Oren Peli

Paramount scares up a 2021 release date for the next Paranormal Activity

Posted 7 years ago

Paramount has scared up another post-Halloween treat by announcing the release date for the seventh film in the PARANORMAL ACTIVITY franchise. The newest chapter of the spooktacular series is now set for a March 19, 2021 release, marking a grand return...

New Paranormal Activity in development; A Quiet Place 2 production begins

Posted 7 years ago

If you're attending CineEurope, and felt a chill as you experienced Paramount's portion of the show, it could be because Studio Chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos revealed that Paramount is partnering with Jason Blum for a new chapter in the PARANORMAL...

Paranormal Activity’s Oren Peli is done with directing

Posted 9 years ago

When a director's feature debut rocks the entertainment world in the way Oren Peli's PARANORMAL ACTIVITY did when it was released back in 2009, you'd usually expect to see a lot more from that filmmaker than we've seen from Peli...

Jason Blum is open to rebooting the Paranormal Activity series

Posted 9 years ago

The PARANORMAL ACTIVITY franchise is one of the most unlikely success stories in modern Hollywood history, with the first movie from Oren Peli making over $193 million off a minuscule $15,000 budget. In the years after the series would spawn...

Cool Horror Videos: Oren Peli shares Paranormal Activity auditions

Posted 9 years ago

Eleven years ago, director Oren Peli was holding auditions for a film project that easily could have gone nowhere. He was putting together a found footage horror movie that was going to be shot in his own home on a...

Exclusive: Movie CliffsNotes – Paranormal Activity

Posted 11 years ago

While as a whole, the PARANORMAL ACTIVITY franchise has received mixed reviews from critics, the films have been incredibly profitable, earning more than $800 million worldwide with a combined budget of just $18 million. The sixth and final (sure it...

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension closes Screamfest this October

Posted 11 years ago

  Paramount Pictures’ PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE GHOST DIMENSION will premiere in RealD 3D closing night of the Screamfest Horror Film Festival on Thursday, October 22nd at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood. The screening marks the series’ return to the...

The director of Paranormal Activity tackles aliens in the Area 51 trailer

Posted 11 years ago

Oren Peli has not directed a film since the first PARANORMAL ACTIVITY in 2007. He has produced and written several projects in the last 8 years, but AREA 51 is his first directorial effort since his breakout found footage hit....

Unlock the secrets of Area 51 in new official trailer

Posted 11 years ago

Funny how these things work out… Only minutes after news broke of Alamo abducting AREA 51 for a May 15th release, Apple has unveiled a fresh trailer for the Oren Peli found-footage thriller. Find that sumbitch underneath! Along with the...

Alamo Drafthouse spots Area 51 for theatrical & VOD release this May

Posted 11 years ago

And AREA 51 has been officially located… Deadline has it on good faith that Alamo Drafthouse has reached a deal to exclusively screen Oren Peli's AREA 51 in 16 theaters for a single weekend, starting May 15th. The flick will...