![]() ![]() There’s a unique opportunity for horror and genre in the indie game space, and I’m thrilled about teaming up with Blumhouse to meaningfully leverage the company’s brand, reputation, and creative talent,” added Wood. “Through my time in the industry, I’ve had the good fortune of working closely with developers to bring their ideas to life. “With their experience, sensibility and knowledge of the gaming marketplace Zach and Don are the ideal leaders to leverage Blumhouse’s unique genre strengths into gaming.” When we sat with Zach and Don they articulated an approach that resonated with Blumhouse’s model and we knew it was a perfect place for us to start our push into the interactive space.” said Abhijay Prakash, Blumhouse President, in a statement. “For some time we have been looking to build out a team to start accessing the growth opportunity in interactive media. Known for spinning lower-budget horror flicks into box office gold, Blumhouse will target indie-budget games below $10 million. ![]() While Blumhouse didn't announce any of its upcoming games at launch, it did reveal that its gaming strategy will mirror much of its film one. Industry veterans Zach Wood and Don Sechler will be president and CFO, respectively. It's launched a new subsidary, Blumhouse Games, to produce and publish games, it announced today. Made for $9 million, it grossed $275 million worldwide.Blumhouse, the film and TV production company that's best known for producing horror hits like M3GAN, Get Out, Insidious, and the Paranormal Activity series, is getting into video games. The working relationship between Shyamalan and Blumhouse was good, and the company produced his next film, Split. The Visit was made for $5 million and grossed $98 million worldwide. When you lower the budget, you really push the director to challenge him or herself more. “If you take away all the bells and whistles, it forces the director to focus on what I think are the best ingredients for a great movie: performance, character, story. Night Shyamalan's return to form after a string of disasters, Jason Blum is quoted as saying No one works for the money they’re taking creative risks and pay cuts because they’re having fun and they enjoy the challenge of operating within tight financial constraints. One of the many benefits of cutting a film’s budget to the bare essentials is you know those who show up to work everyday believe in the project and love what they’re doing. At some point, it occurred to Blum to combine the genre appeal of Dimension projects with the sophistication and creativity of Miramax's prestige project, and thus was born Blumhouse, which takes things from each of Hollywood's little boxes and mixes them together. Though Miramax had some big hits with prestige films ( Shakespeare in Love grossed almost $300 million worldwide), there were also cases of struggling to get dramas to catch on with a mass audience. ![]() Hollywood likes very small boxes, and the contents of those boxes hardly ever mix. You may not know Miramax owns Dimension Films, which made Scream. Such division of labor - horror movies over here, critical favorites over there - is common in the film industry. He worked in acquisitions at Miramax, where he dealt with prestige pictures and populist entertainment alike. Jason Blum spent 15 years working for Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the men behind Miramax, the Weinstein Company, various hotly contested Oscar campaigns, and many other things. ![]()
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