“The stars of the internet want to make movies” producers tell Hollywood conference

Renowned horror filmmakers Jason Blum and James Wan of Blumhouse-Atomic Monster and Warner Bros film group co-head Mike De Luca praised the power of YouTube creators and expressed their optimism for the future of theatrical filmgoing at the weekend’s Produced By Conference in Hollywood.

“The stars of the internet want to make movies” producers tell Hollywood conference. Renowned horror filmmakers Jason Blum and James Wan of Blumhouse-Atomic Monster and Warner Bros film group co-head Mike De Luca praised the power of YouTube creators and expressed their optimism for the future of theatrical filmgoing at the weekend’s Produced By Conference in Hollywood. Blum and Wan, whose combined company’s credits of more than 250 features and series includes Backrooms and Obsession, the top two films in North America, told an audience at Universal Studios lot of their belief that popular creators with in-built fanbases have invigorated Hollywood. “For eight years since Covid there’s been this lethargic feeling around theatrical [...] and what is so incredible about Obsession and Backrooms is they’re a new kind of moves,” Blum said. “Th...