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First teaser released for horror film Crossed, written by Garth Ennis

A first teaser for the horror film Crossed, adapted from Garth Ennis's comic and directed by Rob Jabbaz, was posted online on 9 October. No release date or platform has been announced.

2 outlets · 1L · 1C · 0R First reported Account updated
Image: The A.V. Club
Image: Screen Rant

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Left · 1A first teaser for the horror film Crossed was posted online on 9 October 2026, with Bloody Disgusting publishing it first, according to The A.V. Club. Centre · 1The film is an adaptation of a comic by Garth Ennis, the creator of The Boys, and Screen Rant describes it as another Ennis comic adaptation coming soon. Left · 1Ennis wrote the film's screenplay a few years ago, according to The A.V. Club. He wrote the first run of the Crossed comics in 2008, and the series has since had many other contributors, including Alan Moore.

Left · 1The director is Rob Jabbaz, whose 2021 film The Sadness also centred on a disease that turns the infected into sadistic, psychopathic versions of themselves. Left · 1The premise involves "zombies" infected by a virus that drives them to act on their worst impulses; the teaser shows infected people with a rash on their face and includes graphic imagery such as a man in a Speedo made from a tanned human face. Left · 1No release date or platform has been announced; The A.V. Club speculates a streaming home is likely.

Every sentence links to the reporting it rests on. The pill in front of each says where its sources sit: Left, Centre or Right when one side supplies at least half of them, Mixed when they are evenly split. The number is how many outlets it cites.

Left1 outlet

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A.V. Club gives a wry, detailed take linking the film to Ennis's The Boys and Jabbaz's The Sadness, stressing its gore.
Emphasis
Gore, the director's earlier film, comic history, lack of release information.
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“gorefest”“fucked-up gore”
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“Put as much fucked-up gore on the screen as it can in the shortest amount of time” — The A.V. Club

Centre1 outlet

Framing
Screen Rant presents it as a promotional first look tied to The Boys' creator, calling the comic depraved.
Emphasis
Ennis's The Boys credential and the trailer.
Leaves out or plays down
Gives little detail on director, plot or release.
Charged language
“Depraved Horror Comic”“shocking horror film”
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“Garth Ennis is about to release another adaptation of one of his comics, this time a shocking horror film.” — Screen Rant

Right0 outlets

No right outlet in our sources has covered this story yet.