Focus Features Sets May 7, 2027 Theatrical Release for Curry Barker’s Anything But Ghosts

Focus Features announced today that Anything But Ghosts, the highly anticipated next feature from filmmaker Curry Barker, will be released nationwide on May 7, 2027. Focus has worldwide rights on the film and Universal Pictures International  will handle international distribution for the studio.

Anything But Ghosts is written and directed by Barker and co-written by longtime creative collaborator Cooper Tomlinson. Anything But Ghosts stars Tomlinson and Barker as wannabe “ghosthunters” who find themselves in over their heads as things spiral wildly and terrifyingly out of control. Violet McGraw and Chris Reinacher also star with Bryce Dallas Howard and Aaron Paul.

Following the worldwide, record-breaking success of Obsession, Anything But Ghosts marks Barker’s return to the big screen with another bold, original theatrical event from one of filmmaking’s most exciting new voices. The film reunites Focus Features with producers Roy Lee and Steven Schneider (Spooky Pictures), Jason Blum (Blumhouse), Adam Hendricks and Greg Gilreath (Divide/Conquer), in association with Image Nation and That’s a Bad Idea. Executive producers are Daniel Bekerman, Curry Barker, Cooper Tomlinson and Ben Ross.

Looking ahead, Focus’ 2026 and beyond slate spans a variety of films for every audience, including Robert Eggers’Werwulf, releasing on Christmas Day and continuing the studio’s ongoing collaboration with the acclaimed horror director; Elsinore from Simon Stone starring Andrew Scott in a deeply emotional and profound performance; Georgia Oakley’s fresh take on Jane Austen’s beloved classic, Sense and Sensibility; Sarah Polley’s The Bell Jar starring Billie Eilish in her debut feature role; Occupant from Josh Giuliano; comedies 42.6, starring Andy Samberg and Annette Bening, and Mike Birbiglia's Old Friends New Friends, and more.