Weapons: Zach Cregger Explains Changes from Original Script

[This story contains spoilers for Weapons .]

Zach Cregger was far from home throughout Weapons ’ storybook run this past summer. The writer-director was 6,000 miles away in Prague, prepping his next film, Resident Evil , which found itself in a hard-fought bidding war just like Weapons did in 2023. When the dust settled on New Line/Warners’ $38 million purchase of the latter, the betterment of its highly in-demand script was only just beginning.

A reference to a tray of hot dogs and assorted junk food became a tray of seven hot dogs, which served as a touching, esoteric tribute to Cregger’s late dear friend and longtime The Whitest Kids U’ Know collaborator, Trevor Moore . The mere act of writing Weapons began as a way for Cregger to process Moore’s August 2021