{"id":186521,"date":"2025-10-08T22:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T22:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/186521\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T22:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T22:22:10","slug":"i-will-never-give-up-jason-blum-says-friday-the-13th-and-elm-street-are-still-his-white-whales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/186521\/","title":{"rendered":"“I Will Never Give Up”: Jason Blum Says ‘Friday the 13th’ and ‘Elm Street’ Are Still His White Whales"},"content":{"rendered":"

If Jason Blum had his way, he\u2019d be acquiring all the big horror franchises like Infinity Stones. But while Blumhouse has generated multiple new franchises of their own, including Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Purge, and The Black Phone, the only white whales that Blum has been able to get his hands on thus far are Halloween, which Blumhouse revived with a trilogy of tales chronicling the further adventures of Michael Myers, Laurie Strode and (checks notes) Corey Cunningham, and The Exorcist, which has gotten off to a rocky start<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s SAW, which Blumhouse just boarded earlier this year. Blumhouse is bringing James Wan back in the fold to shepherd a new chapter<\/a> for the twisted franchise.<\/p>\n

What else is next, now that Blumhouse has left Haddonfield behind? In a sprawling new conversation with Variety<\/a>, Jason Blum has provided some insights into his franchise hopes.<\/p>\n

For starters, Blum has confirmed that Blumhouse indeed no longer has the rights to make Halloween movies. He explains, \u201cWe don\u2019t own the rights anymore. I had a three-picture deal. But I would do another Hallo\u00ad\u00adw\u00adeen movie.\u201d He also reveals that Blumhouse was recently in the mix to board The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, though A24 ultimately won the rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were in the mix. The deal isn\u2019t closed, but we probably won\u2019t get it,\u201d Blum admits.<\/p>\n

His other white whales on the horror front? Blum tells Variety in this week\u2019s new interview discussion, \u201cFriday the 13th and Freddy Krueger, those are my two white whales.\u201d<\/p>\n

There has been no movement on the Elm Street franchise in many years, but the Friday the 13th saga is a different story. After years of messy legal issues, Jason Voorhees is back with his new \u201cJason Universe\u201d initiative, with A24 and Peacock filming a prequel television series titled \u201cCrystal Lake\u201d and a new Friday the 13th movie reportedly in early development at this time.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for more on all of the above horror franchises \u2013 and Blumhouse\u2019s role in them.<\/p>\n

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