Blumhouse and ‘Host’ Director Rob Savage Join Forces for Three-Picture Deal!
by John SquiresFresh off the success of Shudder’s filmed-during-quarantine horror film Host, director Rob Savage has inked a three-picture deal with Blumhouse, Deadline is reporting today.
The site notes, “Savage will be collaborating with the same team behind Host, including producer Douglas Cox; writers Jed Shepherd & Gemma Hurley; and editor Breanna Rangott.”
“We’ve been tracking Rob’s work for some time now, and when I got a look at Host, I saw the inventiveness in his work that Ryan Turek on the Blumhouse team had been championing,” said Blumhouse Productions’s Jason Blum. “We are looking forward to getting this partnership underway immediately.”
Savage said in a statement, “I’m thrilled to be partnering with Blumhouse on these movies. Their status in the horror genre is unmatched, but I equally admire their filmmaker-led approach. They embody the independent filmmaking spirit with which we made Host and I can’t wait to create some new nightmares with them.”
As we recently learned, Savage is also currently developing a horror movie with Sam Raimi, while they also recently set up another untitled horror movie with Studiocanal.