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…

The untitled next chapter of The Purge franchise will hit cinemas on July 10, 2020, Universal announced today. The last three Purge pics have played the July month with the franchise’s four films grossing more than $456M worldwide. Series creator James DeMonaco is back writing a new tale centering on the 12-hour…

EXCLUSIVE: Storm Reid has joined Universal/Blumhouse’s The Invisible Man opposite Elisabeth Moss. The Leigh Whannell-directed movie is inspired by the Universal's classic monster character. Reid will play the character of Sydney. Elisabeth Moss has signed on to appear in the film. The film will shoot in Sydney…

Blumhouse gave us a jump scare today as they announced that they will drop the Divide/Conquer-produced slasher film Thriller on Netflix on April 14. Following the surprise release of last week’s horror Mercy Black, this is the second time Blumhouse has surprised us with a release date for one of their films. Written…

Elisabeth Moss, who was in early talks for Universal-Blumhouse’s The Invisible Man last month, is officially on board with the latest rendition of the classic monster character. The project reps a re-team for Moss with producer Jason Blum after the recent $220M-global grossing success of Jordan Peele’s Us. Invisible Ma…

EXCLUSIVE: Actress Amy Madigan is the latest to come aboard The Hunt, Universal/Blumhouse’s politically charged action thriller directed by Craig Zobel. Betty Gilpin, Emma Roberts, Justin Hartley, Glenn Howerton, and Ike Barinholtz were previously announced as part of the cast. Damon Lindelof and Nick Cuse wrote the…

Blumhouse and Columbia Pictures have officially announced that Zoe Lister-Jones is writing and directing the new rendition of The Craft.  The original 1996 movie, which starred Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Christine Taylor, Rachel True, and Skeet Ulrich followed a newcomer at a Catholic prep high school…