James DeMonaco Archives

With four sequel films (and another reportedly in development) and a two-season television series under its belt, James DeMonaco's "The Purge" franchise appears to be doing quite well But that doesn't mean that there aren't more stories within the universe that DeMonaco would like to explore – and in a recent interview with Collider, that[...]

Series creator James DeMonaco was interviewed by EW today about making what had been dubbed the finale of the franchise In that interview, shockingly, DeMonaco drops hints that there could still be more films in the series after The Forever Purge I know; I can't believe it either You can read what he had to[...]

Series creator James DeMonaco returns to pen the end, with Everardo Gout directing, and from the trailer, it looks like this may, in fact, be the best entry in the series Lots of great-looking action set pieces, strong characters, and performances that will actually make us care about who lives and who dies will make[...]

The film was directed by Everardo Gout ("Days of Grace")  and written by franchise creator James DeMonaco The news was reported by Variety. The Forever Purge has been delayed by Universal Credit Universal Could The Forever Purge Head to Streaming? The obvious question here is if Universal will release this straight to Theater At Home VOD[...]

Series creator James DeMonaco has written the script. The Purge television show was never meant to replace the film series, although after the last film The First Purge, there seemed to be some talk over at Blumhouse that they might take an extended break from the series Guess that is off It will be interesting to[...]

It will again be produced by Jason Blum, series creator James DeMonaco, Thomas Kelly, Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form and Sebastien K Lemercier. Luke is playing a character named Marcus Moore, 'an accomplished professional with a loving wife and a beautiful house whose seemingly perfect life is shattered when an assassin breaks into his house on Purge night." So I would expect him[...]

"The partnership and creative trust of Jason Blum and everyone at Blumhouse Television and Universal Pictures ensured The Purge's successful transition from film to TV – and, along with Universal Cable Productions, we look forward to digging even deeper into the mythology in Season 2." Jason Blum seems excited as well, from that same release: "James Demonaco[...]

Hot on the heels of the latest film The First Purge, the show continues to take a look at what happens when all law is suspended for one night only once a year. Lex Scott Davis, Brad Fuller, Jason Blum, James DeMonaco, Gabriel Chavarria, Amanda Warren, Thomas Kelly, and Anthony Hemingway were our Purgers for this panel. We started talking about The First[...]

CT (with a simulcast on Syfy). Directed by Unsolved's Anthony Hemingway with Thomas Kelly (Blue Bloods) serving as showrunner, the story is set between prequel film The First Purge and James DeMonaco's original film trilogy; and follows an ensemble of characters (and their backstories) through one horrifying Purge night. Credit: USA Network Here's your first look at the upcoming USA Network[...]

Credit: Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com Backdraft's William Baldwin is taking a stab at USA Network and Syfy's upcoming series The Purge, set for a series regular role as an investment firm head with a dark secret and darker motivations. Spearheaded by franchise creator James DeMonaco, Blumhouse Television and Universal Cable Productions, The Purge will feature the annual 12 hours[...]

The Leftovers alumna Amanda Warren (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) and Colin Woodell (Designated Survivor) are set to join leads Gabriel Chavarria (East Los High) and Jessica Garza (Six) on the USA Network/Syfy series. Spearheaded by franchise creator James DeMonaco, Blumhouse Television and Universal Cable Productions, the series will still feature the annual 12 hours of legalized[...]

Credit: (left) Kathy Hutchins – Shutterstock.com / (right) History If it was real, do you think you could survive "The Purge" every year? Think you could survive it every week? Following up on their announcement that The Purge movie franchise would be coming to series for USA Network and Syfy, Blumhouse has tapped East Los High star Gabriel[...]

Because obviously we needed a new The Purge film just in time for 4th of July, Blumhouse and Universal released the title, poster, and release date for their upcoming fourth installment in the horror franchise. No, the fact that today is the State of the Union speech is not lost on us, but it's really the poster[...]

The Purge film franchise which began in 2013 with the film starring Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey, spawned two sequels including last year's The Purge: Election Year and with Purge 4 set for a July 2018 release, will also be getting a television series from original writer/director James DeMonaco, and ITV Studios in cooperation with[...]

That is why the proposed The Purge 4 seems a bit odd. Director/writer James DeMonaco recently spoke to CinemaBlend about how they could do it, and as you might have guessed, it's prequel territory While he said he doesn't want to direct the next film, he says he would like to produce and or write it, and[...]