Jason Blum and James Wan in talks to merge companies

Share this Article:
Blumhouse and Atomic Monster, two of horrorā€™s foremost production companies, are set to merge according to reports.  Two of horrorā€™s biggest producers are reportedly exploring the option of merging their companies. Jason Blum, the Blumhouse chief and James Wan, the creator of Atomic Monster are said to be in talks to bring their companies together, creating a bigger entity that will exist as part of Universal Pictures. Both companies have bought in billions and billions of dollars to this point, and according to their creators, are merging to realise even loftier goals. “James is probably 70 to 80 percent artist and 30 to 20 percent business person, and I am the reverse,” said Blum about the prospective deal, whilst Wan has told The New York Times that he wants to expand into ā€˜video games, podcasts, live events, and maybe even merchandise.ā€™ As to what the deal between Blumhouse and Atomic Monster will look like? We donā€™t know exactly but it looks like Wanā€™s company will exist as a ā€˜creatively autonomousā€™ imprint as part of Blumhouse. All being well, the partnership will be sealed early next year and weā€™ll presumably begin to see projects roll out throughout the remainder of 2023. Weā€™ll keep you posted on this one as we hear more. ā€” Thank you for visiting! If youā€™d like to support our attempts to make a non-clickbaity movie website: Follow Film Stories on Twitter here, and on Facebook here. Buy our Film Stories and Film Stories Junior print magazines here. Become a Patron here.
Share this Article:

Related Stories

More like this