Steven Spielberg and Amazon MGM Partner to Bring Viral YouTube Horror Series to the Big Screen

Steven Spielberg and Amazon MGM Partner to Bring Viral YouTube Horror Series to the Big Screen

2026-07-02 companies

Los Angeles, Friday, 3 July 2026.
After a fierce 11-studio bidding war, Steven Spielberg and Amazon MGM are adapting the viral YouTube horror franchise ‘The Mandela Catalogue’—which has over 100 million views—into a film.

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