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Blumhouse Bringing Secret ‘Unfriended’ Sequel to SXSW?
You may remember that we told you last October about Unfriended: Game Night, a sequel to 2014’s computer screen slasher that had somehow managed to shoot in secret. We were able to confirm that an early screening had taken place around that time, and we even shared plot details with you; at the time, that was really all we knew.
So what happened to Unfriended: Game Night? Well, the Midnighters lineup for this year’s SXSW was just announced today, and on the list was one particular project that piqued our interest. The film is advertised as Untitled Blumhouse-Bazelevs Film, written and directed by Stephen Susco. The plot, well, it lines up with the plot for Game Night.
Furthermore, the first image from the untitled film is labeled “unfriended-game-night”!
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.”
Colin Woodell, Betty Gabriel, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Andrew Lees, Conor del Rio, Stephanie Nogueras and Savira Windyani star in the… apparent sequel to Unfriended.
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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