Atomic Monster and Blumhouse, the recently combined genre giants, will produce a new film from “Evil Dead Rise” director Lee Cronin at New Line Cinema.
Cronin will write and direct the top-secret project, which one suggested remains in his horror wheelhouse. The Irish filmmaker will also produce the project through his label Doppelgängers.
New Line, a label of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, has dated the film for an April 2026 release. It marks the studio’s first collaboration with Jason Blum and Atomic Monster head James Wan.
“Lee’s work is always fresh and surprising and he has an intriguing, modern take on something very ancient that I think audiences will love,” Blum said in a statement. “This also marks an exciting series of firsts for us: the first time Atomic Monster and Blumhouse have collaborated with Lee and our first joint project for Warner Bros. We can’t wait to get started.”
Cronin added that “returning to New Line Cinema and my wonderful partners there is the icing on the cake. I have something terribly entertaining and terrifying hidden up my sleeve, and I can’t wait to bring it screaming to the big screen.
Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are co-financing the film. Wan and Jason Blum are producers. Michael Clear and Judson Scott are executive producers. Alayna Glasthal is overseeing the project for Atomic Monster.
“Evil Dead Rise” was a hit for New Line, grossing nearly $150 million worldwide. His additional credits include the 2019 breakthrough horror film “The Hole in the Ground.”
Cronin is represented by CAA, MGMT Entertainment and, with perhaps the longest firm name in history, attorneys at Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein.
