New Paranormal Activity Movie in Development With James Wan and Jason Blum as Producers

Horror visionaries James Wan and Jason Blum are moving with Paramount Pictures to summon a caller Paranormal Activity movie into theaters.

Word connected a revival for the found-footage franchise comes from THR, which reports the series’ archetypal caller movie since 2021’s Next of Kin is already successful the works. Wan, champion known for his enactment arsenic manager for The Conjuring and the archetypal Saw, is connected committee arsenic a shaper alongside Blum via Blumhouse-Atomic Monster.

Paramount is attached arsenic co-financer, co-producer, and distributor, with archetypal manager Oren Peli besides successful the premix arsenic a shaper via Solana Films. Room 101 Inc.’s Steven Schneider is besides connected committee to enforcement nutrient alongside Blumhouse-Atomic Monster’s Michael Clear and Judson Scott. Alayna Glasthal volition oversee for the company.

Details related to the originative squad down the caller Paranormal Activity movie, arsenic good arsenic its crippled and merchandise date, stay a enigma for now. Though it’s unclear erstwhile precisely the task volition afloat materialize, it's said to beryllium a “priority for some Paramount and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster.”

Wan has touched everything from Insidious to Aquaman, but moving with Paranormal Activity’s supernatural entities marks caller crushed for the filmmaker. The low-budget archetypal installment launched to monolithic occurrence upon its premiere successful 2007, drafting a planetary container bureau haul conscionable abbreviated of $200 cardinal (via Box Office Mojo) with its tiny scale, elemental premise, and committedness to found-footage horror.

“I’ve been a immense admirer of Paranormal Activity since the superb archetypal movie, with its creeping dilatory pain and subtle quality to marque the unseen terrifying,” Wan said. “I’m looking guardant to expanding connected its bequest and helping signifier the adjacent improvement of this scary found-footage franchise.”

Paranormal Activity’s beardown commencement people spawned sequels earlier taking a interruption with its sixth film, The Ghost Dimension, successful 2015. Next of Kin had been propped up arsenic somewhat of a reboot for the shade communicative movie franchise earlier its Paramount+ merchandise but failed to summation overmuch traction amongst critics (we gave it a 4/10) and fans. It’s unclear if Wan, Blum, Peli, and Paramount’s eighth ace astatine Paranormal Activity volition admit the events of past films.

“Diving successful with James for this breathtaking rebirth of the franchise that started it each for Blumhouse is precisely what we dreamed of erstwhile we merged with Atomic Monster,” Blum added. “I’ll beryllium actively progressive with him to present this caller chapter. Thankfully, we’re capable to walk a small much than the $15,000 we had connected the archetypal movie, but 1 happening volition stay the aforesaid — bash not spot it alone.”

We gave Paranormal Activity an 8/10 reappraisal upon its release. We called it 1 of our favourite haunted location movies successful 2018. For more, you tin work up connected the authoritative Paranormal Activity video crippled acceptable to motorboat successful 2026.

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