Ron Perlman Joins Seasons, Drew Hancock’s New Horror Film for Amazon MGM

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Hancock After Companion

Deadline reported that Seasons marks Hancock’s sophomore feature after Companion. The Movie Blog described Companion as his debut and said it drew strong attention after release in 2025.

The Movie Blog reported that Companion earned a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score and made nearly $37 million worldwide against a $10 million budget. Yahoo’s ComingSoon article gave the same worldwide gross and budget, and also reported an 88% Popcornmeter score.

Those numbers do not tell us what Seasons will be. They do explain why people are watching the next move. A $10 million movie that brings in nearly $37 million does not simply please a studio accountant. It changes the room for the next pitch meeting. It lets a director come back with a stranger idea and a little more oxygen.

For the people making Seasons, that oxygen may mean better locations, more time with effects, or the ability to cast actors who can sell a silence without leaning on the music. Horror often lives in those practical places. The fog machine has a cost. So does the extra night shoot. So does the performer who can make a line about the weather sound like a threat.

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The Names Behind It

Deadline reported that Shawn Levy and Dan Levine of 21 Laps are producing Seasons with James Wan and Michael Clear of Blumhouse Atomic Monster, and Scott Glassgold and Dan Cohen of 12:01 Films. Judson Scott is executive producing for Blumhouse Atomic Monster, with Alayna Glasthal overseeing for the company.

The Movie Blog and Yahoo’s ComingSoon report also name Wan, Clear, Levy, Levine, Glassgold, Cohen, and Scott among the producing team.

That is a lot of muscle behind a story that began on Reddit. The interesting part is not that the internet made another thing famous. The interesting part is what happens when a campfire tale has to become a day-after-day production. Someone has to decide what the ranch looks like. Someone has to decide how old the spirits feel. Someone has to decide how much the audience sees and how much it has to imagine while staring at a closed barn door.

The cast will carry much of that work. James and Reynor are named by Deadline as Perlman’s co-stars, with their roles still unknown. Reynor’s presence gives the project a useful genre echo, since Yahoo’s ComingSoon item identifies him with Midsommar. James, meanwhile, brings a different kind of screen energy, often alert and direct. Again, those are hopes drawn from casting, not knowledge of a finished film.

What We Still Do Not Know

There is no official release window yet, according to The Movie Blog and Yahoo’s ComingSoon report. Deadline’s report also kept character details under wraps.

So the honest version is simple: Perlman is in. James and Reynor are in. Hancock is writing and directing. Amazon MGM has the film. The story comes from Matt and Harrison Query’s Reddit-born horror tale, later expanded into a novel. The ranch is bad news.

That is enough for now. Horror announcements can get overfed fast, with every casting item treated like a prophecy. This one does not need that. Perlman joining Seasons is news because he is the sort of actor who can sit at a kitchen table, look toward the tree line, and make you wonder what the land remembers.

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