The eighth Paranormal Activity will now open on October 22, 2027, a Friday nine days before Halloween, after Paramount moved it off its May 21, 2027 date. Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter reported the new date on Friday.
Ian Tuason directs, with Chase Yi, Sonia Mena and Maya da Costa in the cast. The film takes the series back to the same home Oren Peli used for his 2007 original, a detail Blumhouse revealed at New York Comic Con last month. Tuason came to the job off undertone, which went out through A24 in March.
Wan, Blum and Peli Are All Producing
James Wan and Jason Blum produce through Blumhouse-Atomic Monster while Peli produces through Solana Films, and Paramount is co-producing and co-financing. Wan told The Hollywood Reporter in January that he had “been a huge admirer of Paranormal Activity since the brilliant first movie” and was “looking forward to expanding on its legacy and helping shape the next evolution of this scary found-footage franchise.” It is his first time producing one.
The Series Has Not Been in Theaters Since 2015
Peli made the original for about $15,000, and after its 2009 wide release it took roughly $193 million worldwide. The last entry to reach a screen was Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension in 2015, and the one after it, Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin, skipped theaters entirely and went to Paramount+ on October 29, 2021. The eighth film gets a theatrical release, and a date seven days earlier on the calendar than that one had.