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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Founded | 2014 |
| Founder | James Wan |
| Headquarters | , United States |
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| Parent | Blumhouse Productions (2024–present) |
| Website | atomicmonster |
Atomic Monster is an American film and television production company, founded in 2014 by James Wan. [2] The company produced The Conjuring Universe, Lights Out , Mortal Kombat , Malignant and M3GAN . [3] [4]
James Wan founded Atomic Monster on October 21, 2014. The company has a first-look producing deal with New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures. [5] [2]
On August 12, 2016, the company reached a development deal with Chinese company Starlight Media Inc. to help finance films with budgets up to $100 million. [6]
On November 16, 2022, it was announced that the company was in talks to merge with Blumhouse Productions with the company having a shared first-look deal with Universal Pictures. The companies would continue to operate as separate labels, with each maintaining its own creative autonomy and brand identity. The company is using the existing Blumhouse infrastructure to further scale their activities in film, television and new content areas, such as horror-related video games, live entertainment and audio. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] On January 2, 2024, the merger was finalized. [12]
| Release date | Film | Director(s) | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 3, 2014 | Annabelle | John R. Leonetti | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| June 10, 2016 | The Conjuring 2 | James Wan | |
| July 22, 2016 | Lights Out | David F. Sandberg | |
| August 11, 2017 | Annabelle: Creation | ||
| September 7, 2018 | The Nun | Corin Hardy | |
| April 19, 2019 | The Curse of La Llorona | Michael Chaves | |
| June 26, 2019 | Annabelle Comes Home | Gary Dauberman | |
| April 23, 2021 | Mortal Kombat | Simon McQuoid | |
| June 4, 2021 | The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It | Michael Chaves | |
| September 10, 2021 | Malignant | James Wan | |
| October 6, 2021 | There's Someone Inside Your House | Patrick Brice | Netflix |
| January 6, 2023 | M3GAN | Gerard Johnstone | Universal Pictures |
| September 8, 2023 | The Nun II | Michael Chaves | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| December 22, 2023 | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | James Wan | |
| January 5, 2024 | Night Swim | Bryce McGuire | Universal Pictures |
| October 3, 2024 | 'Salem's Lot | Gary Dauberman | Max |
| Release date | Film | Director(s) | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 21, 2025 | The Monkey | Osgood Perkins | Neon |
| June 27, 2025 [13] | M3GAN 2.0 | Gerard Johnstone | Universal Pictures |
| September 5, 2025 [14] | The Conjuring: Last Rites | Michael Chaves | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| October 24, 2025 | Mortal Kombat 2 | Simon McQuoid | |
| January 2, 2026 | SOULM8TE | Kate Dolan | Universal Pictures |
| April 17, 2026 | The Mummy | Lee Cronin | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Year | Series | Creator(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–21 | MacGyver | Peter M. Lenkov | CBS |
| 2019 | Swamp Thing | Gary Dauberman Mark Verheiden | DC Universe |
| 2021 | Aquaman: King of Atlantis | Victor Courtright Marly Halpern-Graser | HBO Max |
| I Know What You Did Last Summer | Sara Goodman | Amazon Prime Video | |
| 2022 | Archive 81 | Rebecca Sonnenshine | Netflix |
| Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles | Candie Kelty Langdale Doug Langdale | ||
| 2024–present | Teacup | Ian McCulloch | Peacock |
| Year | Series | Creator(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Obsession [15] | Lisa Zwerling Karyn Usher | Amazon Prime Video |
| — | Copenhagen [16] | Thomas Brandon | Peacock |
James Wan is an Australian filmmaker. He has primarily worked in the horror genre as the co-creator of the Saw and Insidious franchises and the creator of The Conjuring Universe. The lattermost is the highest-grossing horror franchise at over $2 billion. Wan is also the founder of film and television production company Atomic Monster.
The Universal Monsters media franchise includes characters based on a series of horror films produced by Universal Pictures and released between 1913–1956.
The Conjuring is a 2013 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan and written by Chad Hayes and Carey W. Hayes. It is the inaugural film in The Conjuring Universe franchise. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga star as Ed and Lorraine Warren, paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent cases of haunting. Their purportedly real-life reports inspired The Amityville Horror story and the associated film franchise. The Warrens come to the assistance of the Perron family, who experienced increasingly disturbing events in their newly occupied farmhouse in Rhode Island in 1971.
