On July 23, 2003, Blumhouse Productions was set to produce Ethan Hawke's feature film adaptation of his book The Hottest State, with IFC Films set to finance the production and distribute the film.[1] The movie was eventually released in 2006 without Blumhouse Productions.
2006
Type
Title
Description
Feature film
My Korean Deli
On May 7, 2006, Blumhouse Productions and Meryl Poster’s Superb Entertainment were set to produce the feature film adaptation of the My Korean Deli by Ben Ryder Howe for New Line Cinema to distribute.[2]
On December 5, 2007, Blumhouse was going to co-produce the feature film adaptation of Fangland with Hilary Swank set to star and produce,[3] and filmmaker John Carpenter was hired to direct in June 2010.[4]
2009
Series
Title
Description
Feature film
Refuge
In September 23, 2009, Jason Blum, Sam Raimi, Scott Hanson, and Steven Sneider were set to produce Refuge, a supernatural horror film written by Tom De Ville and Corin Hardy attached to direct based on a short,[5] and in that December, Blum and Hanson secured financing for this movie through their fund.[6]
Feature film
Inside Out
On December 21, 2009, Blumhouse announced "Inside Out", a heist project written by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, Marcel Langenegger attached to direct, Jason Blum producing along with Scott Hanson, & John Allen and Steven Schneider would exec produce with the BlumHansonAllen Fund financing the film’s production.[6]
On October 16, 2012, Blumhouse was developing the feature film adaptation of the Stephen King short story The Breathing Method, with Scott Derrickson attached to direct & Scott Teems writing the screenplay.[9] In December 2019, the project was again announced, with the film being marked as his "return to horror" after he finished his work on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,[10] and Derrickson was reportedly giving the adaptation another shot after the release of his film The Black Phone in 2022.[11]
2013
Type
Title
Description
Feature film
White Smoke
By October 3, 2013, Blumhouse was set to produce White Smoke, Jeff Richard and Mark Bianculli’s supernatural horror screenplay set in Vatican City with Jason Blum & Matt Kaplan producing in collaboration with Aaron Schmidt & Kevin McCormick’s Langley Park and Lionsgate Films distributing the film.[12] By August 29, 2019, Matt Kaplan moved White Smoke from Blumhouse to ACE Entertainment & Paramount Players distributing the film, with Nicholas McCarthy set to direct from his own draft of the screenplay.[13] This movie is unrelated to the novel by Nick Brucker.[14]
On June 18, 2015, Blumhouse acquired Sean Finegan & Gregg Maxwell Parker’s rockclimbing thriller screenplay “Free Fall” as a co-production with Madhouse Entertainment’s Adam Kolbrenner, Robyn Meisinger, and Ryan Cunningham.[16] On April 16, 2024, “Free Fall” moved from Blumhouse & Madhouse Entertainment to XYZ Films with Zoe Bell attached to direct Sean Finegan & Gregg Maxwell Parker’s rockclimbing action thriller screenplay, with Zachary Levi starring & executive producing alongside Navid McIlhargey, Erik Olsen, Finegan & Parker in collaboration with New Zealand producers Tom Hern and Nua Finau.[17]
Feature film
The Shee
By August 2015, Blumhouse acquired Ciaran Foy’s supernatural horror thriller film “The Shee” with Foy set to direct and produce with Alan Maher.[18]
2016
Type
Title
Description
Feature film
Sevenfold
On March 13, 2016, Blumhouse acquired Sevenfold, a micro-budget film written by Jaime Marks, Eduardo Sanchez was set to direct, and Mark Ordesky, Jane Fleming and Gregg Hale would produce the film.[19]
In September 2017, DreamWorks Animation & Blumhouse Productions announced an original feature called Spooky Jack, with a planned release date of September 17, 2021.[21] The film would have revolved around three siblings who moved into an eerie new home and discover that all the creatures that they thought do not exist. By October 2019, Spooky Jack was removed from the schedule, with its original release date replaced by The Bad Guys, which was then moved to April 22, 2022.[22]
2018
Type
Title
Description
TV series
You Bury Me
In February 2018, Blumhouse was developing Lexi Alexander’s war romance series You Bury Me with Alexander executive producing her series with Scott Derrickson, Jeremy Gold, and Marci Wiseman.[23][24]
On April 16, 2018, Blumhouse announced that the feature film adaptation of John Ridley’s comic book series The American Way with Ridley set to direct and write the film's script based on the “Those Above and Those Below” miniseries.[25]
On April 18, 2018, Blumhouse Productions and Chris Morgan’s company acquired the feature film & television adaptation rights to the New York Magazine article Worst Roommate Ever by William Brennan.[26] On July 24, 2024, Paul Feig’s production company joined Blumhouse & Chris Morgan’s company on the feature film adaptation with Feig set to direct.[27]
Feature film
Intruders
In May 2018, Tommy Wiroka sold his thriller screenplay “Intruders” to Blumhouse, which he was attached to direct the film.[28]
2019
Series
Title
Description
Feature film/TV series
The Stolen Girls of Sarah Lawrence
On May 3, 2019, the New York Magazine article by Ezra Marcus and James D. Walsh The Stolen Girls of Sarah Lawrence was reported to be adapted at Blumhouse in collaboration with Mark Wahlberg’s production company Closest to the Hole Productions, Scoop Wasserstein’s Vox Media.[29] On March 19, 2020, Blumhouse and Vox Media moved the project to Prime Video without Wahlberg’s involvement, and changed the format from a feature film to a miniseries adaptation directed by Reed Morano.[30][31]
On March 10, 2020, Blumhouse was set to produce a Dracula film written by Phil Hay & Matt Manfredi for Karyn Kusama to direct, before getting a distributor.[33] On April 18, 2022, Blumhouse and Miramax canceled Kusama’s movie Mina Harker with Jasmine Cephas Jones set to portray the titular character.[34]
On May 19, 2020, Blumhouse was in talks with Jamie Lee Curtis for her directorial debut film Mother Nature.[35] In July 2023, the project would be released as a comic book.[36]
On May 28, 2020, Leigh Whannell was set to direct a tv series continuation of his film Upgrade with Tim Walsh set to be the showrunner for Blumhouse Television and Universal Content Productions.[37]
On August 12, 2020, Blumhouse announced a feature film adaptation of Virginia Feito’s novel Mrs. March” with Elisabeth Moss set to star in and produce through Love and Squalor Pictures.[38]
On January 28, 2021, Blumhouse was set to produce Darren Aronfosky’s feature film adaptation of Koji Suzuki’s short story Adrift from the short story collection Dark Water, with Aronofsky writing the screenplay with Luke Dawson for Aronofsky to direct, Jared Leto attached to star in and produce through his company Paradox along with Aronofsky’s Protozoa Pictures.[39]
On December 12, 2024, the AirMail article by Ravi Somaiya The Root of all Evil was reported to be adapted at Blumhouse in collaboration with James Wan’s production company Atomic Monster, Lloyd Braun, Sarah Bremner and Noah Oppenheim’s Prologue Entertainment and financed by Jeff Zucker & RedBird Capital.[41]
