Overview
- Paramount Pictures and Blumhouse Atomic Monster are jointly financing and producing the new Paranormal Activity film with Paramount set to handle worldwide distribution.
- Deadline first reported that Chase Yi, known for Apple TV’s Mythic Quest, has been cast in a lead role while Canadian filmmaker Ian Tuason is attached to direct.
- Franchise creator Oren Peli is producing for Solana Films and producers James Wan and Jason Blum are producing for Blumhouse, with several executive producers already named.
- Plot and character details are being kept secret by the studios, though Tuason has previously indicated advanced camera and technology will play a significant part in his approach.
- The Paranormal Activity series began in 2009 and has grown to seven films that have earned roughly $900 million worldwide, making a new entry a commercially important release for both studios.