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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.

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Speaker 2: When filmmaker and former Whitest Kids You Know comedy Troupe

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Speaker 2: member Zach Kreiger released his debut film Barbarian last year,

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Speaker 2: the unpredictable horror movie became an instant cult classic, a

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Speaker 2: critical darling, and a box office smash, a trifecta that

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Speaker 2: doesn't happen all too often. So when Zach sent out

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Speaker 2: the script for his upcoming follow up, called Weapons, a

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Speaker 2: bidding war commenced between studios for rights to produce it.

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Speaker 2: Based on the success of Barbarian and how good the

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Speaker 2: new script is said to be. It landed Zach and

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Speaker 2: almost unheard of eight figure payday for a second film,

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Speaker 2: and now it's also landed him the hottest name in Hollywood,

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Speaker 2: Pedro Pascal Paedris, just signed on a star in Weapons,

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Speaker 2: and he likely won't be the only big name to

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Speaker 2: join the cast because the film is described as an

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Speaker 2: interwoven story featuring an ensemble cast similar to Paul Thomas

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Speaker 2: Anderson's classic Magnolia, with an absolutely terrifying horror story as

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Speaker 2: its backbone. Weapons is expected to shoot this fall and

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Speaker 2: at theaters next year.

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Speaker 1: That's Direct from Hollywood