It was a found-footage-stylized microbudget horror pic that spawned a six film theatrical franchise that grossed over $890M, now Paranormal Activity is set to be a play.
Deadline has confirmed that Simon Friend, the producer of the Broadway version of Ang Lee’s Life of Pi, has taken the license on the Paramount/Blumhouse horror feature to set it up as a West End play.
Levi Holloway, the scribe of Broadway horror play Grey House, is currently writing Paranormal Activity for the stage. Oren Peli wrote and directed the first pic, which centers around a family being haunted by a demon.
The intrigue, much like the first Blair Witch Project, was the feeling that these horror movies could be real. Friend’s stage adaptation productions include those of such pics The Da Vinci Code and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.
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