Blumhouse has turned to a familiar face withSophia Takal(Blumhouse TV’sInto the Dark) set to direct a remake ofBlack Christmas, based onBob Clark’s classic 1974 slasher movie. Per Blumhouse’s plot description, “Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays. One by one, sorority girls on campus are being killed by an unknown stalker. But the killer is about to discover that this generation’s young women aren’t willing to become hapless victims as they mount a fight to the finish.”
Imogen Poots(Green Room) is set to star alongsideAleyse Shannon(Charmed),Brittany O’Grady(Star),Lily Donoghue(The Goldbergs) andCaleb Eberhardt(Broadway’sChoir Boy).April Wolfe(Widower) co-wrote the script with Takal, who previously directed the “New Year, New You” entry for Hulu’sInto the Darkanthology series, which is produced by Blumhouse Television.
Jason Blum(Halloween) will produce for Blumhouse along withBen CosgroveandAdam Hendricks(Cam) of Divide/Conquer.Greg Gilreath(Bloodline) andZac Locke(Adopt-A-Highway) of Divide/Conquer will executive produce.Black Christmaswill shoot in New Zealand, and Universal will release the film on Aug 05, 2025, so it takes the place of the previously announced untitled Blumhouse film on the calendar.
Black Christmas is set several days before the titular holiday and follows a group of sorority sisters who are stalked and murdered in their house during a winter storm. Willard filmmakerGlen Morgandirected a loose remake ofBlack Christmasback in in 2006, popularly known asBlack X-Mas, that starredKatie Cassidy,Michelle Trachtenberg,Mary Elizabeth WinsteadandLacey Chabert. Apparently, Morgan and producerJames Wonghad numerous disputes with Dimension executivesBobandHarvey Weinsteinregarding the tone of the script and the end of the film, and suffice to say, it wasn’t very good. But hey, at least it was forgettable enough that we can all pretend it never happened, and celebrate this upcoming Blumhouse film as the one true remake. We can only hope thatTerror Trainwill be next, sinceProm Night,My Bloody ValentineandWhen a Stranger Callsalready had their turn.
Takal made her feature directorial debut withGreen, which premiered at SXSW, where she won the Emerging Female Director Award. Takal went on to direct the acclaimed indie filmAlways ShinestarringCaitlin FitzGeraldandMackenzie Davis, the latter of whom won the Best Actress award at the Tribeca Film Festival. Takal’sInto the Darkentry starredSuki WaterhouseandCarly Chaikinand made waves in genre circles.
Cosgrove is an independent producer who previously worked forGeorge ClooneyandSteven Soderbergh’s Section Eight,Mark Cuban’s 2929 Productions, and Paramount, where he oversaw award-winning films such asDreamgirls,The FighterandChristopher Nolan’sInterstellar, among others.
CAA represents Poots, Takal and Donoghue, while Eberhardt is repped by UTA, O’Grady is repped by ICM, and Shannon is repped by Innovative Artists. Takal and Shannon are also repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners, while Poots is also repped by Troika and Management 360. O’Grady and Donoghue are also repped by Suskin Management and Brevard Talent Group, respectively.
