New Paranormal Activity movie to premiere on Paramount Plus this October

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The seventh film in the popular found-footage franchise is scheduled to premiere on Paramou🅰nt's streaming service before Halloween, and will be accompanied by a Making-Of documentary. As is th🎉e case with the Paranormal Activity franchise, plot details remain under wraps.

. "We’ll also be launching a documentary on the making of the Paranormal Activity feature. Both of which will be coming to the service in time for Halloween."

The movie is directed by Underwater's William Eubank and is scripted by Happy Death Day and Freaky director Christopher Landon. Franchise creator Oren Peli, who wrote, directed, and shot the initial Paranormal ෴Activity movie, will return in a producing role. Emily Bader, 🔯Roland Buck III, Dan Lippert, and Henry Ayers-Brown all star.

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Why the overhaul? Producer J♏ason Blum spoke to recently on the topic, revealing it was a matter of branding for a younger audience, as the intended demographic were mere babies at the time of the first movie's release.

"Paramount wanted to continue Paranormal Activity, I probably would have left it alone," he sa𓂃id. "So they wanted to continue it, but I thought if they were gonna continue it, you gotta – it was tired, there was no way to continue the road that we'd been down.

"So I really encouraged all the creative people involved to think of something new. A lot of people who are going to go see the new Paranormal Activity were three years old wh💦en the first Paranormal Activity came out, so they don't even know from those older movies. I thought if you were going to re-do it♛, you better really re-do it, not try and expand what we did all those years ago."

Interesting approach to rework the franchise so as to appeal fresh to new eyes. It's likely t⛄hat despite Blum's attestations, the movie will link into the ea🔥rlier films in a way that doesn't diminish the viewing experience for franchise newbies yet adds nice nods for die-hard Toby fans.

While the film is as-yet-untitled, five dollars says it'll be officially called Paranormal Activity, as a way to reboot the franchise like the latest 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Halloween, Candyman, and Scream sequels. Whatever they call it, the movie is scheduled to arrive on Paramount Plus this October. Ahead of its premiere, why not get acquainted with our picks of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best found-footage horror movies?

Gem Seddon is GamesRadar+'s west coast Entertainment News Reporter, working to keep all of you updated on all of the latest and greatest movies and 🤡shows on streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime. Outside of entertainment journalism, Gem can frequently be found writing about the alternative health and wellness industry, and obsessing over all things Aliens and Terminator on Twitter.