Curry Barker’s ‘Anything But Ghosts’ to Open May 2027

It’s going to be another Curry Barker summer. Focus Features has dated the next film from the “Obsession” director, titled “Anything But Ghosts,” to open in theaters May 7, 2027, kicking off the summer with another film that hopes to make audiences obsessed.

Barker and and co-writer Cooper Tomlinson announced the dating news on social media along with the reminder that tickets are not available for sale just yet. Whoops.

Barker is actually starring in this one along with his longtime collaborator and “Obsession” star Tomlinson, and it also features a cast that includes Violet McGraw, Chris Reinacher, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Aaron Paul.

Barker will direct the film and co-wrote it with Tomlinson, and the film stars the duo as part of a group of fame-seeking wannabe “ghosthunters” who find themselves in over their heads, with things spiraling wildly and terrifyingly out of control.

Blumhouse Atomic Monster after “Obsession” blew up at Toronto in 2025 quickly made a deal for this project from Barker, and he’s not wasting any time in getting it to audiences while “Obsession” is still heating up ahead of awards season.

The film is produced by Roy Lee and Steven Schneider for Spooky Pictures as well as Adam Hendricks and Greg Gilreath for Divide/Conquer and Jason Blum for Blumhouse. The film’s executive producers are Barker, Tomlinson, Daniel Bekerman, and Image Nation’s Ben Ross.

“Obsession” (along with “Backrooms”) has been the industry story of the summer at the box office.

More to come…