Blumhouse swallows James Wan’s production company in monster merger

It’s a weird time for James Wan, the idiosyncratic and gonzo director of the already forgotten . Most probably don’t blame Wan for the bad timing and brutal production of that movie, which found itself paying for the sins of DC and Warner Bros. Discovery’s turbulent past three years. But as , Wan’s already making moves.

His production company, Atomic Monster, just finalized a merger with horror juggernaut Blumhouse. , Jason Blum announced the deal is “done,” meaning we finally get a wink of sleep for the first time since . “The preeminent homes for horror are now under one roof,” Blum wrote, evoking the titular house known for releasing low budget horror movies and .

In the immediate, this changes almost nothing from a viewer’s standpoint. Not a thing. Mainly because Wan has been working with Blumhouse since 2011 when the company produced in a bid to capitalize on their previous haunted house success, . Some might already assume Blumhouse has been producing all those movies, which are pretty easy to mistake for movies, considering they both star Patrick Wilson.

They don’t, but Wan and Blumhouse continued working together throughout the series, even scaring up a tasty hit with the latest installment, . However, Atomic Monster didn’t make its way to Blum’s house until the generation defining release of last January. The latest Atomic Monster X Blumhouse collaboration, the haunted pool movie , splashes into theaters this week.

The new company has a first look deal with ’s distributor, Universal Studios, per . In Blum’s tweet, he included a video montage recapping the horror hits from Blumhouse and Atomic Monster’s past, including all those movies. We assume this is supposed to excite people about the shared universe possibilities, so we’ll use this opportunity to stump for an crossover called “ .

We don’t know what that movie will be like, but it had better be charming..