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Kevin Bacon To Star In ‘You Should Have Left’ Adaptation

David Koepp and Blumhouse, along with Kevin Bacon, are teaming up for the film adaptation of the international best-selling novel You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann, THR is reporting. Termors star Kevin Bacon will be both starring and producing the film which begins production later this year. Koepp, who penned the script, will be in the director’s chair. Bacon found the book and the two teamed up to option the story. This isn’t the first time the two have worked together, Koepp directed Bacon on the set of 1999’s supernatural thriller Stir of Echoes. Koepp’s screenwriting credits also include Jurassic Park, Panic Room, and Spider-Man. The book tells of, “a screenwriter who holes up in a remote house in the Alps with his wife and daughter so he can work on a sequel to his big hit. But in shades of The Shining, the classic Stephen King novel that was adapted into a film by Stanley Kubrick, the writer

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 26, 2018

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Blumhouse Announces ‘Unfriended: Dark Web’ At SXSW

Back last October we first reported about Unfriended: Game night, the sequel to 2014’s Unfriended, which Blumhouse somehow filmed in secret. The true title for the film, it was first advertised as an untitled Blumhouse-Bazelevs project then as Unfriended: Game Night, was announced by Blumhouse last night with the new title Unfriended: Dark Web. In the film, “A 20-something finds a cache of hidden files on his new laptop and is thrust into the deep waters of the dark web. From the makers of Unfriended, this thriller unravels in real-time, entirely on a computer screen. A warning for the digital age.” Written and directed by Colin Woodell, Unfriended: Dark Web stars Betty Gabriel, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Andrew Lees, Conor del Rio, Stephanie Nogueras and Savira Windyani.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 10, 2018

Gaming

‘Five Night’s At Freddy’s’ Movie Finds Its Director

After lingering in development for what seems like forever, a director for the Five Nights at Freddy’s adaptation has been found. Blumhouse announced via Twitter that Chris Columbus will be in the director’s chair. Mr. Columbus, are you ready for Freddy? #FiveNightsatFreddys pic.twitter.com/4F7QEnw16x — Blumhouse (@blumhouse) February 12, 2018 Columbus is most well known for having a history of directing family-friendly films like Harry Potter, Mrs, Doubtfire, and Home Alone, but he is not new to the horror genre having penned the script for Gremlins. The upcoming film is based on the Five Nights at Freddy’s video game which challenges players to survive for five nights. Players are put in the role of a security guard in a pizza restaurant who must survive the possessed animatronic characters who roam the restaurant looking for their next kill. First released back in 2014, the game has had five sequels.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 13, 2018

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Octavia Spencer Joins Blumhouse’s Star Studded Film ‘Ma’

News has come that Octavia Spencer, the brilliant actress who starred in the highly-acclaimed and highly-nominated film The Shape of Water and in Halloween II, has signed on to star Blumhouse’s “twisted thriller” Ma. While we do not know a lot about the film at this time, we do know that Spencer will be playing the role of “a lonely woman who befriends a group of teenagers with torturous consequences for the kids.” thanks to Deadline‘s report. Spencer will reteam with Tate Taylor, who she worked with on The Help. The script was penned by Scotty Landes, which was developed with Ryan Turek, who will produce alongside Jason Blum and John Norris Juliette Lewis (Natural Born Killers), Luke Evans (Dracula Untold), Diana Silvers (Glass), Cory Fogelmanis (“Girl Meets World”), McKaley Miller (Hart of Dixie), Dante Brown (Lethal Weapon), and Gianni Paolo (The Mick) also star. Production is set to begin on Ma this month.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 2, 2018

Comic Books/Graphic Novels

Todd McFarlane’s Spawn Movie Begins Casting

We’ve been talking about Todd McFarlane’s upcoming Spawn movie for a while now, but news has now come that the film has made a giant leap towards actually happening. While talking with ComicBook.com, the character’s creator, McFarlane, revealed that casting has begun! We just officially the other day had our first casting meeting, and so what that means for anyone listening today is with the final script we’re going to start sending that into Hollywood to actually go pick up the cast members,” MacFarlane stated. He continued, “So what you do during those first couple of meetings is go through all the characters and then sort of throw some names and bat some names around for people you think might fit it. More specifically, are there actors or characters you’ve seen in other movies that you think fall into that pool, because all of that gives the casting director a picture so that they can go ‘oh, okay, I know

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 18, 2018

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This Spring Blumhouse Will Be Ready To Play ‘Truth or Dare’

What harm could come from playing a game of Truth or Dare? You will soon find out. Blumhouse is gearing up to unleash their supernatural thriller Truth or Dare this spring from director Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2, Cry Wolf). Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars), Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf), Violett Beane (The Flash), Nolan Gerard Funk (Arrow), Hayden Szeto (The Good Place), and Sophia Taylor Ali (Bad Kids of Crestview Academy) star in the film where we will witness someone – or something – that begins to punish those who tell a lie – or refuse the dare. Blumhouse’s Jason Blum will be producing alongside EP Wadlow, Deadline reports. Truth or Dare will open in theaters on April 27, 2018, via Universal Studios.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 10, 2017

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