Filmmakers James Wan and Jason Blum have unveiled Blumhouse Atomic as the new umbrella name for their merged production companies, bringing their horror filmmaking operations together under one banner.
Blum, founder of Blumhouse, said the merger had delivered the results they had hoped for, with the combined company proving more powerful than its individual parts.
“When we merged our companies, we believed the whole would be greater than the sum of its parts, and that is exactly what has happened,” he said.
“Blumhouse Atomic is a natural evolution of what we’ve built together. With The Conjuring franchise, Insidious and Saw, no filmmaker has created more horror franchises than James Wan, and together we’ve brought some of the genre’s most recognisable properties under one roof.”
Wan, co-founder of Blumhouse Atomic, said the company’s future would depend on discovering and nurturing fresh filmmaking talent.
“The future of horror comes from new voices, and Blumhouse Atomic gives us more ways to find them and support them for the long haul,” he said.
“I got my start with a small film and people willing to take a chance on it, so creating those opportunities for others is personal to me. Working with filmmakers like Kane Parsons, Curry Barker, Josh Giuliano and Dylan Clark is a big part of that. We want to give them the freedom to make something distinctive and build relationships that last beyond one film.”
The company’s upcoming slate includes ‘The Revenge of La Llorona’, ‘The Exorcist: Martyrs’, ‘Anything But Ghosts’, ‘Paranormal Activity’, ‘Blair Witch’ and ‘Seasons’.
