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Blumhouse’s James Wan-Produced ‘Night Swim’ Will Be the First Big Horror Release of 2024

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No running. No diving. No lifeguard on duty. No swimming after dark. Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are reteaming again with Universal Pictures, this time for the supernatural thriller Night Swim. Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon will star in Night Swim from writer/director Bryce McGuire, and today the film has been given a brand new release date. Previously set for theatrical release on […]

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‘Dead Silence’ – 6 Things We Learned from the New 4K Ultra HD Release

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After firmly establishing themselves as filmmakers to watch with the expected success of Saw in 2004, director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell reunited for Dead Silence. It would be the first of two Wan films to underperform in 2007, followed by Death Sentence. While he would go on to prove himself as a true […]

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‘M3GAN’ – The Most Interesting Things We Learned from the Blu-ray

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Every bit as outrageously entertaining as horror fans would expect from Housebound director Gerard Johnstone, Malignant writer Akela Cooper, and producers James Wan and Jason Blum, M3GAN danced into theaters the first week of January. With a persuasive marketing campaign led by a buzzy trailer and a strong social media presence, the film performed beyond […]

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James Wan’s ‘Insidious’ Haunts 4K Ultra HD SteelBook This June

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Directed by Patrick Wilson, Insidious: Chapter 5 is currently scheduled for release this summer, and James Wan’s original Insidious movie comes to 4K UHD in celebration. Sony brings Insidious to 4K Ultra HD SteelBook on June 20, 2023. This marks the 4K Ultra HD debut of the 2010 horror movie, which of course launched a […]

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‘The Backrooms’ – Viral Shorts from Kane Parsons Getting a Feature Film from A24 and James Wan

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A24, Atomic Monster, Chernin Entertainment and 21 Laps Entertainment are joining forces to adapt Kane Parsons’ massively viral YouTube horror universe The Backrooms, Bloody Disgusting has learned. Chernin Entertainment will co-finance the film alongside A24. Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen and Dan Levine are producing for 21 Laps Entertainment. Lucas Ford from 21 Laps brought the […]

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‘M3GAN 2’? Sequel Reportedly Already in Development!

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This year is off to one hell of a start with horror hit M3GAN, which is smashing expectations at the box office. The film opened to $30.2 million domestically and a whopping $45 million worldwide, all but ensuring that we haven’t seen the last of the AI doll that danced her way into our nightmares […]

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‘M3GAN’ Dances Into a Whopping $30.2M Box Office Opening

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Originally projected to open in the low $20M range, Universal Pictures’ PG-13 sci-fi horror M3GAN overperformed, opening to an impressive $30.2M making it the best opening for an original horror film since Jordan Peele’s Nope. It’s also the best opening for a PG-13 horror since A Quiet Place Part II and had a stronger opening […]

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James Wan’s ‘Dead Silence’ Upgraded to 4K Ultra HD for Upcoming Scream Factory Release

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An underrated James Wan/Leigh Whannell collaboration, 2007’s Dead Silence is coming back to life with a brand new 4K Ultra HD release, Scream Factory has announced today. Scream Factory brings Dead Silence to 4K UHD on March 28, 2023. An exclusive offer from ShoutFactory.com contains the following items: Dead Silence [Collector’s Edition] 2-disc 4K UHD/Blu-ray […]

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James Wan Says He’d “Love to” Dive into a Remake of ‘Chopping Mall’ Someday

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Shopping costs an arm and a leg – literally – in Jim Wynorski‘s Chopping Mall, a cult classic horror movie from 1986 that horror master James Wan happens to be a big fan of. Speaking with Slash Film this week, Wan expressed interest in someday putting his own stamp on Chopping Mall, set in a shopping […]

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‘M3GAN’ – Vanessa Decker Interviews James Wan and Allison Williams! [Video]

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The Blumhouse and James Wan-produced horror movie M3GAN arrives in theaters on January 6, 2023, and BD’s Vanessa Decker brings us a special interview this afternoon. Vanessa, the star of “Hello Horror,” sat down for a chat with producer James Wan, director Gerard Johnstone, and star Allison Williams, and you can watch the highlights below. Wan […]

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‘M3GAN’ Review – Blumhouse’s Slick New Killer Doll Aims to Entertain

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Bloody Disgusting’s M3GAN review is spoiler-free. From the moment M3GAN was introduced in trailers and danced her way into the internet’s collective hearts, the high-tech killer doll seemed destined for horror icon status. It helped that M3GAN reunited producer James Wan and screenwriter Akela Cooper, both responsible for 2021’s highly entertaining Malignant, and put Housebound’s Gerard Johnstone at the helm. The horror-comedy does live up to […]

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‘Stinger’ – James Wan Producing Horror Series for Peacock Based on Robert McCammon Novel

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Based on Robert McCammon‘s Stinger, Peacock has just announced that they’ve given a straight-to-series order to an untitled horror series that will be produced by James Wan. Being referred to at this time as “Untitled Ian McCulloch Project,” the series comes from Atomic Monster and UCP, with Ian McCulloch (“Yellowstone”) writing and exec producing. The […]

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‘M3GAN’ TV Spot Reveals What’s Going on Underneath the Killer Doll’s Human Skin [Video]

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Next year’s horror movie season kicks off with the Blumhouse and James Wan-produced M3GAN, which will welcome the creepy killer doll to the family on January 6, 2023. While you wait, you can watch a brand new M3GAN TV spot below, which features some new footage. It even gives us a look at what’s going […]

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James Wan and Jason Blum in Talks to Merge Their Companies into One Mega Horror Powerhouse

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A mere 24 hours after it was announced that Walter Hamada is in charge of a brand new horror venture over at Paramount, more huge news in the horror world has dropped tonight. Variety reports that James Wan and Jason Blum are in “advanced talks” to merge Wan’s Atomic Monster and Blum’s Blumhouse Productions, the […]

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‘Border Patrol’ – Johannes Roberts Directing and James Wan Producing

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Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down, The Strangers: Prey at Night, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, V/H/S/99) has set up another new project, this one titled Border Patrol. Deadline reports that Roberts will direct the mysterious film for Screen Gems, with James Wan‘s Atomic Monster on board to produce. Plot details are under wraps at this […]

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