Jason Blum is not having a good month. After being criticized just last week for saying that the reason why he hasn't hired any female directors in his company is because "there just aren't a lot of female directors, period." Backlash, of course, ensued.
Read moreBlumhouse Founder On Why He Hasn't Hired Women Filmmakers: “There Are Not A Lot Of Female Directors, Period”
You've got to hand it to Jason Blum, founder of Blumhouse Productions which has released the likes of "Get Out," "The Purge," "Insidious," "Split"and "Paranormal Activity." He's just telling it like it is.
The company has been criticized with not really having had female filmmakers direct its horror-centered films. Blum was grilled the other day about this subject in an interview with Polygon. Why doesn't he have more women filmmakers working for him? The answer, according to Blum, is rather simple, there just aren't that many:
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