Blumhouse Productions CEO Jason Blum has hinted at the end of the “Paranormal Activity” franchise in Locarno. There he receives Premio Raimondo Rezzonico as his independent producer of the best.
“That’s enough. That last Paranormal Activity movie was terrible,” he says. “Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin” will premiere in his 2021, and another installment is currently aiming for a 2023 release.
“For ‘Halloween,’ I said ‘Halloween Ends’ because we only had the rights to three movies. Some of my favorite directors like Scott Derrickson said, “I’ve got a great idea for a Paranormal Activity movie. But it’s not what I want to do.” [at the moment]”
But he’s set to reunite with “Halloween” star Jamie Lee Curtis, who signed a first look deal with Blumhouse (“She’s not only a great actress, she really understands the business. ’” he says, referring to the upcoming series “Sticky” (The Maple Syrup Heist), helmer David Gordon Green moving on to “The Exorcist.”
“We’re ready to make it happen. I hope we’ll do the same thing with ‘The Exorcist’ that we did with ‘Halloween.'” Create it in a way that is fresh and worth revisiting. Admitting that Gordon Green was his “first choice” to direct, he said:
“He is great at respecting existing intellectual property and adding new twists to it.”
Bloom also talked about the recent “Batgirl” debacle. This is rocking the industry. His $90 million film nearing completion was shelved by Warner Bros.
“I was stunned, but I understand why they chose it. You have a new management team, so they want to make a fresh start and brand DC in a certain way. ’ he says. Blumhouse Productions notes that the director “sacrifices large budgets for control”.
“We borrowed the French auteur system and applied it to highly commercial filmmaking. We give them more control than they usually get in Hollywood, but they We must also give something to: a commitment to making films cheaply.
“The mechanics of how a movie is made in a studio correlates with the budget, and the more expensive a movie is, the more time directors have to strategize on how to make what they want to do happen. In , directors spend 80% of their time on politics and 20% on actually making the movie, and in our $4 million movie, 100% of their time is spent making a good movie. It has been.”
Such an approach allows you to take risks, he said, referring to Derrickson’s “The Black Phone,” which he produced even though he didn’t “get” the script.
“I thought, ‘Okay, they’re talking on the phone in the basement.’ would say Our movies aren’t expensive, so we don’t,” he explains.
“When the budget is so big, the person in charge has to think the script is awesome and perfect before they can say yes. I want to trust the director.”
Blum has already fulfilled his dream of “making a really expensive movie” with “Tooth Fairy” starring Dwayne Johnson and has never looked back.
“It wasn’t what I thought it would be,” he says. “I thought it looked like fun. Instead, it was very political, with 25 people deciding what the Tooth Fairy costume should look like.” ‘ also came out, but it was the best of both worlds… an independent film released by a studio. That was the beginning of the company. ”
Still, it wasn’t Jordan Peele’s “no” $68 million budget that kept them from working together again.
“He didn’t want me to produce it. I would have done it! He wanted to do it himself, which is fine,” said Bloom, who wanted to be behind the “Conjuring” film. says.
People often say, “Congratulations on The Conjuring!” And say, ‘Thank you,'” he laughs.
He has confirmed that he will not make an NC-17 movie or work with a first-time director. Studios choose first-time directors over those who have had two hits and his two failures. I do the opposite” – Blum also opened up about the tricky balance between message and entertainment.
“Some companies say, ‘We’re going to make a scary movie about global warming.’ It doesn’t work! As soon as you do that, no one will go to your movies,” he says.
“If you have a strong desire to talk about political issues, I think the horror genre is a great way to do that. But first you have to make the film funny and scary.”
And what scares Jason Blum?
“Donald Trump. I’m not afraid of anyone.”
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