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Stephen King’s Firestarter reboot director teases what to expect from the new film

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In December 2019, Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions’ long-planned adaptation of Stephen King’s Firestarter found its director in Keith Thomas (The Vigil), and now, the director has teased the upcoming reboot. In an interview with Zavvi, Thomas teased what audiences can expect from the Firestarter reboot and confirmed that the screenplay was written by Halloween Kills co-writer Scott Teems. […]

Ryan Murphy to team with Blumhouse to adapt Stephen King’s Mr. Harrigan’s Phone

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Two of the most prolific producers in the industry, Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum, are joining forces at Netflix. The pair will team with Netflix for a feature film adaptation of the Stephen King short story Mr. Harrigan’s Phone. The story comes from If It Bleeds, a New York Times best-selling collection of stories. Mr. […]

Quibi and Blumhouse team for Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue

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Short form streaming service Quibi has announced that it is teaming with Blumhouse Television for Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue, a new scripted series from Alex Rider creator Anthony Horowitz. The official synopsis for Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue reads: When a small plane crashes into the Mexican jungle, nine complete strangers find […]

Leigh Whannell and Tim Walsh to bring Upgrade to TV with Blumhouse

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The modern cult classic Upgrade from director Leigh Whannell will find new life on the small screen as Whannell will team with showrunner Tim Walsh to adapt his film for television, with Blumhouse serving as producers. The series, which Whannell co-created and will executive produce along with showrunner Tim Walsh (Treadstone, Chicago P.D., Shooter), picks […]

Blumhouse horror movie Run Sweetheart Run acquired by Amazon

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Blumhouse and Automatik’s supernatural horror movie, Run Sweetheart Run, which made its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, has been acquired by Amazon for a Prime Video release. Run Sweetheart Run involves a blind date which suddenly turns violent and the woman has to get home on foot through Los Angeles as she’s pursued by her […]

Issa Lopez directing Our Lady of Tears for Blumhouse

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Blumhouse Productions has announced that it has set Issa Lopez (Tigers Are Not Afraid) to write and direct Our Lady of Tears, a film adaptation of Daniel Hernandez’s recent Epic Magazine article ‘The Haunting of Girlstown‘. The article focuses on a mass hysteria epidemic with supernatural roots, that in 2007 spread through Villa de las […]

Blumhouse planning new film shoot on Universal lot as “a blueprint for COVID-19-era productions”

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Blumhouse is looking to shake up the film industry like never before. Currently, a small team of filmmakers and execs are working on a plan with how to move ahead with a $6.5 million project. The Hollywood Reporter broke the story and called the plan something “that could become a blueprint for COVID-19-era productions.” Universal […]

Exclusive: Jessica Rothe would love to make Happy Death Day 3, even as “a badass 50-year-old”

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Jessica Rothe is not finished with the Happy Death Day franchise, even if she has to “pull a Jamie Lee Curtis” and return as a 50-year-old. The star told Flickering Myth she’d jump at the chance to return to the role of time-travelling teen Tree in the Blumhouse franchise – and even said she’d be […]

A Post-Pandemic Film Industry

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Tom Jolliffe looks ahead to how the landscape of film may change in the next few years… The entire film world, top to bottom, across most of the world has hit pause as we deal with more pressing life affecting matters. Studios have delayed releases and productions. We’ve seen a number of films switch from […]