SAW: Blumhouse to Acquire Billion Dollar Horror Franchise Rights | rssama.com

Blumhouse is finalizing a awesome woody to get rights to nan Saw franchise from Twisted Pictures, marking a awesome displacement successful power of nan billion-dollar scary property. The imaginable woody would reunite head James Wan pinch nan franchise he co-created, arsenic Blumhouse looks to partner pinch Lionsgate for early projects.

Blumhouse acquiring authorities to SAW franchise to partner pinch Lionsgate

According to Deadline, nan woody would displacement power from Twisted’s Mark Burg and Oren Koules to Blumhouse, bringing head James Wan person to nan franchise he co-created pinch Leigh Whannell. Wan directed nan original Saw (2004) and remained executive shaper connected nan consequent films. Lionsgate will clasp its 50% liking and proceed to administer early installments.

Talks betwixt Blumhouse and Twisted Pictures began successful 2023 but antecedently stalled owed to disagreements complete nan waste price. The negotiations resumed and are now reportedly adjacent to completion.

If finalized, nan woody would besides assistance James Wan an ownership liking successful nan franchise via his accumulation company, Atomic Monster, which merged pinch Blumhouse successful January 2024. Jason Blum heads nan merged entity.

The Saw franchise launched pinch a $1.2 cardinal fund and grossed $104 cardinal globally. The first movie opened pinch $18.2 cardinal successful nan U.S. and became 1 of nan astir profitable scary films of its time. Over 10 films, nan franchise has earned much than $1 cardinal astatine nan world container agency and expanded into video games, taxable parkland attractions, comics, and licensed merchandise.

The astir caller film, Saw X, released successful 2023. An 11th installment was successful development, pinch a book turned successful by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan successful 2024. However, nan task stalled owed to imaginative disagreements betwixt Lionsgate and producers. As of now, location is nary charismatic update connected whether nan adjacent introduction will beryllium a film, tv series, aliases different format.

Twisted Pictures primitively backed nan franchise aft watching Wan and Whannell’s short movie pitch. Lionsgate has handled distribution since nan first movie’s merchandise successful 2004.