‘The Craft’ Remake From Blumhouse Has Recruited A Female Director

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Last fall, Blumhouse head Jason Blum caught a large quantity of flack for an interview during which he asserted that the explanation he didn’t rent feminine administrators for his horror movies was as a result of there have been “not a lot of female directors period.” He was incorrect, as folks have been fast to level out the excessive variety of feminine filmmakers who would love one in every of his patented $5 million budgets to make one thing scary. Blum was fast to apologize and promised to make amends.

And so he has. One of Blumhouse’s subsequent massive tasks is a remake of The Craft, the beloved 1996 teen drama-horror about 4 highschool women who take up witchcraft. To helm it, as per Entertainment Weekly, Blum has employed Zoe Lister-Jones.

Lister-Jones, like lots of the names folks floated Blum’s means after his preliminary inciting feedback, is already well-established within the business — having made a reputation as a author, a writer-director, and an actress. She can at the moment be seen as an everyday on CBS’ Life in Pieces with Colin Hanks. Her produced scripts embody 2012’s Lola Versus, starring Greta Gerwig, and Band Aid, which she additionally directed and co-starred in with Fred Armisen and Adam Pally.