both days of the weekend to find time for it.

What’s Going On In The World

1. ‘The Last Of Us’ Co-Creator Neil Druckmann To Step Back Creatively From HBO Series: Neil Druckmann, creator of The Last of Us game and co-creator/showrunner of the series, is stepping back to focus on his work at Naughty Dog, leaving the show in the hands of co-showrunner Craig Mazin (who also created Chernobyl). While there’s plenty of room to speculate that this is the result of a less well received second season, it’s also worth noting that when Druckmann’s next game releases (I’m guessing in 2027), he’ll have only directed one game in the last 7 years compared to three games in the 7 years before that. Naughty Dog may simply need him back.

2. “We Thought M3GAN Was Like Superman” – Jason Blum Shares Honest Thoughts on ‘M3GAN 2.0’ Failure: Following a breakout movie that left many thinking we’d found our next horror icon, the success of M3GAN’s sequel suggests we, the horror audience as well as the team responsible for bringing her to life, may have gotten a little ahead of ourselves.

3. New JUNJI ITO CRIMSON Anime Is Coming To Crunchyroll: The mangaka master of horror is returning to screens with a series that will adapt some of his new and old stories, all focusing around the idea of “monsters.”

Trailers

• Cloud: He’s directed Cure. He’s directed Creepy. He’s directed Charisma. Now Kiyoshi Kurosawa returns to the world of horror/thriller movies that start with C to bring us Cloud.

• The Running Man: Look is this a horror movie? Almost certainly not. But it’s based on a Stephen King book and as someone born in Maine I’m contractually obligated to support him.

Announcements

Announced Videos

• July 9th: Saw IV | Dead Meat Podcast

• July 16th: Saw V | Dead Meat Podcast

• July 18th: Fear Street Prom Queen (2025) KILL COUNT

• July 23rd: Saw VI | Dead Meat Podcast

• July 25th: Hell of a Summer (2025) KILL COUNT

• July 23rd: Saw 3D | Dead Meat Podcast

• August 1st: Longlegs (2024) KILL COUNT

Live Events

Want to see James and Chelsea? Good news, they’ll be places! Here are some of the live events they’ll be attending this year.

• Flashback Weekend - Chicago, Illinois on August 1st-3rd

• Silver Scream Con - Worcester, Massachusetts on September 12th-14th

• For The Love of Horror - Manchester, United Kingdom on October 18th-19th

Latest Videos

On the Kill Count we (finally) saw the release of Jurassic World Dominion!

Then on the Dead Meat Podcast we’ve reached the Slow Ass Mothafuckin’ Jeff era of Hot Saw Summer.

Plus! James sat down with the cast and director of M3GAN 2.0 to talk about the new movie and how the past four years of AI’s growing impact on the world influenced the robo sequel.

And finally, for our Livestreams:

• Zoran played Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster for the first time on Dead Meat Presents.

• James discussed Blumhouse buying SAW, When Evil Lurks getting a sequel, and much more on the Horror News Stream

• For Patrons, Zoran played through episode 4 of The Walking Dead.

Current Merch

You guys have made the Golden Chainsaws and Dull Machetes Daily Calendar the #1 new release in Movie Calendars AND Humor & Comic Calendars which is crazy? Glad you’re interested in it!