This 7 movie horror saga is coming back soon… to theaters!

Get ready for paranormal activity, a play. According to The Hollywood Reporter, producer Simon Friend, who created Pea’s Odyssey on Broadway, has licensed the horror film series from Paramount and plans to bring it to the West End stage.

Levi Holloway, who wrote the horror play gray housewill sign the stage adaptation, which is described as being in early development.

Created by Oren Pell, who wrote, directed and directed the first installment, Saga Abnormal activity is a series of horror films centered around a family haunted by a demon. The original film was made in 2007 and then released widely in 2009. The franchise, which now includes no fewer than seven films, with the latest due out in 2021, capitalized on the growing prevalence of video cameras and cell phones in the 2000s. Tell her story that is both realistic and comforting.

The low-budget films made a huge amount of money, the first being considered one of the highest-grossing films of all time, grossing $193.3 million worldwide against a budget of $15,000 – although additions were made later at the request of Steven Spielberg. , which exceeds the total budget to 215,000 dollars.

simon friend is a veteran with extensive experience directing films in theaters, with his most famous credits including The Da Vinci Code and Indian Palace. Its theatrical version life of pi It also won five Olivier Awards, as well as three Tonys. The story is based on the novel by Yann Martel, which was adapted into the 2012 Oscar-winning feature film Ang Lee.

simon friend He also moved into television and feature film production and produced the 2020 drama The Father, for which Anthony Hopkins won the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Most of the films in the Paranormal Activity saga can be re-streamed on Paramount+.