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Ronny Chieng Joins The Cast Of Blumhouse’s Horror Thriller ‘M3gan’

Crazy Rich Asians actor Ronny Chieng has joined the cast of Blumhouse’s and Atomic Monster’s upcoming horror thriller M3gan. Written by Akela Cooper, the script is based on a story by James Wan, and Gerard Johnstone (Housebound) who will direct the film. In the film, “Allison Williams plays Gemma, a brilliant roboticist at a toy company. She uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to be a kid’s greatest companion and a parent’s greatest ally. After unexpectedly gaining custody of her orphaned niece, Gemma enlists the help of the M3GAN prototype – a decision that has unimaginable consequences.” Jason Blum and James Wan are producing the thriller. Michael Clear, of Wan’s Atomic Monster banner, will executive produce with Judson Scott shepherding for the company. Blumhouse’s Ryan Turek will executive produce. Adam Hendricks and Greg Gilreath will executive produce for Divide/Conquer. Mark Katchur and Allison Williams will also serve as executive producers. Blumhouse and Atomic Monster will produce

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 26, 2021
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James Wan’s ‘Malignant’ Scores A Hard “R” Rating

Horror heavy hitter James Wan‘s new horror film Malignant was supposed to hit theaters back in August but found itself another victim of the pandemic like many other films, but it’s on its way and has just scored an “R” rating for “Strong horror violence, gruesome images, and for language.” The plot details for Malignant are still being kept quiet. Wan does have a comic that is titled Malignant Man, but there has been no word if the two are connected. We do however know that the movie is part of the Giallo sub-genre, which usually features scenes of excessive violence and blurs the lines between art and exploitation cinema. Maddie Hasson, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Abel, Ingrid Bisu, George Young, Michole Briana White, and Jacqueline McKenzie star. Wan is directing and producing under his Atomic Monster banner. Akela Cooper and JT Petty penned the script based on a story by Wan and Ingrid Bisu. In Wan’s Malignant Man comic, “granted

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 7, 2021
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James Wan Returning To His Horror Roots For New Movie

James Wan is returning to his horror roots for his next project, a secret genre film, before diving into Aquaman 2, Variety reports. The plot is still being kept under wraps at this point, but we do know that Wan co-wrote the film along with The Nun‘s Ingrid Bisu, who he recently got engaged to. Wan will also be producing under his Atomic Monster banner along with Michael Clear. Wan’s plan is to direct and shoot the film this fall in Los Angeles before moving into pre-production on Aquaman 2. Wan cut his teeth on the Saw and Insidious franchise before bringing The Conjuring Universe, a franchise that has grossed over $1.8 billion.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 1, 2019
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James Wan And Sam Raimi Team Up For ‘The Burden’ Adaptation

Horror heavy hitters James Wan (The Conjuring Franchise) and Sam Raimi (Evil Dead franchise) have joined forces for the feature film adaptation of the Dutch short film The Burden, from director Nico van den Brink, Deadline reports. The rights to the short film were snatched up last night by JS Entertainment, Starlight Media, along with Wan’s Atomic Monster and Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures who will produce the feature. “The short centers on a young woman visiting her boyfriend’s family home. There, she learns about a sinister history with his creepy neighbor and soon, all kinds of skeletons come out of the closet.” Romel Adam acquired the film for Ghost House and will oversee along with Judson Scott for Atomic Monster. Van den Brink’s other short horror film Sweet Tooth is getting an adaptation from Atomic Monster and New Line.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 22, 2019

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Ronny Chieng Joins The Cast Of Blumhouse’s Horror Thriller ‘M3gan’

Crazy Rich Asians actor Ronny Chieng has joined the cast of Blumhouse’s and Atomic Monster’s upcoming horror thriller M3gan. Written by Akela Cooper, the script is based on a story by James Wan, and Gerard Johnstone (Housebound) who will direct the film. In the film, “Allison Williams plays Gemma, a brilliant roboticist at a toy company. She uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to be a kid’s greatest companion and a parent’s greatest ally. After unexpectedly gaining custody of her orphaned niece, Gemma enlists the help of the M3GAN prototype – a decision that has unimaginable consequences.” Jason Blum and James Wan are producing the thriller. Michael Clear, of Wan’s Atomic Monster banner, will executive produce with Judson Scott shepherding for the company. Blumhouse’s Ryan Turek will executive produce. Adam Hendricks and Greg Gilreath will executive produce for Divide/Conquer. Mark Katchur and Allison Williams will also serve as executive producers. Blumhouse and Atomic Monster will produce

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 26, 2021
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James Wan’s ‘Malignant’ Scores A Hard “R” Rating

Horror heavy hitter James Wan‘s new horror film Malignant was supposed to hit theaters back in August but found itself another victim of the pandemic like many other films, but it’s on its way and has just scored an “R” rating for “Strong horror violence, gruesome images, and for language.” The plot details for Malignant are still being kept quiet. Wan does have a comic that is titled Malignant Man, but there has been no word if the two are connected. We do however know that the movie is part of the Giallo sub-genre, which usually features scenes of excessive violence and blurs the lines between art and exploitation cinema. Maddie Hasson, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Abel, Ingrid Bisu, George Young, Michole Briana White, and Jacqueline McKenzie star. Wan is directing and producing under his Atomic Monster banner. Akela Cooper and JT Petty penned the script based on a story by Wan and Ingrid Bisu. In Wan’s Malignant Man comic, “granted

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 7, 2021
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James Wan Returning To His Horror Roots For New Movie

James Wan is returning to his horror roots for his next project, a secret genre film, before diving into Aquaman 2, Variety reports. The plot is still being kept under wraps at this point, but we do know that Wan co-wrote the film along with The Nun‘s Ingrid Bisu, who he recently got engaged to. Wan will also be producing under his Atomic Monster banner along with Michael Clear. Wan’s plan is to direct and shoot the film this fall in Los Angeles before moving into pre-production on Aquaman 2. Wan cut his teeth on the Saw and Insidious franchise before bringing The Conjuring Universe, a franchise that has grossed over $1.8 billion.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 1, 2019
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James Wan And Sam Raimi Team Up For ‘The Burden’ Adaptation

Horror heavy hitters James Wan (The Conjuring Franchise) and Sam Raimi (Evil Dead franchise) have joined forces for the feature film adaptation of the Dutch short film The Burden, from director Nico van den Brink, Deadline reports. The rights to the short film were snatched up last night by JS Entertainment, Starlight Media, along with Wan’s Atomic Monster and Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures who will produce the feature. “The short centers on a young woman visiting her boyfriend’s family home. There, she learns about a sinister history with his creepy neighbor and soon, all kinds of skeletons come out of the closet.” Romel Adam acquired the film for Ghost House and will oversee along with Judson Scott for Atomic Monster. Van den Brink’s other short horror film Sweet Tooth is getting an adaptation from Atomic Monster and New Line.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 22, 2019