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Zimmerman (ex-Shudder) will report to Blumhouse President Abhijay Prakash and Atomic Monster President Michael Clear, based in NYC, serving as a liaison between the companies post‑merger; he'll shepherd and produce genre features roughly in the $2–8M band (including projects under $5M) and work with the Divide/Conquer overall deal to incubate emerging filmmakers.
Paramount set theatrical release for May 21, 2027; director Ian Tuason attached; film will be co‑financed by Paramount and Blumhouse‑Atomic Monster. Producers include James Wan, Jason Blum and franchise creator Oren Peli; Michael Clear, Judson Scott and Steven Schneider are EPs. article reiterates franchise history (original’s $15K production/$200K post figure and $194M return; series totals north of $900M).
Report cites an $80M budget for Cregger's Resident Evil reboot; described as a high‑octane action/horror take positioned as a theatrical tentpole rather than a low‑budget genre release.
Deadline reports Skeletons has a $25M+ worldwide pre-sale/financing pact with Sony at EFM; JJ Abrams producing, Brie Larson attached to star, JT Mollner directing—pre-sales used to secure budget.
Sony won an EFM bidding war to pre-buy JT Mollner’s horror Skeletons starring Brie Larson and produced by J.J. Abrams; project is being pre-sold internationally to anchor financing.
Blumhouse–Atomic Monster and Behaviour Interactive are adapting Dead by Daylight; writers David Leslie Johnston-McGoldrick and Alexandre Aja are attached (Aja not directing), producers have begun a director search; game has over 60 million players.
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