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Shudder Catches a Glimpse at ‘The Witch In the Window’
Shudder has bought a significant list of territories on writer-director Andy Mitton’s (We Go On, YellowBrickRoad) ghost story The Witch In The Window, ScreenDaily reports out of Cannes. The company has picked up all rights for UK, US, Canada, Germany, Australia and New Zealand.
The film stars Alex Draper (Yellowbrickroad), Arija Bareikis (The Purge) and introduces young Charlie Tacker. It will have its world premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal this summer.
The story follows house-flipper Simon and his twelve-year-old son, Finn, who decide to bring an old New England farmhouse back to life. But a previous owner who died there, a witch of a woman named Lydia, doesn’t seem to have really left.
Producers are Mitton with Richard W. King.
Film Seekers is in Cannes with two new acquisitions: Astral starring Frank Dillane (Fear The Walking Dead) and The Mysterious Death of Lord Harrington, a werewolf murder mystery scheduled to shoot in Malta in June.
“Mythic Quest” actor Chase Yi has been cast in a lead role in Paramount and Blumhouse’s new Paranormal Activity movie, Deadline reports this afternoon.
Ian Tuason (Undertone) will direct the eighth installment in the Paranormal Activity film franchise, set to release in theaters May 21, 2027.
As for character details or plot, well, those remain scarce at this stage.
While we wait for further news on whether the demonic Toby will reappear, Tuason previously revealed to Bloody Disgusting that technology will play a huge role in his vision: “Technology — camera technology — has advanced to a point where it’s become a big part of the film and what I want to do there.”
It’s fitting, especially as it was the original Paranormal Activity that inspired the filmmaker’s haunting debut, undertone.
Paranormal Activity, created by Oren Peli, first hit theaters in 2007. Its groundbreaking minimalist approach to found-footage ghost stories has spawned a seven-film franchise that’s grossed nearly $900 million worldwide.
Franchise originator Oren Peli will produce for Solana Films, with James Wan and Jason Blum producing for Blumhouse Atomic Monster. Michael Clear and Judson Scott will exec produce for Blumhouse Atomic, with Alayna Glasthal overseeing the project for the company. Other exec producers include Steven Schneider for Room 101, Inc., Dan Slater and Cody Calahan.
Also on the way soon is the Paranormal Activity stage play.