{"rewrite":{"id":"r_07040e8f21bd27914fdd28d6","clusterId":"c_b25662023a79626759867acf","slug":"blumhouse-developing-film-adaptation-of-amanda-the-adventurer","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Blumhouse Developing Film Adaptation of Amanda the Adventurer","summary":"The official X account for Amanda the Adventurer announced on October 10 that the horror game series is being adapted into a film. Blumhouse, the studio behind Get Out and Five Nights at Freddy's, is developing the project along with MatPat. The post did not reveal release timing or cast. The game follows Riley Park, who finds VHS tapes of a children's show in her aunt's attic.","whyItMatters":"The announcement gives the DreadXP-published trilogy a Hollywood backer with a track record in game-to-film horror adaptations, though no release window or cast has been set.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eBlumhouse is developing a film based on Amanda the Adventurer, the puzzle horror series from MANGLEDmaw Games and publisher DreadXP. The project was announced on the game\u0026#39;s official X account on October 10, with MatPat attached alongside Blumhouse.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe games center on Riley Park, who inherits her aunt Kate\u0026#39;s house and discovers VHS tapes of an early-2000s children\u0026#39;s show in the attic. The show features a girl named Amanda and a sheep named Wooly. The trilogy\u0026#39;s first installment released in 2023, followed by a sequel set in the Kensdale Public Library and a concluding chapter set in an abandoned Hameln facility.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Amanda the Adventurer's VHS-tape premise gives Blumhouse a found-footage structure already built into the game, which is why the adaptation can skip the usual game-to-film problem of inventing a camera.","twitterPost":"Blumhouse adapting Amanda the Adventurer works because the VHS tapes are already the camera. No adaptation problem to solve.","threadsPost":"Amanda the Adventurer hands Blumhouse a camera the game already built: the show is watched through VHS tapes, so the found-footage grammar is baked into the source. Most game adaptations spend their first act inventing a reason someone is filming.","newsletterBlurb":"Blumhouse is developing a film adaptation of Amanda the Adventurer, the puzzle horror series from MANGLEDmaw Games and DreadXP. The project was announced on the game's official X account, with MatPat attached. No release timing or cast has been revealed. The first game launched in 2023, with a sequel and a concluding chapter rounding out the trilogy.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261010m\",\"title\":\"Film adaptation announced for horror game 'Amanda the Adventurer,' which follows the mystery of a creepy children's show; Blumhouse, the studio behind 'Get Out' and others, is developing the project\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4357,"outputTokens":586,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791631328,"createdAt":"2026-10-10T11:16:16.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-10T11:21:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-10T11:21:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_b25662023a79626759867acf","canonicalTitle":"不気味な子ども番組の謎を追うホラーゲーム『Amanda the Adventurer』の映画化が発表。『ゲット・アウト』などのブラムハウスが企画を進める","representativeArticleId":"a_64b5e298d02c425a800eacce","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Amanda the Adventurer\"],\"studios\":[\"Blumhouse\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-10T10:32:31.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-10T10:32:31.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-10T11:21:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261010m","title":"不気味な子ども番組の謎を追うホラーゲーム『Amanda the Adventurer』の映画化が発表。『ゲット・アウト』などのブラムハウスが企画を進める"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Amanda the Adventurer"],"studios":["Blumhouse"],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}