EXCLUSIVE: Blumhouse has laid off six staffers throughout movie, tv and casting, Deadline has realized. A spokesperson for the unbiased studio, which employs round 100 individuals, confirmed that on account of restructuring, six roles had been impacted final week.
These departing are believed to incorporate largely junior-level executives and assist employees, with Supervisor, Inventive Improvement Haley Pigman, who has labored on such Blumhouse films because the March launch The Lady within the Yard, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, amongst them.
The cuts come two weeks after the disappointing opening of Blumhouse’s M3GAN 2.0, which has carried out beneath expectations. Not one of the executives affected by the layoffs labored on the movie, sources mentioned.
The restructuring of a number of divisions and subsequent headcount discount follows the downsizing of the TV division in 2023 when Chris McCumber stepped down as Blumhouse Tv President and below 10 individuals had been laid off. (He was changed by Melissa Aouate who was named TV President in April.)
Quite a lot of indie TV studios have been hit laborious by the continuing TV trade contraction. Blumhouse’s TV slate consists of the upcoming Scarpetta sequence for Prime Video starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis.
On the function aspect, the studio has developing Black Cellphone 2, opening Oct. 17, and 5 Nights At Freddy’s 2, releasing Dec. 5.
