Blumhouse Productions is likely one of the most profitable horror homes in Hollywood, however the studio’s remakes and sequels to bona fide spooky classics have confirmed to be a blended bag. There have been uninteresting efforts like “The Exorcist: Believer” but additionally spectacular reboots like Leigh Whannell’s “The Invisible Man,” to not point out David Gordon Inexperienced’s polarizing “Halloween” trilogy. Regardless of his firm’s willingness to resurrect iconic properties, nevertheless, some horror classics are apparently off-limits, even for Jason Blum and the gang of ghouls.
Whereas talking to Den of Geek, Blum revealed why his banner hasn’t pressed forward with plans to reboot the 1935 traditional “Bride of Frankenstein,” noting that it would not align with Blumhouse’s horrifying imaginative and prescient for the Common Monsters:
“I do not actually know what we’d do with it; it is type of a case-by-case foundation. It was all the time kind of humorous or all the time kind of campy, and I may by no means get a path to creating it like a straight horror film, and so we did not deal with it.”
On condition that Blumhouse has produced hit horror comedies like “Freaky” and “Pleased Demise Day,” it is stunning to study that Blum is in opposition to making a enjoyable “Bride of Frankenstein” film. That mentioned, it is good to know that Blum would not need to cash-in on common IPs only for the sake of it, as he believes the Common Monsters ought to be terrifying.
Jason Blum is not positive about how you can modernize Bride of Frankenstein
Blumhouse’s subsequent reboot is a bloody reimagining of “The Wolf Man,” which is able to see Leigh Whannell return to the Common Footage monster vaults following the success of “The Invisible Man.” Within the aforementioned interview with Den of Geek, Jason Blum defined that these are the kinds of reboots that excite him and drive his studio’s imaginative and prescient for scary filmmaking:
“I all the time thought if ‘The Invisible Man’ labored, I would like to try to deal with ‘The Wolf Man’ and attempt to do with the Wolf Man what Leigh did with the Invisible Man. And I’d describe that as taking the monster and [not] making it a four-quadrant film for everyone, however returning to its roots, which is a straight horror film.”
Regardless of being reluctant to make a film about Common’s monstrous bride, Blum stays enthusiastic about making a “Frankenstein” film sometime. Sadly, the timing is not very best in the intervening time, as Guillermo del Toro is already helming such a movie for Netflix with a projected 2025 launch. What’s extra, Blum’s rejection is another person’s acquire, as Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” will carry some musical taste to the “Bride of Frankenstein” story when it arrives subsequent 12 months. So, if nothing else, this twisted story will return to the display in some capability.
Whannell’s “Wolf Man” is about to open in theaters on January 17, 2025.
