Jason Blum on The Forever Purge, Firestarter, and Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone

With director Everardo Gout’s (Days of Grace) The Forever Purge opening in theaters this weekend, I recently had the chance to talk with producer Jason Blum about the sequel. During the wide-ranging interview, Blum talked about why he’ll never direct a movie, the way writer James DeMonaco is able to see the future, and how you can watch The Purge movies for entertainment or you can talk about the subtext the film deals with like racism and immigration. In addition, with Blum involved in so many other projects, we also talked about the status of James DeMonaco’s Once Upon a Time in Staten Island, when they’re going to be filming the next Halloween sequel, Halloween Ends, and Blumhouse’s upcoming adaptation of the Stephen King classic Firestarter. For fans of Firestarter and curious about director Keith Thomas’ take on the material, Blum says: “I love what I’m seeing. I love the dailies. I’ve very happy with the job Keith is doing and I think fans will be very happy and I think Stephen King wi