After initially calling 2015’s The Ghost Dimension the “final” Paranormal Activity, Paramount Pictures and Blumhouse have begun work on a seventh incarnation of the franchise that is set for release next spring (March 19, 2021).
No other details have been revealed, however, producer Jason Blum appeared on “The Evolution of Horror” Podcast in which he reveals that Christopher Landon has returned to the franchise to help develop the next installment.
“We are doing a new Paranormal Activity, we have Chris Landon…he’s coming up with Paranormal Activity 7,” Blum explained while also emphasizing that Paranormal Activity 7 is not the title of the movie but that it’s the seventh Paranormal Activity.
Landon himself tweets, “I wanted to clarify something about my involvement in the new Paranormal Activity movie. I am helping my friends and co-collaborators at Paramount set a new course for the franchise. I AM NOT writing the script nor am I directing the new movie. I am eager and excited to hand the reigns over to a fresh filmmaker who will undoubtedly reinvigorate this franchise that the amazing Oren Peli created so many years ago.”
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Landon has become a favorite here at Bloody Disgusting. He not only wrote and directed Happy Death Day and its sequel Happy Death Day 2U, but also Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones and Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. He also penned Disturbia and Paranormal Activity 2-4.
As John Squires previously noted, back in 2015, The Ghost Dimension was said to be the final installment of the franchise. Will we get a continuation of the original storyline or a reboot? Will it even be found-footage? Watch for updates as they come in.
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— (@owslajosh) February 29, 2020