{"id":817859,"date":"2026-10-29T19:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/817859\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T19:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:08:09","slug":"curry-barker-releases-mama-bear-short-film-after-obsession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/817859\/","title":{"rendered":"Curry Barker Releases ‘Mama Bear’ Short Film After ‘Obsession’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tCurry Barker<\/a>\u2019s first post-\u201cObsession\u201d film project, \u201cMama Bear,\u201d has debuted exclusively on YouTube, giving horror fans a fix just in time for Halloween.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe short film, announced just days earlier in partnership with Windows, immediately sparked intrigue from audiences, with some interpreting its title as a nod to \u201cObsession,\u201d Barker\u2019s breakout film, since one of the main characters is named Bear (played by Michael Johnston).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cObsession\u201d is one of the year\u2019s biggest box-office hits, grossing $519 million worldwide on a budget of less than $1 million. The film was also critically adored and has earned Oscar buzz for Inde Navarrette, who starred as Nikki, Bear\u2019s crush, whom he makes fall for him with the help of a mysterious toy called the \u201cOne Wish Willow.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing the success of the film, Navarrette was cast as Rogue in Marvel\u2019s \u201cX-Men\u201d reboot<\/a>, while Barker signed an eight-figure deal with Universal and Blumhouse. Before \u201cObsession,\u201d Barker had risen to prominence acting and directing in YouTube videos. <\/p>\n

\n\tFor those looking for something longer from Barker, the director has \u201cAnything But Ghosts,\u201d<\/a> the Focus Features and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster-backed horror-comedy, set for release on May 7, 2027. Barker directs the film and co-wrote the script with his \u201cObsession<\/a>\u201d star and longtime collaborator Cooper Tomlinson. The pair are also co-leads in the project, starring alongside Violet McGraw, Chris Reinacher, Bryce Dallas Howard and Aaron Paul.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhen a group of fame-seeking wannabe \u2018ghosthunters\u2019 find themselves in over their heads, things spiral wildly and terrifyingly out of control,\u201d reads the film\u2019s official logline.<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch \u201cMama Bear\u201d in the video below.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Curry Barker\u2019s first post-\u201cObsession\u201d film project, \u201cMama Bear,\u201d has debuted exclusively on YouTube, giving horror fans a fix…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[56153,96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-817859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-curry-barker","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}