CinemaCon: Jason Blum Named Producer of the Year

Jason Blum
Producer Jason Blum at Relativity Media’s special screening of ‘The Lazarus Effect’ (Photo by Rich Polk/Getty Images for Relativity Media)

Blumhouse Productions’ Jason Blum has earned CinemaCon’s Producer of the Year Award as just announced by Mitch Neuhauser, Managing Director of CinemaCon. Blum will receive the award at the Big Screen Achievement Awards ceremony on the final day of the National Association of Theatre Owners’ convention in Las Vegas. This year’s CinemaCon runs April 11-14th and takes place at Caesars Palace in Vegas. In addition to Blum, CinemaCon will be presenting awards to Dave Franco, Arnon Milchan, Zac Efron, Anna Kendrick, Adam DeVine, Keanu Reeves, Gina Rodriguez, Jack Huston, Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Christina Applegate, Kathryn Hahn and Annie Mumolo.


Blum’s produced horror hits including the films that make up the Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and The Purge franchises. Blumhouse also produced The Gift, The Visit, and Unfriended. Blum has The Purge: Election Year hitting theaters on July 1st and Ouija 2 will open on October 21st.

“With Blumhouse, Academy Award®-nominated and Emmy Award-winning producer Jason Blum has brought some of the most frightening films of the modern era to audiences around the world,’” stated Neuhauser. “His company’s breadth of work includes thrilling box-office hits alongside critically acclaimed dramas such as Whiplash, and we could not be more excited to honor him with this year’s ‘CinemaCon Producer of the Year Award.’”

Details on The Purge: Election Year: The next terrifying chapter reveals just what occurs over the 12 hours of annual lawlessness sanctioned by the New Founders of America to keep this country great.

Details on Ouija 2: In the film, directed by Mike Flanagan, a group of unsuspecting friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they unleash an evil from the other side that only they can send back.