I know I'll probably get laughed out of the forums for this, but since it's so early in the season, may as well-
What about Scream? Yeah I know there's been tons of issues in the past, but clearly the property is in shambles right now with all the Scream 7 drama. What better way for Spyglass to shift the property back into a positive light than to reset the media cycle, lending the rights to HHN and just market the heck out it; make people remember WHY they loved Scream in the first place and why it was so popular to get resurrected in 2022- and maybe, those plans can tie into whatever they have planned for Scream 7.
Now I know HHN 33 has already been planned for months, so maybe it doesn't make it this year- but last minute IPs have happened before. I'm not even sure how excited I would be for Scream at HHN, to be honest- but I guess the point I'm trying to make is that Universal can swoop in as the "white knight" to help re-invigorate interest in Scream. Maybe Spyglass is more willing to negotiate because *broadly gestures at all Scream headlines for the last few months* and Universal knows they can potentially get a white-whale IP with much less resistance than previously, and come out looking like the good guys that "saved" Scream.
Tear me apart if you must, and again I don't really believe that this is something that could happen- but I think it might be worthy of at least a bit of discourse.