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James Wan reunites with Blumhouse for techno horror M3GAN

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Insidious director James Wan is set to reunite with producer Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions for the techno horror M3GAN, THR has revealed.The film is being directed by Gerard Johnstone (Housebound) from a script by Akela Cooper (American Horror Story), and tells of “a brilliant toy company roboticist who uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, […]

Jason Blum says Jordan Peele “flirting with the idea” of Get Out 2

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Jordan Peele scored a huge success with his first directorial offering, the horror-thriller Get Out, which proved to be a smash hit with fans and critics alike, and saw the actor and comedian receiving the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, as well as nominations for Best Picture and Best Director.Peele is currently hard at work […]

Jamie Lee Curtis discusses the “terrifying” new Halloween, John Carpenter confirmed to score

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Universal Pictures kicked off the promotion for the next instalment in the Halloween series this past week with the release of a first teaser poster for the upcoming reboot, and now actress Jamie Lee Curtis – who reprises her iconic role as Laurie Strode – has revealed to Yahoo that a “terrifying” trailer is on […]

Exclusive Interview – Lin Shaye on Insidious: The Last Key, “silly” modern action heroines and the future of the franchise

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Insidious: The Last Key is returning to UK cinemas on April 20th, so Tom Beasley took the opportunity to discuss the franchise with star Lin Shaye, as well as the opportunities for female stars today and the future of the Insidious movies…Like any memorable horror franchise, the Insidious movies have shown remarkable staying power and […]

Jason Blum has seen the new Halloween, and here’s what he thought…

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On the press tour for his latest micro-budget high grossing horror movie Truth or Dare [read our review here], super producer Jason Blum revealed that he’d recently watched a first cut of David Gordon Green’s Halloween sequel, and here’s what he had to say to Digital Spy about it:“I feel really good about it, I saw […]

Damon Lindelof and Jason Blum team for The Hunt

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Variety is reporting that Universal Pictures has picked up the rights to the action-thriller spec script The Hunt from Damon Lindelof and Nick Cuse (The Leftovers), with Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions set to produce the film.Plot details for The Hunt are being kept under wraps, but we do know that Craig Zobel (Z for Zachariah) […]

Jason Blum wants to make an Insidious and Sinister crossover

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We’ve seen a few horror crossovers over the years – see Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, Freddy vs. Jason, Alien vs. Predator, Sadako vs. Kayako, et al – and now producer Jason Blum has suggested that another may be in the offing.During an interview with CinePop to promote the release of Insidious: The Last Key […]

Blumhouse open to another Paranormal Activity movie

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Despite the fact that 2015’s Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension was marketed as the final chapter in the hugely-successful found footage horror series, producer Jason Blum has revealed that Blumhouse is open to another instalment if and when writer Christopher B. Landon has an idea for a new movie.“Paranormal Activity is on hiatus, but if […]

Jason Blum wonders why the Academy Awards overlook the horror genre

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Over the past few years, horror fans have been blessed with some real gems. Movies like Split, Get Out, The Witch, It Follows and most recently Stephen King’s It prove that there is a lot of potential lying in the horror genre. Many of these films have competed with, or outright exceeded films in other genres […]