Quest for Next Obsession Is on With Movies From Jeremy Renner, Idris Elba & More

Devanshi BasuTue, November 10, 2026 at 3:40 AM UTC

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Sellers at the American Film Market in Los Angeles are pushing a wave of affordable horror projects, hoping to land the next Obsession. Packages starring Jeremy Renner, Idris Elba, Liam Neeson, Gillian Anderson and Renée Zellweger add star power to the lineup.

Hollywood is looking for the next Obsession-sized hits

Projects on sale at AFM 2026:

Seeker: Cooper Tomlinson, Jessica Rothe, Mika Abdalla

Violet: Lili Reinhart, Danny Ramirez, Suki Waterhouse

12 Bullets: Jeremy Renner

A Speck in the Sea: Jeremy Renner, Josh Brolin

In Laws: Idris Elba (also directs)

Believe 13: Liam Neeson

The Portrait: Gillian Anderson, Rebecca Hall

Untitled dramedy: Renée Zellweger, Dominic Sessa, Peter Dinklage

The Brand: Nicolas Cage, Alexander Ludwig

The Long Island Bank Robber: Taylor Kitsch, Alexandra Daddario, Christopher Walken

Home Shopper: Kate Mara

Katana: Jean-Claude Van Damme

Elden Ring: Kit Connor

Moonsong: A Life In Seven Verses: Julianne Moore

Untitled Armando Iannucci thriller: James McAvoy, Alicia Vikander, Taron Egerton

Martha & Muhammad: Amanda Seyfried

Love Story Insomniac City: Jonathan Bailey, Bill Nighy

Stuntnuts: Produced by Matthew Vaughn and Cristiano Ronaldo, with A-list cameos

Buyers say the market has no shortage of horror pitches, and the sameness is wearing on them. “The projects are pouring in like an avalanche,” one buyer told Deadline. They added: “But it’s saturated in genre. If I hear one more time that the movie is in the vein of Obsession, I’ll scream.”

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After all, Obsession, Backrooms and Buddy all helped lift this year’s theatrical box office. Two of the three premiered at festivals, and A24 set up Backrooms and sold it at the market. Each eventually brought in a studio in some form.

An international distribution veteran said that support is hard to replace. “The horror game is so unpredictable,” the executive said. “And it’s so dependent on whether there’s a studio release in some form. If Obsession had been in the hands of indies alone I doubt it gets close to where it ended. We need that driving force from the U.S. on a project. That’s where the buzz starts.”

Series and studio films have locked up most bankable actors, so the same names appear repeatedly. One Oscar-nominated actor stars in five projects on sale, and Nicolas Cage appears in at least three. Patrick Wachsberger’s 193 is selling two Jeremy Renner action films. A well-conceived horror film relies less on big names, which explains the genre rush.

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