EXCLUSIVE: Blumhouse has laid off six staffers throughout movie, tv and casting, Deadline has realized. A spokesperson for the impartial studio, which employs round 100 individuals, confirmed that as a result of restructuring, six roles had been impacted final week.
These departing are believed to incorporate largely junior-level executives and help workers, with Supervisor, Artistic Growth 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 stated.
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 beneath 10 individuals had been laid off. (He was changed by Melissa Aouate who was named TV President in April.)
A lot of indie TV studios have been hit exhausting 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 characteristic aspect, the studio has developing Black Telephone 2, opening Oct. 17, and 5 Nights At Freddy’s 2, releasing Dec. 5.
