Friday, November 16, 2018

Blumhouse is making eight thriller features for Amazon

Blumhouse Television, Jason Blum’s acclaimed production company, is planning to produce eight feature-length thrillers for Amazon’s streaming service. Variety reports that the projects will all be “‘elevated’ thrillers or stories with dark themes,” and they’ll be directed by filmmakers with “diverse backgrounds.” (Maybe this is an opportunity for Blum to rectify his company’s poor track record of working with women.) Blumhouse has previously worked with filmmakers such as Joel Edgerton, Jon M. Chu, and Jordan Peele.

Blum founded the company in 2000 and has since made a name for himself with low-budget, low-risk, high-concept films like the Paranormal Activity, Purge, and Insidious franchises, as well as the Oscar-nominated hits Get Out...

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