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Curry Barker’s supernatural film due in cinemas on 7 May 2027
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Focus Features and Blumhouse Atomic Monster will release Curry Barker’s next film, *Anything But Ghosts*, on 7 May 2027. The date follows the success of Barker’s *Obsession*, which became Focus Features’ highest-grossing film and the highest-grossing title acquired from a film festival.
Barker co-wrote and directs the supernatural film with longtime collaborator Cooper Tomlinson; both play aspiring ghost hunters whose investigation spirals out of control. Violet McGraw, Chris Reinacher, Bryce Dallas Howard and Aaron Paul also star, and Barker has said the film shares a universe with *Obsession*. He described filming its 130-page script in 26 days as the hardest project he had undertaken, with planned shots and coverage cut during production.
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In short
- *Anything But Ghosts* is due in cinemas on 7 May 2027.
- Curry Barker and Cooper Tomlinson star as ghost hunters in trouble.
- The film is set in the same universe as *Obsession*.
How this story developed
- 2 months ago The studio's confidence in the project is illustrated by the financial performance of *Obsession*, which was made for $750,000 before Focus acquired it from TIFF for $15 million and subsequently grossed approximately $520 million worldwide.
- 2 months ago The scheduling follows the remarkable commercial success of *Obsession*, which established itself as Focus Features' highest-grossing film and the most successful acquisition made by the studio from a film festival.
- 2 months ago Focus Features and Blumhouse Atomic Monster have scheduled Curry Barker's supernatural film *Anything But Ghosts* for release on 7 May 2027, with Barker directing and co-writing a story about aspiring ghost hunters whose investigation spirals out of control, set within the same fictional universe as his earlier film *Obsession*.
Explained simply
Curry Barker is a filmmaker whose previous supernatural thriller *Obsession* achieved substantial commercial success. The film was made on a budget of $750,000 but grossed approximately $520 million worldwide after being acquired by Focus Features from the Toronto International Film Festival for $15 million, becoming the studio's highest-grossing release and the most successful acquisition from any film festival.
Barker is now directing his next film, *Anything But Ghosts*, which continues the story world established by *Obsession*. The supernatural thriller stars Barker alongside his creative collaborator Cooper Tomlinson and a cast that includes Violet McGraw, Chris Reinacher, Bryce Dallas Howard and Aaron Paul, and follows aspiring ghost hunters whose investigation spirals out of control.
The film's scheduled release follows significant studio investment in expanding the narrative universe Barker has created, reflecting the scale of confidence following *Obsession*'s success. Production presented challenges, with Barker directing a 130-page script over just 26 days, which required the removal of some planned shots and camera coverage from the original schedule.
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Originally published by Deadline as “Curry Barker’s Next Movie ‘Anything But Ghosts’ Sets May 2027 Release”.