Less than a year after audiences and critics spit pea soup all over , Blumhouse is baptizing the whole property with fresh holy water. Netflix miniseries-maker Mike Flanagan is taking over the next sequel as Blumhouse retools the beleaguered franchise that . Promising a “radical new take” on the series for the second time in less than five years, Blumhouse will attempt to make good on the .
Following the dismal returns of , director David Gordon Green exited the sequel, entitled [ ] —let’s hope they ditch the rhyming subtitles before we get to . This is all fine because Green is doing some of his best work on television and some of his worst in horror movies. For his part, Flanagan is using the opportunity to “try something fresh, bold, and terrifying.
” He also ensured everyone knew, “ is one of the reasons I became a filmmaker,” which should appeal to hardcore Pazuzu-heads, even though he didn’t say he was making this one for the fans and not the critics. This wouldn’t be Flanagan’s first time in the Blumhouse. Previously, he directed , , and for the studio, and seeing as not making another movie isn’t an avenue Universal is interested in exploring, it makes sense that they would hire Flanagan.
Not only is he one of the most popular horror filmmakers working, but also he somehow made a movie called , and it didn’t suck. In fact, it was pretty good, which speaks to his abilities..
