Gladys, the breakout character from Zach Cregger‘s horror hit Weapons, has her very own planned prequel feature in the works. Zach Shields, known for his screenwriting work on the Monsterverse franchise, is penning the script for the project, with Gladys the working title.

Centering on a group of children who simultaneously go missing in the middle of the night, Weapons starred Julia Garner, Josh Brolin and Amy Madigan, the latter earning the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her role as cooky (and dangerous) Aunt Gladys. The prequel movie would focus on the woman’s origin story and her arrival to town.

“Zach has a map of what he would like to do,” Madigan told The Hollywood Reporter last year about a possible prequel. “It would be such a blast, and it would be really great if we could revisit her in some way. I’m excited about that possibility.”

Cregger, who is currently working on a Resident Evil instalment for Sony, will return to the Weapons prequel as producer alongside Roy Lee and Miri Yoon of Vertigo Entertainment.

Shields recently worked on Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire for Warner Bros. and Legendary. His previous works also include Godzilla vs. KongGodzilla: King of the Monstersand Universal’s Krampus.

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