Jason Blum Missed Out on ‘Texas Chain Noticed’ However He is Nonetheless Bought Excessive Horror Hopes

As Blumhouse celebrates 15 years of bringing horror to audiences, studio head Jason Blum appears to be like again on a few of his greatest triumphs (M3GAN) and misfires (M3GAN 2.0) in a brand new interview, which additionally attracts out a few of his newer regrets—and his plans and hopes for the longer term. One factor we received’t be seeing, apparently, is a Blumhouse tackle The Texas Chain Noticed Bloodbath after the corporate got here up brief in the recent IP bidding war.

“We had been within the combine. The deal isn’t closed, however we most likely received’t get it,” Blum advised Variety; the commerce famous that A24, with a producing group that features Glen Powell, is the clear frontrunner. There’s no elaboration on what a Blumhouse Texas Chain Noticed may need seemed like, however Blum famous, “I like taking IP that individuals are cynical about and turning expectations on their head.”

That undoubtedly occurred with 2018’s Halloween—although the thrill over David Gordon Inexperienced’s reboot trilogy light with every new entry, and Blumhouse is now not steering the nice ship Michael Myers. “We don’t personal the rights anymore. I had a three-picture deal,” Blum defined, although he’s not closed off to future alternatives: “I’d do one other Hallo­­w­een film.”

A franchise Blumhouse does have in its steady now’s Saw, although there aren’t any agency particulars but on what form that long-running sequence will take subsequent. “It’s actually exhausting to make 10 films in a franchise—I don’t take that away from the unique sequence’ producers. And I’m grateful to them for permitting us to proceed,” Blum mentioned. “My inventive outlook is what I all the time preach: get the individuals who made the magic within the first place extra concerned. James Wan [the original director] might be vastly concerned. That’s how we’re going to reinvent it.”

As for Blum’s dream tasks… are you able to guess? Take a wild guess.

“Friday the thirteenth and Freddy Krueger, these are my two white whales,” he advised Selection, which identified the rights for each Friday and A Nightmare on Elm Road are tied up elsewhere.

“We’re all the time haggling. I make a run at them on daily basis. I’ll by no means quit the hunt,” Blum mentioned. (Presumably which means he’s talked to group Jason Universe.) “And in the event that they make one with out me, I’ll chase the following film.”

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