“The one thing that scares me to death is Taylor Swift!”
Last month, however, it was the Blumhouse founder himself who became terrified.
“The one thing that scares me to death is Taylor Swift!

Jason Blum and Taylor Swift.Gilbert Flores/Getty Images; John Medina/Getty Images
“Blum jokes with EWin an interview.
ThenTaylor Swiftsurprise announced in August that she would premierean Eras Tour concert movieon the same date.
Later that same day, Blum blinked and revealed the Universal-distributedThe Exorcist: Believerwould be released one week earlier.

‘The Exorcist: Believer’.Universal Pictures
“Look what you made me do,” Blum wrote at the time.
“The Exorcist: Believermoves to 10/6/23 #TaylorWins.”
“It was too risky to see if ‘Exorswift’ was going to take or not.
“I really give David Gordon Green credit for that,” Blum says.
The Exorcist: Believerwill now be released in theaters on Oct. 6.
Read more about the film and Jason Blum inEW’s Fall Movie Preview.
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