Well, it looks like we have 2027’s answer to Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat locked in place. Close on the heels of the announcement that Chase Yi (Mythic Quest) has landed a lead role in the latest Paranormal Activity movie comes the news (via Deadline) that Sonia Mena (Tell Me Lies) is also set for a starring role in the film.
UPDATE: Another Deadline report adds that Maya da Costa (Girls Like Girls) is also in the cast.
What do we know about the new Paranormal Activity movie?
Producer Jason Blum had said the Paranormal Activity franchise went dormant for a while after the release of 2015’s Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension because he felt the series had gotten tired – and it wasn’t his idea to make Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin, a failed attempt at a revival (that he described as “terrible”), back in 2021. He has been open about the fact that he feels there has been “enough already” when it comes to Paranormal Activity movies… but he just can’t seem to stop it, since a new film is now in the works at Paramount.
Ian Tuason will be directing the film. Tuason got his directing career started by making live-action virtual reality horror shorts, which got millions of views on YouTube and a showcase at SXSW. His feature debut, Undertone, premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival, where it won the audience award and sparked a distribution bidding war. A24 overcame five other bidders to land the distribution rights, making a deal that was said to be in the mid-seven figures. Tuason has previously said that the three movies that creep him out the most are The Exorcist, The Blair Witch Project, and the original Paranormal Activity.
Blum’s Blumhouse Productions recently merged with James Wan’s company Atomic Monster, pulling Wan into the Paranormal Activity world. Paramount is co-financing and co-producing the film with Blumhouse-Atomic Monster, while original Paranormal Activity writer/director Oren Peli is also on board to produce through his company Solana Films. This project will get theatrical distribution through Paramount and is said to be a priority for all of the companies involved.
Steven Schneider will executive produce for the film Room 101, Inc., while Michael Clear and Judson Scott do the same for Blumhouse-Atomic Monster. Executive Alayna Glasthal is overseeing the project for the company.
Released in 2009, the original Paranormal Activity was followed by Paranormal Activity 2 (2010), Paranormal Activity 3 (2011), Paranormal Activity 4 (2012), Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014), Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015), and Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021). In Japan, the unofficial entry Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night was also released in 2010.
The new film is scheduled to reach theatres on May 21, 2027.
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