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Updated with statement by Hilary Swank: Universal will not be releasing Blumhouse’s The Hunt on September 27 as planned. Deadline hears that a collective decision was made by Universal leadership, led by Donna Langley, with The Hunt filmmaking team. For this particular film, it’s better to…

Universal is putting the brakes on the marketing for their Blumhouse release The Hunt in the wake of recent mass shootings which have taken the lives of 34 people in El Paso, Texas; Dayton, Ohio; and Gilroy, California. "Out of sensitivity to the attention on the country's recent shooting tragedies, Universal Pictures…

This is a big month for young filmmaker Mike Gan, a USC graduate and Beijing native who is notching writer-director credits on two film projects, one for television and the other an indie film for theatrical release. First, on Hulu, Gan has the just-released School Spirit, a campus horror film with an…

EXCLUSIVE: Momentum Pictures has acquired North American rights to Bloodline, the Blumhouse horror thriller that stars Seann William Scott. The pic, directed by Henry Jacobson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Avra Fox-Lerner and Will Honley, will now hit theaters day-and-date with digital on September 20. Scott plays…

Netflix has ordered five new originals out of India with Hollywood producers including Blumhouse and Chernin Entertainment getting in on the action. The SVOD service is doubling down on its scripted drive in the region – following the success of titles such as Delhi Crime and Selection Day. Over the next twelve…

EXCLUSIVE: The Haunting of Hill House star Oliver Jackson-Cohen has scored the title role in Universal/Blumhouse’s The Invisible Man which begins production this month in Sydney, Australia. That’s quite a casting coup considering that at one point during early development of this project at Universal, Johnny Depp was…

Pacific Rim: Uprising actress Cailee Spaeny is in talks for the lead role in Blumhouse/Sony’s The Craft remake, Deadline has confirmed. Zoe Lister-Jones is attached to write and direct the project, which is based on the 1996 original, which followed a newcomer at a Catholic prep high school who falls in with a trio of…

EXCLUSIVE: Harriet Dyer, star of NBC procedural drama The InBetween, is boarding Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man for Blumhouse-Universal. Dyer joins the already announced cast of Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge and Storm Reid. The pic will shoot in Dyer’s native country of Australia next month, specifically Sydney. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that Aldis Hodge, star of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning film Clemency, has landed a role in Blumhouse-Universal’s The Invisible Man which is inspired by the studio’s classic monster character. Hodge joins Us star Elisabeth Moss and Storm Reid in the Leigh Whannell feature…

EXCLUSIVE: Mattel is partnering with Blumhouse for a live-action feature take on their popular toy Magic 8 Ball. Jeff Wadlow, who has directed such Blumhouse movies as Truth or Dare and Fantasy Island, is attached to direct. Wadlow will also write the script with his collaborators, Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach. This…

2nd UPDATE, 5:18 PM: Universal has moved the release date for The Hunt up by three weeks, from October 18 to September 27. Damon Lindelof-penned political thriller now will open against STX’s Chadwick Boseman actioner 21 Bridges, The Universal/DreamWorks Animation feature Abominable, Entertainment Studios’ drama All Ri…

Universal has set a March 13, 2020 release date for The Invisible Man, the Blumhouse-produced take on the Uni monster franchise that will star Elisabeth Moss. Leigh Whannell is aboard to write and direct the pic, which now will begin production in Sydney in July. The pic’s release date had been bookmarked for an…