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

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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…

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Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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‘Kraven the Hunter’ Movie Now Releasing in December 2024

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Sony returns to their own Marvel universe with the upcoming Kraven the Hunter, which has been bumped all over the release schedule. This week, it’s been bumped once more.

There was a time when Sony was going to unleash Kraven in theaters in October 2023, but the film was then bumped to August 2024. It’ll now release on December 13, 2024.

Kraven the Hunter will be the very first Marvel movie from Sony to be released into theaters with an “R” rating, with lots of bloody violence being promised.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the title character, Marvel’s ultimate predator.

“Kraven the Hunter is the visceral story about how and why one of Marvel’s most iconic villains came to be. Set before his notorious vendetta with Spider-Man, Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the titular character in the R-rated film.”

Ariana DeBose will play Calypso in the upcoming Kraven the Hunter movie.

Christopher Abbott (Possessor) is playing The Foreigner, with Levi Miller (Better Watch Out) also on board. Alessandro Nivola (The Many Saints of Newark) will play another villain, but character details are under wraps. Russell Crowe and Fred Hechinger also star.

J.C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year) is directing Kraven the Hunter.

The screenplay was written by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Richard Wenk.

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