Tom Jolliffe looks at Blumhouse Productions and the success and sustainability of its business model… When it comes to box office discussion, it seems to revolve around the success or failure of the huge tentpole films. Was Birds of Prey a flop? Did The Rise of Skywalker flop? Can Avengers: Endgame be matched again in […]
Blumhouse teams with James Wan’s Atomic Monster for total horror genre domination
Jason Blum’s Blumhouse and James Wan’s Atomic Monster are coming together to form the dominant force in horror films. For those who don’t know, over the last fifteen years, Blumhouse Productions titles have generated about $5 billion in ticket sales; recent successes include The Black Phone, the latest Halloween trilogy, and The Invisible Man. Wan’s […]
Friendship evolves in trailer for Blumhouse horror M3GAN
Universal Pictures and Blumhouse has released a new poster and trailer for M3GAN, the upcoming horror from director Gerard Johstone and producers Jason Blum and James Wan. The film stars Get Out’s Allison Williams as Gemma, a roboticist working for a toy company who has designed a life-like doll which can be programmed to be […]
Blumhouse’s Five Nights at Freddy’s movie finds its director
An adaptation of popular videogame Five Nights At Freddy’s has been in development longer than it used to take to load a Commodore64 game via cassette (one for the kids there), but it has finally found its director in Emma Tammi. Once a project for both Home Alone‘s Chris Columbus and Monster House‘s Gil Kenan, […]
Blumhouse enlists Lucy Liu for Stephen King adaptation Later
Another Stephen King project looks to be heading to the small screen, with Deadline reporting that Blumhouse Television has set Lucy Liu to star in a limited series adaptation of the author’s 2021 Hard Case Crime novel Later. The adaptation is being created by Raelle Tucker (True Blood) and will see Liu playing literary agency […]
Jason Blum on his decision to release Halloween Kills on Peacock: “I stand by it”
Since the announcement that Halloween Kills would be released in theaters and on Peacock on the same day, the internet offered its usual round of chatter. Some have expressed joy in seeing the new slasher film at home, adding to the seasonal spooks, while others feel that this release isn’t helping the theatrical experience of […]
Chris Columbus is no longer directing Five Nights at Freddy’s movie
Development on the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie adaptation has been stuck in production limbo for years, and now, it seems the upcoming Blumhouse project has hit another roadblock. During an interview with Collider, Blumhouse CEO Jason Blum has revealed that director Chris Columbus is no longer attached to the project. Additionally, Blum denied to […]
Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone could be “the best movie he has ever made”, says Jason Blum
Jason Blum has claimed that the upcoming Blumhouse and Universal project The Black Phone, which is an adaptation of the horror short story by Joe Hill from director Scott Derrickson (Sinister, Doctor Strange), could be Derrickson’s best movie so far. “Is definitely one of the creepiest movies we’ve ever done. Scott thinks it is his best movie. […]
The Exorcist sequel will feel like 2018’s Halloween reboot, says Jason Blum
Back in December 2020, it was announced that Blumhouse and Halloween and Halloween Kills director David Gordon Green are set to develop a sequel to 1973’s The Exorcist. Now, in an interview with Den of Geek, Jason Blum has teased what fans can expect from the upcoming sequel by comparing it to 2018’s Halloween reboot and hopes the film will […]
Jason Blum teases Halloween Kills and says “the movie is spectacular”
Jason Blum is gearing up for a jam-packed 2021 with the final Purge film and a new Halloween entry awaiting release. With the first trailer for Halloween Kills dropping this week, it seems like it will be quite the thrilling entry, and mega-producer Jason Blum appears to feel the same. In an interview with Discussing […]
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