James Wan talks which Blumhouse and Universal IP he wants to explore.
Legendary horror director and producer James Wan is responsible for bringing us some of the most expansive horror universes that audiences just can't get enough of. With his work on Insidious, which sees is set to release its fifth installment in 2023 to 2021's instant cult classic Malignant, Wan is one of modern horror's founding fathers.
With Wan and Blum in final talks to join forces back in November, Wax naturally took the opportunity to ask about their new partnership and any IP that Blum has that Wan is looking forward to playing with for future projects. While Wan had to remain pretty tight-lipped on the details of their upcoming partnership he was definitely enthusiastic about being able to explore a whole new catalog of IP under their new deal.
“Well, it's obviously very early on, and there's not a lot I can really speak to at this moment, but to answer that question, hell yes, of course. Yes. And obviously, not just at Blumhouse, [but] with Universal as well. So that's about to the extent I would say.
M3GAN is set to hit theaters on January 6, 2023. Wan is also expanding the Conjuring universe in 2023 with The Nun 2 set to be released on September 8 and The Conjuring 4 likely to begin filming at some point during the year. Stay tuned at Collider for further updates on all things Wan and Blum and be sure to check out our full conversation with Wan when it goes up. You can watch the trailer for M3GAN down below.