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Jason Blum Says Chances Are “Excellent” That Blumhouse Will Pick Up Other Horror Franchises

Producer Jason Blum has spent much of the night doing a Q&A with fans over on Twitter (@Jason_Blum), and not surprisingly, many of the questions were in regards to his Blumhouse potentially acquiring horror franchises to bring back to life. After all, it’s Blumhouse that is behind this year’s Halloween, and they’ve sure got the money to snag more.
In various tweets, Blum expressed interested in grabbing Friday the 13th, Scream, Alien and even The Crow, and he noted to one fan that the chances are “excellent” that Blumhouse will eventually add to its roster of horror franchises by scooping up another like Halloween.
Mind you, this is all talk and nothing more at this point, but Blum did stress several times that he’s worked hard at getting the Friday the 13th rights, in particular. At this time, there’s not much he can really do on that front, as the rights are currently tied up in a legal mess.
On an interesting related note, Blum noted during the Q&A that he turned down the chance to bring The Blob back to the big screen. At one point, he tried getting the rights to Christine!
Check out some of Blum’s franchise-related answers below…
the chances are excellent https://t.co/zdB211xH6N
— Jason Blum (@jason_blum) August 16, 2018
Obvs. https://t.co/e2vYpuE4WJ
— Jason Blum (@jason_blum) August 17, 2018
Never say never https://t.co/2Ix4l5BrPZ
— Jason Blum (@jason_blum) August 17, 2018
We thought about it but passed. https://t.co/rWey5pW8HJ
— Jason Blum (@jason_blum) August 17, 2018
Friday the 13 https://t.co/9Rphzp8KFb
— Jason Blum (@jason_blum) August 17, 2018
Alien https://t.co/xHN1LpTBId
— Jason Blum (@jason_blum) August 17, 2018
I’ve tried. https://t.co/54DGD29ayD
— Jason Blum (@jason_blum) August 17, 2018
for sure yes on friday the 13th. ive tried a bunch of times to get the rights. https://t.co/WSB06QB98J
— Jason Blum (@jason_blum) August 16, 2018
— Jason Blum (@jason_blum) August 17, 2018
— Jason Blum (@jason_blum) August 17, 2018
I tried desperately to produce slender man with the folks that did it. They turned me down about 300 times. https://t.co/5cE1LoSc4U
— Jason Blum (@jason_blum) August 17, 2018
We tried https://t.co/6UtnM6EjBM
— Jason Blum (@jason_blum) August 17, 2018
