Entities/Person/James Wan

James Wan

Person ⌖ Watchlist
last seen in coverage Nov 4
130
Wire items · since Feb 18
2
Sourced transactions
2
Projects
10
Months active
63
Multi-source stories

Deal mix · 2 sourced transactions

Transaction
hire 2
Source material (as stated)
not stated 1
remake / reboot / sequel 1
Medium (as stated)
not stated 1
TV 1

51 records flagged as deal coverage could not be tied to James Wan, a named project, a role and a transaction from their headlines; they are not counted here and are listed with sources under Unresolved.

Slate · 2 projects with a sourced transaction

Listed only when a headline names James Wan, the project and James Wan’s role. People are those the same headlines name. Newest first.

RoboCop directorTV
Gangster, Cop, Devil directorremake / reboot / sequel

Key people · from coverage

Names as they appear in sourced items; no contact data by design.

Jason Blum
Named in coverage
58 items · 0 sourced transactions · in 45% of all James Wan coverage
Lee CroninNamed in coverage19i · 0tx
Kane ParsonsNamed in coverage18i · 0tx
Jack ReynorNamed in coverage17i · 0tx
Chiwetel EjioforNamed in coverage16i · 0tx
Michael ClearNamed in coverage15i · 0tx
Renate ReinsveNamed in coverage14i · 0tx
Laia CostaNamed in coverage13i · 0tx
Leigh WhannellNamed in coverage12i · 0tx
Mark DuplassNamed in coverage11i · 0tx
Shawn LevyNamed in coverage11i · 0tx
May CalamawyNamed in coverage9i · 0tx
Oren PeliNamed in coverage9i · 0tx
AFFILIATED = APPEARS IN ≥15% OF ALL JAMES WAN COVERAGE · OTHERS ARE COUNTERPARTIES ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS

Box office in coverage orbit · 5 tracked titles

Grosses as reported — “via” badge = released by another studio.

Backrooms
latest: “$85 million to $90 million through the w” (domestic) as reported — not a comparable figure
The Mummy
latest: “more than $65 million” (worldwide) as reported — not a comparable figure
Obsession
latest: “$300 million worldwide” (worldwide) as reported — not a comparable figure
Mortal Kombat II
latest: “$129.5 million global” (worldwide) as reported — not a comparable figure
Insidious: Out of the Further
latest: “$800 million mark” (worldwide) as reported — not a comparable figure

Activity · by month

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WIRE ITEMSSOURCED TRANSACTIONS

Works with · top 8 of 23

Tap a row to expand the shared record.

CounterpartyItemsTransactions
BlumhouseCO 1150
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Atomic MonsterCO 700
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Jason BlumPERSON 580
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A24CO 250
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UniversalCO 200
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Lee CroninPERSON 190
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Kane ParsonsPERSON 180
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Jack ReynorPERSON 170
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Transactions · 2 sourced

One row per transaction; reports of the same transaction are merged under it. Dates are when ScreamWire first archived a report. Amounts appear only as the source phrased them.

Jun 20 James Wan to Direct RoboCop Series for Amazon MGM
DIRECTORhireRoboCop
The People's Movies A
Mar 11 James Wan Directs "Gangster, Cop, Devil" Remake
DIRECTORhireGangster, Cop, Devil
Google News (James Wan) A+
Unresolved · 51 deal-flagged records not counted

ScreamWire’s classifier tagged these as deal coverage, but the headline does not establish James Wan, a named project, James Wan’s role and the transaction. They are excluded from every count on this page and kept, with their sources, for review — newest 25 below; all 51 are in the unresolved list.

