Blumhouse founder Jason Blum took to Twitter this weekend to answer fan questions, and while most want to know more about Halloween Ends, the Happy Death Day franchise is still a popular topic. Back in 2017, Christopher Landon‘s explosively fun Happy Death Day massacred the box office with a whopping $125M, a huge global gross […]
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Projecting Gay Panic in Patrick Brice’s ‘Creep’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
Creep Evan Hansen. After spending Halloween shacking up with the colorful characters in Clue, we kicked off November with a discussion of a seminal queer vampire text in The Lost Boys and revisited Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s “Once More With Feeling” on its 20th anniversary. Now, we’re getting a little…..creepy with Patrick Brice‘s exceptional film Creep! In the […]
Jason Blum Teases That He’s “Not Saying Goodbye” to the ‘Happy Death Day’ Franchise
The Happy Death Day franchise is on hold right now, and whether that’s temporary or permanent is very much up in the air at the moment. Christopher Landon had been planning a “bonkers” third and final installment for his franchise, tentatively titled Happy Death Day To Us, but whether or not it actually happens is entirely up to […]
Jason Blum Updates on the TV Series Adaptation of Leigh Whannell’s ‘Upgrade’
Blumhouse Television and UCP are adapting Leigh Whannell’s 2018 sci-fi thriller Upgrade into a television series for Whannell to potentially direct, we had learned last year. The series, which Whannell co-created and will executive produce along with showrunner Tim Walsh (Treadstone, Chicago P.D., Shooter), picks up a few years after the events of the film and broadens the universe with an […]
Jason Blum Updates on ‘The Wolfman’ Starring Ryan Gosling and Teases More Universal Monster Movies
It was announced back in 2020 that Universal was prepping a new take on The Wolfman, with Ryan Gosling attached to star as the title character/classic Universal Studios monster. Last we heard, Leigh Whannell (The Invisible Man) was in negotiations to direct the film for Blumhouse, though it’s been well over a year since we’ve heard a […]
Shudder Special “Joe Bob’s Halloween Hoedown” Will Feature David Gordon Green and Jason Blum
Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy are back this Halloween for “Joe Bob’s Halloween Hoedown” on Shudder, a brand new special that’ll be premiering October 8 at 9pm ET on Shudder TV. Announced today during “BlumFest,” Halloween Kills director David Gordon Green will be one of the guest stars for “Halloween Hoedown,” along with producer Jason […]