Insidious: Chapter 2 is a 2013 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan. It is the sequel to Insidious (2010), and the second installment in the Insidious franchise, and the fourth in terms of the series' in-story chronology. The film stars Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne, reprising their roles as Josh and Renai Lambert, a husband and wife who seek to uncover the secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world. The film was released September 13, 2013.
Blumhouse Productions, LLC, doing business as Blumhouse, is an American independent film and television production company founded in 2000 by Jason Blum and Amy Israel.
Jason Ferus Blum is an American producer. He is the founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, which has produced the horror franchises Paranormal Activity (2007–2021), Insidious (2010–2023), The Purge (2013–2021), and Halloween (2018–2022). Blum has also produced Sinister (2012), Oculus (2013), Whiplash (2014), The Gallows (2015), The Gift (2015), Hush (2016), Split (2016), Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016), Get Out (2017), Happy Death Day (2017), Upgrade (2018), Us (2019), The Invisible Man (2020), Freaky (2020), The Black Phone (2021), M3GAN (2022), Five Nights at Freddy's (2023), and Speak No Evil (2024).
The Conjuring Universe is an American horror franchise and shared universe centered on a series of supernatural horror films. The franchise is produced by New Line Cinema, Atomic Monster, and the Safran Company, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The films present a dramatization of the supposed real-life adventures of Ed and Lorraine Warren, paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent yet controversial cases of haunting. The main series follows their attempts to assist people who find themselves harassed by spirits, while the spin-off films focus on the origins of some of the entities the Warrens have encountered.
The Invisible Man is a 2020 science fiction horror film written and directed by Leigh Whannell. Loosely based on H. G. Wells's 1897 novel, it is a reboot of the 1933 film of the same name. It stars Elisabeth Moss as a woman who believes she is being stalked and gaslit by her ex-boyfriend after he acquires the ability to become invisible. Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer, and Michael Dorman appear in supporting roles.
M3GAN is a 2022 American science fiction horror film directed by Gerard Johnstone. It was written by Akela Cooper from a story by Cooper and James Wan. Allison Williams and Violet McGraw star, Amie Donald physically portrays M3GAN, and Jenna Davis voices the character. Its plot follows an artificially intelligent doll who develops self-awareness and becomes hostile toward anyone who comes between her and her human companion.
Violet Elizabeth McGraw is an American child actress. She began acting at the age of five, with her debut credited role being a recurring role in the 2016 television series Love as Nina, and her first feature film being in 2018's Ready Player One. In 2019 she was nominated for an OFTA Television Award for Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Limited Series for The Haunting of Hill House. She is also known for her role as Cady in the 2022 horror film M3GAN.
Divide/Conquer is an American film and television production company founded in 2013 by Adam Hendricks, Greg Gilreath and John H. Lang. It is known for producing films such as Lucky, Cam, Black Christmas, Freaky, The Voyeurs, Vengeance, M3GAN and Totally Killer.
Night Swim is a 2024 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Bryce McGuire, and based on the 2014 short film of the same name by McGuire and Rod Blackhurst. Starring Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon, it follows a suburban family who discover that their backyard swimming pool is haunted by a demonic entity.
Gerard Johnstone is a New Zealand screenwriter and director. He is known for the comedy sitcom series The Jaquie Brown Diaries and the horror films Housebound and M3GAN.
M3GAN 2.0 is an upcoming American science fiction horror film directed by Gerard Johnstone and written by Akela Cooper. A sequel to M3GAN (2022), it sees Allison Williams and Violet McGraw return to star, alongside Ivanna Sakhno, Timm Sharp, Aristotle Athari and Jemaine Clement. Jason Blum and James Wan return as producers under their respective Blumhouse Productions and Atomic Monster companies, alongside Divide/Conquer.
Blumhouse Games is an American video game publisher headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Founded in February 2023 by Jason Blum, Blumhouse Games is a video game production subsidiary of Blumhouse Productions that creates horror titles.
SOULM8TE is an upcoming American science fiction erotic thriller film written and directed by Kate Dolan, from a story by James Wan, Ingrid Bisu, and Rafael Jordan. It serves as a spin-off of M3GAN (2022). It stars Lily Sullivan, David Rysdahl and Claudia Doumit. Jason Blum and James Wan serve as producers under their Blumhouse Productions and Atomic Monster banners.
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