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
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
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
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”
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”
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 […]
Movie Review – The Hunt (2020)
The Hunt, 2020. Directed by Craig Zobel Starring Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, Ike Barinholtz, Wayne Duvall, Ethan Suplee, Emma Roberts, Christopher Berry, Sturgill Simpson, Kate Nowlin, Amy Madigan, Reed Birney, Glenn Howerton, Steve Coulter, Dean J. West, Vince Pisani, Teri Wyble, Steve Mokate, and Macon Blair. SYNOPSIS: Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They […]
Video Review – The Hunt (2020)
The Hunt, 2020. Directed by Craig Zobel. Starring Betty Gilpin, Emma Roberts, J. C. MacKenzie, Hilary Swank, Justin Hartley, Ethan Suplee, Macon Blair, Glenn Howerton, Ike Barinholtz, Amy Madigan, Teri Wyble, Wayne Duvall, Sylvia Grace Crim, Steve Coulter, Reed Birney, Christopher Berry, Kate Nowlin, Dean J. West, Vince Pisani, and Sturgill Simpson. In this video […]
Blumhouse and Universal confirm new, modern Dracula film with Karyn Kusama as director
The Universal Monsters are making a comeback after the success of the latest entry, The Invisible Man. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed late Tuesday evening that Universal Pictures and Blumhouse will team up to tackle the iconic Dracula. Modern horror master Karyn Kusama (Jennifer’s Body, Destroyer), is said to be directing the project. Sources also tell […]
Blumhouse’s The Invisible Man opens to $49 million worldwide
Universal Pictures launched its new approach to its vault of classic monster characters this past weekend as Blumhouse Productions’ The Invisible Man arrived in cinemas, with the horror reboot debuting to a solid $49.2 million worldwide in its opening weekend. Domestically, the Leigh Whannell-directed film topped the box office charts with $29 million (just $2.5 […]