Oct 22 Keanu Reeves Circles James Wan’s Serial Killer Thriller
no project title in headline
iHorror
Oct 16 Scott Glassgold on ‘Seasons’ and Hollywood’s Hunt for Internet Talent and the Next ‘Backrooms’
person not named in headline“more than $1 million”
The Wrap
Oct 10 BlumFest Haunts New York Comic Con 2026: All the Highlights From Blumhouse Atomic Monster
person not named in headline
THR
Oct 9 James Wan's ‘The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil’ Remake Starts Shooting in April
no stated role on a named project
World of Reel
Oct 7 Other Mommy producer James Wan says horror genre is entering a very exciting inflection point”
no project title in headline
Bollywood Hungama
Sep 11 Lily James Horror Film ‘Seasons’ Lands Fall 2027 Release From Amazon MGM (Exclusive)
person not named in headline
The Hollywood Reporter
Sep 9 Viral Horror Creator Spencer Lackey Teams With Neon, Blumhouse for First Movie ‘Lust’
person not named in headline
The Wrap
Aug 27 ‘Seasons’ Movie Cast Adds Elizabeth McGovern
person not named in headline
Deadline
Aug 15 Netflix Orders ‘Sid & Zoey’, Supernatural Romance About Two Teens Drawn Into the Dark Secrets Beneath an Idyllic Mississippi Town
person not named in headline
Dread Central
Aug 15 Solo Writer Jon Kasdan’s New Project Is a Supernatural YA Rom-Com for Netflix
person not named in headline
Reactor Magazine
Jul 26 'Paranormal Activity': Maya Da Costa Joins New Movie (EXCLUSIVE)
person not named in headline
Blumhouse Productions
Jun 24 'Blair Witch Project' New Movie Sets Fall 2027 Release
person not named in headline
Deadline
Jun 23 New RoboCop TV series executive produced by James Wan might start filming in January
no project title in headline
JoBlo
Jun 21 Blumhouse to Adapt Hit Horror Game "Phasmophobia" into Live-Action Film; "Saw" & "Ma" Updates Also Revealed
person not named in headline
玩具人 TOY PEOPLE
Jun 20 Blumhouse Signs Curry Barker for Original Horror Movie
person not named in headline“rich eight-figure deal”
Horror Obsessive
Jun 19 Curry Barker’s Third Film, an Original Horror Concept, Heads to Universal and Blumhouse Atomic Monster
person not named in headline
Variety
Jun 15 ‘Dead by Daylight’ Taps Thordur Palsson To Adapt Horror Game For Blumhouse Atomic Monster, Behaviour Interactive
person not named in headline
Deadline
Jun 13 Original Blair Witch star explains why she's staying out of the rebooted woods
person not named in headline
AV Club
Jun 8 Jason Blum Confirms Blair Witch & Paranormal Activity Return In 2027
person not named in headline
SciFiNow
May 13 New Teaser For Backrooms Arrives
person not named in headline
SciFiNow
May 12 ‘Paranormal Activity’ To Haunt Broadway This Fall; Jason Blum Among Producers
person not named in headline
Deadline
May 7 Horror! A24’s Youngest Director Ever Started on YouTube
person not named in headline
The Ankler
May 7 5 Things Kane Parsons Learned Making ‘Backrooms’ for A24
person not named in headline
No Film School
May 2 'The Blair Witch Project' Reboot Heads To Cannes, Details Revealed
person not named in headline
Blumhouse Productions
May 2 Jessica Chastain's Family Is Terrorized By Mysterious Monster In Blumhouse's New Trailer For Other Mommy
person not named in headline
Atomic Monster

Recent mentions · 10 of 77

Methodology

Source. Assembled from ScreamWire's classified archive — 130 wire items (Feb 18 → Nov 4) matching James Wan, deduplicated by URL (10 cross-day re-sightings removed). Every entry links to the original reporting. Descriptive, never predictive.

Why no deal amounts. Only 1.9% of tracked deal items site-wide carry a reported figure — the trades rarely publish terms — so dollar amounts appear only as the source phrased them (e.g. “rich eight-figure deal”), never as comparable numbers. This is a deal-flow tracker, not a comps database.

What counts as a transaction. A row appears under Transactions, Slate or Deal mix only when the publisher’s headline names James Wan, names the project, and states James Wan’s role in a transaction (bought, set up, developing, ordered, distributing, hired or cast for…). A company mentioned alongside a film is not enough, and neither is a classifier tag. Reports of the same transaction are merged; separate transactions on one project, such as a set-up and a later casting, stay separate. 51 deal-flagged records did not meet the test and are listed under Unresolved.

What these counts are not. They describe what ScreamWire has confirmed from its own archive of published coverage — not everything James Wan has done. A deal we never archived, or one whose report does not state the role plainly enough to meet the test above, is absent from every number on this page. Read them as a floor on activity we can evidence, never as a complete slate.

Source material and medium are recorded only when the headline states them; otherwise “not stated”. Dates are when ScreamWire first archived a report, so a resurfaced older story can carry a later date; reviewed exceptions are listed in the repository’s record-review file.

Grades are ScreamWire's editorial coverage grade — how strongly the wire covered the story — not a deal-quality score.

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