CHICAGO – Excelsior! Comic book legend Stan Lee’s famous exclamation puts a fine point on the third and final play of Mark Pracht’s FOUR COLOR TRILOGY, “The House of Ideas,” presented by and staged at City Lit Theater in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. For tickets/details, click HOUSE OF IDEAS.
Jason Blum
Film Review: Despite Same Stale Producer, ‘The Gallows’ a Refreshing Horror Original From New Filmmakers
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on July 12, 2015 - 1:36pmCHICAGO – We all know dramatic films win most of the awards, comedies are hit or miss and horrors often don’t deliver the scares they promise. The problem with the horror genre lately is Hollywood is afraid to go against a “proven” formula (for financial reasons) and really think outside the box.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 60 Pairs of Horror Passes to ‘The Gallows’ From Producer Jason Blum
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on July 6, 2015 - 11:26pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 60 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new horror film “The Gallows” from “Paranormal Activity,” “Insidious,” “Sinister,” “The Purge,” “Whiplash” and “Ouija” producer Jason Blum!
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 20 Pairs of ‘Insidious: Into the Further 4D Experience’ & C2E2 Passes
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on April 15, 2015 - 2:41pm- Adam Fendelman
- Angus Sampson
- Blumhouse Productions
- C2E2
- Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo
- Dermot Mulroney
- Focus Features
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film
- Insidious: Chapter 3
- Insidious: Into the Further 4D Experience
- James Wan
- Jason Blum
- Leigh Whannell
- Lin Shaye
- Oculus Rift
- Oren Peli
- Stefanie Scott
- Steve Coulter
- Tate Berney
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 20 pairs of Oculus Rift virtual reality passes up for grabs to the new “Insidious: Into the Further 4D Experience” at C2E2 plus 20 pairs of one-day passes to C2E2! Pick your own C2E2 day and 4D experience time!
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘Unfriended’ From Jason Blum, Timur Bekmambetov
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on April 12, 2015 - 4:01pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new horror film “Unfriended” from horror producer Jason Blum (“Paranormal Activity,” “The Purge” and “Insidious” series) and visionary filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov (“Wanted,” “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”)!
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to ‘The Boy Next Door’ With Jennifer Lopez
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on January 18, 2015 - 10:30pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the thriller “The Boy Next Door” with Jennifer Lopez!
Film Review: The Worst Horror Film of 2014, ‘Ouija’ is ‘Mama’ From 11 Narcoleptic Producers
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on October 24, 2014 - 8:52pm- Adam Fendelman
- Ana Coto
- Bianca Santos
- Blumhouse Productions
- Daren Kagasoff
- Douglas Smith
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Insidious
- Jason Blum
- Juliet Snowden
- Movie Review
- Olivia Cooke
- Ouija
- Paranormal Activity
- Shelley Hennig
- Sierra Heuermann
- Stiles White
- The Purge
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Universal Pictures
CHICAGO – Out of respect for the filmmakers and actors, I don’t walk out on films. I hold true to that even when I know in the first 10 minutes the film’s not for me. Perhaps the second act could surprise me. Maybe the whole film is a flop but it redeems itself with shock and awe in the last 5 minutes.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘Ouija’ From ‘Paranormal Activity’ Producer
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on October 19, 2014 - 3:42pm- Adam Fendelman
- Ana Coto
- Bianca Santos
- Blumhouse Productions
- Daren Kagasoff
- Douglas Smith
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film
- Insidious
- Jason Blum
- Juliet Snowden
- Olivia Cooke
- Ouija
- Paranormal Activity
- Shelley Hennig
- Sierra Heuermann
- Stiles White
- The Purge
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Universal Pictures
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new horror film “Ouija” from Jason Blum (producer of the “Paranormal Activity,” “Insidious” and “The Purge” films) and the producer of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”!
Interview: Producer Jason Blum Looks to the Future of Horror
Submitted by BrianTT on June 5, 2013 - 1:06pmCHICAGO – With his production company, Blumhouse, Jason Blum might be the most important voice in modern horror. As studio horror films became glutted with remakes and sequels in the ’00s, Blum changed the model with low-budget, high-profit films like “Paranormal Activity” and “Insidious.”
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘The Purge’ From ‘Paranormal Activity’ Producer
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 31, 2013 - 11:21pm6/2/13 6:26 p.m. update: Due to popular demand, we’ve increased 25 pairs to 40 pairs!
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 40 pairs of movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of the highly anticipated speculative horror “The Purge” with Ethan Hawke from the “Paranormal Activity” and “Sinister” producer!
Film Review: ‘Paranormal Activity 4’ Insults Your Horror Intelligence Amid Waning Franchise
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on October 20, 2012 - 8:12pmCHICAGO – Following the first “Paranormal Activity” in 2007, which is most profitable film of all time based on return on investment, filmmakers Jason Blum, Oren Peli and Henry Joost have made a killing for Paramount Pictures.