How can they be "out" if Universal hasn't stated they're "in?"
Completely agree. Anything is possible until the day Universal makes announcements and it's all set set in stone. EVEN THEN I'll still take it with a grain of salt until I see it opening night. Flashbacks of Scream and the scrapped HHN 25 commercial and scrapped merch come to mind *shudders*. As someone who's followed the HHN speculation community since the untimely end of The Vault and the prime years of HNNightmares, I as well as many of the Veterans here have seen houses from Scream to The Conjuring, to the countless times they tried to have AWIL before 2013 and failed, to even last year with Hellblock Horror and a certain IP that required contacts
that have been scrapped either with a few months or little to no time to spare. It can happen for many reasons, sometimes budget, sometimes disagreements with the rights holders, and in this context, major leaks within the community. And to those saying that quitting because of leaks does not make sense money-wise need to understand that good business is not just about profits, but also reliability and integrity. If a company sees that, after confiding TOP SECRET information with Universal, that it's "mysteriously" out on a spec map for the world to see, then that's just poor business in their eyes.
And there's nothing wrong with speculating or making "educated guesses." It's blatantly revealing info that can oust your sources and potentially threaten the status of your favorite IP that's the issue. All I'm saying is, if you know something, then don't reveal your whole hand. Keep your hand close to your chest. That's why I loved with everyone like Legacy and the revered Dr. Jimmy used to do Cryptic Games in the past. But the game and times have changed. As someone send before, codenames aren't fun anymore, it's now about protection; and with certain speculators
in general, the BS has gotten a little worse, so no more fun little games unfortunately. Just have fun with speculating, however
choose how you post what you know wisely.
No offense, everyone is allowed to speculate but - your account is a week old. Other people with longer histories and track records disagree with you. Don't be surprised if you don't get the response you expect.
Don't knock a week old account just for their age. Even though I'm a week old as well, I can confidently say that I know 75-80% of what's happening this year, given that no last minute changes happen (which they will. They always will.) I never cared for the IU forums for a second. I only came to IU after Nightmares' online forums became barren and sad unfortunately, and I wanted some speculative life to be breathed into me once more. I still love the community and I'm enjoying my time here
I will say one thing though directed at Ringwraith and HHNIcon, and you can PM me if you'd prefer: How sure are you that it's not Stranger Things? Just taking that potential IP coming with a grain of salt until I see more concrete info either here or elsewhere. Thank you.