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Hey Jackrabbit Media friends,
The summer heat is in full swing but that won't slow us down!
After another successful Cannes market, Jackrabbit Media is back and hitting the ground running. With new projects on the horizon and upcoming releases this month, we're excited to dive headfirst into the upcoming months. As always, stick around for what's to come!
🎬 Read All About It:
As featured on Dread Central, Cannibal Mukbang will be released on Shudder this month alongside other exclusive films! Catch Aimee Kuge's romantic horror on June 15th.
Brian Hanson's sci-fi horror, The Bunker will be available June 2nd on DVD for all you physical media loving fans! Pre-order your copy HERE.
📣 Up and Coming:
Stay tuned for more exciting news and thanks for always supporting indie film!
– The Jackrabbit Media Team
Step back into the land of the prehistoric with The Jurassic Games: Extinction and experience the games like you've never seen them before.
'In a dystopian future, contestants are forced into a virtual reality game where they must battle dinosaurs and each other to the death.'
May 20th, 2026 - Dread Central Highlight: Stream Cannibal Mukbang alongside new exclusives coming to Shudder this month!
The romantic horror will be available June 15th on the platform.
Coming Soon: For fans of physical media, The Bunker will be available to purchase on DVD June 2nd. Click the link below to pre-order now!
'In the picturesque landscapes of Southern France, a young woman's chilling fascination with murder and identity theft sends her life into a whirlwind of chaos.'
Influencers is available to stream on Shudder and AMC+.
Jackrabbit Media's market booth, Cannes 2026
With another Cannes market in the books, buyers return home with a renewed outlook on the state of the industry. Read below for some key takeaways.
Screen Daily reported the verdict from buyers and sellers from this year's market. A fairly positive review with buyers from the U.S saying:
"The general view was that the range and quality of market packages marked an improvement over 2025’s bloated fare."
The Hollywood Reporter gave the lowdown on the market and it's genre-focused title shift. Given that audiences are getting younger and are hungry for more auteur-driven films they state that:
"Major Hollywood studios that years ago shuttered their specialty divisions are tapping indie acquisition and producing talent in an apparent attempt to compete with the likes of IFC/Shudder, Neon and A24."
President of Worldwide Sales & Acquisitions, Mark Padilla had this to say about how the recent market influences Jackrabbit Media's slate and upcoming projects:
"Jackrabbit Media has always tried to curate its slate to meet market needs. As audiences have embraced the "elevated genre" movie, we have leaned into that space as well. Last year we shot a sci-fi thriller, LOOKOUT, that centered on a young woman being pursued by an alien in a national forest. Just recently we wrapped production on a daytime horror movie, BLOOM, that centers on a young woman who discovers that fresh blood must be added to the soil to make her beautiful flowers grow.
It's no secret that audiences are looking for original stories and seem to enjoy them more when those stories fall into the horror/thriller space. It's our job to find and create the right films that will entice them to keep watching."
Lookout
Directed by: Stefan Colson
'A young woman escapes her chaotic life to work at a remote fire tower, but her peace unravels as eerie, otherworldly events begin to unfold.'
The Mannequin
Directed by: John Berardo
'A stylist assistant investigates her sister's death in a historic LA building, only to face a vengeful ghost of a serial killer who dismembered victims decades ago. She must escape before she's next.'
Christmas in Mistletoe
Directed by: Collins Abbott White
'A disillusioned Christmas movie location scout rediscovers her Christmas spirit while falling in love with the perfect leading man in the cozy mountain town of Mistletoe.'
Welcome to Indie Intel!
An inside source for all things independent. Where we share tips of the trade and delve into insights that move production forward.
Today's talk:
The Power of Youtube
Independent artists have developed a reputation of creating their films with shoestring budgets and shooting on tight deadlines. Over the years they've self-funded, worked long hours and had more fun than anyone else doing the thing they love. In today's day in age there are so many opportunities for filmmakers to be discovered but perhaps the biggest flagship, Youtube, still remains.
Youtube has always been a place to hone your skills, create a project and find an audience. It's a platform that allows you to find you people and create a community surrounding a project sometimes long before it's discovered. Take for example, two of the most recently released horror hits, Obsession and Backrooms. Both born from the minds of Youtube creators and now being shown across screens worldwide where long-time fans sit alongside first timers experiencing these director's work as a collective.
Still widely considered non-traditional however, it's hard for Hollywood to deny that the moment of independent filmmakers born from the backs of their grassroots productions is here. For genre films in the indie space it's a huge moment of recognition that will hopefully lead to larger scale acknowledgements in the years to come.
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