{"id":777022,"date":"2026-07-03T18:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/777022\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T18:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:58:13","slug":"spielberg-amazon-win-the-mandela-catalogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/777022\/","title":{"rendered":"Spielberg, Amazon Win &#8220;The Mandela Catalogue&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/spielberg-amazon-win-the-mandela-catalogue.jpg\" data-caption=\"@AlexxKister\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/spielberg-amazon-win-the-mandela-catalogue.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"spielberg-amazon-win-the-mandela-catalogue\"\/><\/a>@AlexxKister<\/p>\n<p>United Artists\u2018 Scott Stuber, Amblin\u2018s Steven Spielberg and Amazon MGM Studios have jointly won a massive eleven-studio bidding war for \u201cThe Mandela Catalogue\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the success of \u201cBackrooms\u201d and \u201cObsession,\u201d studios have been on the hunt for YouTube viral horror sensations, which led them to this project.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2021, \u201cThe Mandela Catalogue\u201d has amassed well over 100 million views across its official episodes, which are set in the fictional region of Mandela County, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Said region has been invaded by shape-shifting, nearly immortal creatures called Alternates.  Creator Alex Kister will direct the film from a script he co-wrote with Tyler Clifton.<\/p>\n<p>Stuber, Spielberg, Kister, Clifton, Holly Bario, Nick Nesbitt and Aaron B. Koontz will all produce.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/07\/youtube-mandela-catalog-steven-spielberg-scott-stuber-1236973259\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Previous article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/former-sony-exec-reviews-the-steam-machine\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Former Sony Exec Reviews The Steam Machine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/johnson-confirms-moana-3-in-development\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Johnson Confirms \u201cMoana 3\u201d In Development<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"@AlexxKister United Artists\u2018 Scott Stuber, Amblin\u2018s Steven Spielberg and Amazon MGM Studios have jointly won a massive eleven-studio&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,344],"class_list":["post-777022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}