BlumFest Streaming Event Includes ‘Halloween Kills’ Panel on Oct. 29th!
Blumhouse announced today that will host its own virtual event in celebration of Halloween, streaming online for free this week, on Thursday, October 29th, and it will include a Halloween Kills panel.
The virtual event will take place this Thursday, Oct. 29, starting at 10:00 a.m. PT on Blumhouse’s YouTube channel and Facebook page, featuring panels of talent from the studio’s upcoming movies, both big screen and Premium VOD, and more.
“This year has sidelined a lot for all of us, but Halloween is a treasured season at Blumhouse, so we conceived BlumFest to celebrate with our fans via a virtual event that will feature exclusive interviews and never-before-seen footage of an upcoming release or two,” said Jason Blum, Blumhouse CEO and founder (via Deadline).
The Halloween Kills panel will include director and co-writer David Gordon Green, as well as franchise star Jamie Lee Curtis and producer Malek Akkad from Trancas Films; along with Miramax producer Bill Block and Jason Blum in a discussion about the the highly anticipated October 2021 release that will bring Michael Myers and Laurie Strode back to theaters.
Additional panels featured will be:
Welcome to the Blumhouse – Join Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios and Jason Blum for a lively convo about the collaboration between Amazon and Blumhouse on the recently launched movies, The Lie, Nocturne, Evil Eye and Black Box. Mamoudou Athie from the film Black Box will join the duo along with surprise guests. The four films are currently streaming on Amazon Prime.
The Craft: Legacy – Writer / director Zoe Lister Jones and the pic’s stars Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, and Zoey Luna will chat about the cult hit reboot. The movie will debut this Wednesday, Oct. 28 on PVOD and electronic sell-through domestic, with a big screen release abroad.
Freaky – Writer / director Chris Landon; stars Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton; and Blum will chat about the body swap horror comedy which hits theaters on Nov. 13 and select offshore markets via Universal.
The Good Lord Bird – EP, writer and star, Ethan Hawke, of the Showtime series and Blum; both who’ve worked together over several projects, will discuss their most recent collaboration.
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