{"id":2360257,"date":"2026-04-06T03:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2360257"},"modified":"2026-04-06T03:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:32:18","slug":"this-2025-smash-killed-steven-spielbergs-horror-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/this-2025-smash-killed-steven-spielbergs-horror-ambitions\/","title":{"rendered":"This 2025 Smash Killed Steven Spielberg\u2019s Horror Ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Steven Spielberg is often credited with inventing the summer blockbuster in 1975 with <em>Jaws<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Across his 55-year career, the three-time Oscar winner has directed over 30 feature films, grossing more than $10.7 billion at the box office. This staggering tally makes Spielberg the number one-grossing director of all time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Yet, there\u2019s one genre Spielberg still dreams of tackling. He told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/steven-spielberg-loves-dune-favourite-sci-fi-movies-exclusive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Empire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Empire&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Empire<\/a>, \u201cI haven\u2019t directed a horror film yet, and I\u2019ve always wanted to, and someday I may.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Horror fans might want to hold their excitement, though. Spielberg\u2019s plans to break into the genre might just be on hold thanks to Zach Cregger\u2019s 2025 hit, <em>Weapons<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spielberg says, \u201cWhen I see a great horror film like <em>Weapons<\/em>, I don\u2019t have an itch I need to scratch&#8230; It satisfies me so completely, it actually arrests my desire to someday make a really, really scary movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Weapons<\/em>, Cregger\u2019s follow-up to the 2022 cult hit <em>Barbarian, <\/em>grossed over $270 million worldwide. Deadline recently <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/04\/weapons-prequel-writers-zach-cregger-zach-shields-gladys-1236771121\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:announced;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;announced&quot;}\" class=\"link \">announced<\/a> a prequel focused on Aunt Gladys, the character Amy Madigan won the 2026 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for portraying.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Amy Madigan and Zach Cregger attend the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party<br \/>(Photo by Taylor Hill\/FilmMagic)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spielberg went on to gush over Denis Villeneuve\u2019s <em>Dune <\/em>movies in the exclusive interview<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cRecently, I\u2019ve loved the <em>Dune<\/em> movies. They are among my favourite science-fiction movies, not just recently, but of all time. Especially the second film,\u201d he said. \u201cI think [<em>Part Two<\/em>] is the best movie Denis has ever made. I cannot wait to see the third one. I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll show it to me early. I\u2019m such a fan of his.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spielberg will be returning to the cineplex this summer with <em>Disclosure Day, <\/em>a sci-fi <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mensjournal.com\/adventure\/adventure-quotes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:adventure;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;adventure&quot;}\" class=\"link \">adventure<\/a> film starring Emily Blunt and Josh O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While plot details are being kept hush-hush, the film appears to center on the existence of aliens. This will be Spielberg\u2019s fourth film about alien life, following <em>Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)<\/em> and <em>War of the Worlds (2005).<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>This story was originally published by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mensjournal.com\/news\/this-2025-smash-killed-steven-spielbergs-horror-ambitions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Men's Journal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Men'&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Men&#8217;s Journal<\/a> on Apr 5, 2026, where it first appeared in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mensjournal.com\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;News&quot;}\" class=\"link \">News<\/a> section. Add Men&#8217;s Journal as a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=mensjournal.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Preferred Source by clicking here.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Spielberg is often credited with inventing the summer blockbuster in 1975 with Jaws. Across his 55-year career, the three-time Oscar winner has directed over 30 feature films, grossing more than $10.7 billion at the box office. This staggering tally makes Spielberg the number one-grossing director of all time. Yet, there\u2019s one genre Spielberg still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2360258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[348272,329323,309280,409771,339106],"class_list":["post-2360257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-amy-madigan","tag-horror-film","tag-steven-spielberg","tag-summer-blockbuster","tag-zach-cregger"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/This-2025-Smash-Killed-Steven-Spielbergs-Horror-Ambitions.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2360257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2360259,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360257\/revisions\/2360259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2360258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2360257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2360257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2360257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}