Raise a Glass: Bleecker Street Sets 2027 Theatrical Launch for Joe Lynch’s Buzzkill

File this under: titles that tell you exactly what kind of night you’re signing up for. Joe Lynch is cooking up a new horror comedy called ‘Buzzkill’ with Billy Magnussen and Lulu Wilson, and Bleecker Street just grabbed U.S. rights with plans for a nationwide theatrical release in 2027. Yes, 2027. The movie hasn’t even rolled cameras yet — production isn’t slated to start until early 2026 in Texas — so this is a very long runway for a bloody party.

What is ‘Buzzkill’?

The pitch is basically ‘A Quiet Place’ meets ‘Another Round,’ which is an extremely specific vibe: small Texas town, one very nasty creature, and a catch. You can only see the thing if you’re drunk.

Magnussen plays Sheriff Red, a recently widowed, recovering alcoholic who gets pulled into the case as locals start turning up murdered and dismembered. The killer isn’t just opportunistic — it literally feeds on the blood alcohol content of its victims. Naturally, the annual brewery festival is around the corner, which means the whole town is about to become an all-you-can-drink buffet. Red has to stare down his sobriety and, yes, pick up the bottle one more time to stop the monster and save his town. Lulu Wilson is playing Lydia, Red’s vengeful little sister, which already sounds like a great chaotic foil.

Where and when

The plan: shoot in Texas in early 2026, then hit theaters nationwide in 2027 via Bleecker Street. So settle in; this one’s a slow pour.

Who’s making it

‘Buzzkill’ is written by Colin McLaughlin, with Joe Lynch directing. If you’ve seen Lynch’s stuff, you know he’s comfortable splashing between gnarly and playful: ‘Wrong Turn 2: Dead End,’ the Lovecraft-y/Stu Gordon homage ‘Suitable Flesh,’ plus ‘Knights of Badassdom,’ ‘Everly,’ ‘Mayhem,’ ‘Point Blank,’ a segment in ‘Chillerama,’ and TV stints on ‘12 Deadly Days,’ ‘My Dead Ex,’ ‘Creepshow,’ ‘Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion,’ and ‘Tales from the Void.’

• Producers: Dane Eckerle and Cole Eckerle through Bad Grey
• Producers: Jonathan Schwartz and Nick Shumaker for Anonymous Content
• Producer: Billy Magnussen via his company HappyBad Bungalow
• Executive producer: David Levine
• Co-executive producers: Anne Hollister and Shane Andries
• Executive producers for Bleecker Street: Kent Sanderson, Tyler DiNapoli, Miranda King

"Bleecker's mandate is, above all else, to bring genres of all kinds to theatergoers, and Buzzkill aims to make the theater into the ultimate, thrilling and blood-soaked party. Joe brings such a distinct voice to his work, and we're excited to be partnering with him and the whole cast."

Bleecker Street CEO Kent Sanderson is clearly ready to turn this into a rowdy night at the movies. Producer Dane Eckerle has been talking it up the same way, calling the script hilarious, scary, and action-heavy, and saying Lynch is exactly the guy to orchestrate that kind of high-octane chaos.

Why I’m in

Horror that weaponizes sobriety is a sharp hook, and putting a recovering alcoholic at the center adds character stakes beyond the body count. A monster that eats your BAC during a brewery festival is the kind of mean little idea that can sing if the tone is right. We’re a ways out, but between the premise, Lynch’s track record, and Magnussen/Wilson as the sibling duo, I’m very curious to see how messy this party gets.