Overview

• The deal grants Blumhouse full control of the IP previously co-owned by Twisted Pictures producers Mark Burg and Oren Koules
• Lionsgate retains a 50 percent ownership stake and continues distributing the franchise’s ten films to date
• The acquisition builds on Blumhouse’s January 2024 merger with Atomic Monster, the production banner founded by James Wan
• The deal will bring creator James Wan back into the fold after he served as executive producer on later Saw installments
• No new entry is currently in development after an eleventh film stalled due to creative disagreements between Lionsgate and Saw’s producers