The boss of Blumhouse wants to turn the page with ‘Paranormal Activity’ and focus on the trilogies of ‘Halloween’ and ‘The Exorcist’
If the producer blumhouse is one of the references of the genre of horror movies and series, it is largely thanks to ‘Paranormal Activity’, one of the most profitable franchises in the history of cinema (if not the most) and one of the longest sagas of terror.
Nevertheless, Jason Blum looks like he wants to turn the page and leave, at least for now, a series of films that were already on their way to rest. eighth installment between sequels, spin offs Y reboot.
The movie you are referring to is ‘Paranormal Activity: Allegados’, the first on the list to break with the found footage at times. It remains to be seen if she will keep his word, because a year ago it was announced that a new installment of the saga, ‘Paranormal Activity, The Other Side‘, would be released in 2023.
Blum prefers focus right now on the two trilogies of great horror licenses that he now has in his hands: The ‘Halloween’ films, which will culminate this year with ‘Halloween Ends’, and the reboot of ‘The Exorcist’, which is already beginning to confirm cast members for its premiere in October next year.
“With ‘Halloween’, we only had the rights to three movies, so we said: ‘Halloween Ends’! It ends for Blumhouse, at least,” he said. “With other things, you just have a feeling that it’s time to put them away. I would go back if some director I love, like Scott Derrickson, said, ‘I have a great idea for a ‘Paranormal Activity’ movie. But It’s not something I want to do right now”.
As for ‘The Exorcist’, Blum clarified why he will once again have David GordonGreenthe director of the new ‘Halloween’ trilogy: “It’s very good at respecting existing intellectual property and putting a new spin on it..”
“We are preparing to make it a success,” he said. “Hopefully, we’ll do the same with ‘The Exorcist’ that we did with ‘Halloween’: do it in a way that’s fresh and worth reviewing.. And make it feel different enough that people are happy we did it.”
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