Blumhouse Productions is developing a live-action feature film based on the indie horror video game "Amanda the Adventurer." The studio announced the project during its Blumfest panel at New York Comic Con in October 2026, pairing it with a new multi-picture deal rather than a single standalone film. The announcement covers a deal and a production team, not a finished movie. No writer, director, or cast is attached yet, and Dread Central's report on the announcement describes the project as still in early development.
Table of Contents
- Who Is Making the Movie?
- What Is "Amanda the Adventurer"?
- What Stage Is the Film Actually At?
- What Should Fans Watch For Next?
Who Is Making the Movie?
YouTuber and game-horror commentator Matthew "MatPat" Patrick will develop and produce the film. Kotaku reported that this marks the first project under a new multi-picture deal between Patrick and Blumhouse, meaning more collaborations between them are expected beyond this single film. Patrick Ewald, CEO of Epic Pictures Group, will also produce.
Epic Pictures is the parent company of DreadXP, the studio that publishes the "Amanda the Adventurer" games, according to Dark Horizons. That gives the adaptation a producer with direct ties to the source material, alongside Blumhouse's own horror track record and Patrick's background covering horror games to his large audience. Blumhouse founder Jason Blum framed the announcement as the start of something larger. Complex's coverage of the Blumfest panel notes Blum said additional projects between his studio and Patrick will be revealed later, with this film explicitly positioned as only the first title in that arrangement.
What Is "Amanda the Adventurer"?
"Amanda the Adventurer" is a puzzle-horror video game developed by MANGLEDmaw Games and published by DreadXP. According to its Wikipedia entry, it began as an April 2022 game-jam entry before DreadXP expanded it into a full release on Steam for PC on April 25, 2023. The story follows a character named Riley Park, who discovers a mysterious VHS tape while cleaning out a late aunt's attic.
The tape features Amanda, a sinister host of a children's-television show, in a premise that Toy People's coverage describes as a horror-twisted version of "Dora the Explorer." The game has already grown into a franchise with multiple installments. "Amanda the Adventurer 2" released in October 2024, and "Amanda the Adventurer 3" followed in November 2025, according to Dread Central's report on the third game's Steam release. That gives the film three games' worth of story and characters to draw from, rather than a single standalone title.
What Stage Is the Film Actually At?
This is a deal announcement, not a production update. As of the October 2026 reveal, the project has no writer, director, cast, release date, or release window attached. Dread Central's report describes the team as being "in talks" with potential writers and directors, which means those roles have not been finalized.
Readers tracking the project should treat this stage as a greenlight on the concept and the producing team, confirmed through Blumhouse's own Blumfest reveal, rather than a film that is actively shooting or scheduled. That distinction matters for expectations. A producer deal with no script, director, or cast typically means a film is a year or more away from a theatrical date, since those elements normally come first and each can shift the project's direction before a single scene is shot.
What Should Fans Watch For Next?
Because casting, a script, and a director remain unconfirmed, the next meaningful updates will likely name one of those three elements first. Kotaku's report frames the current announcement as an early-stage deal rather than a film in production, which is the clearest signal of how much is still undecided.
Fans of the games have a practical advantage: with three existing titles, the film could pull its plot, characters, or scares from any of them, or blend elements across the series. Until a writer is attached, there is no way to know which direction the adaptation will take. Readers who want to follow the project's progress should watch for announcements tied to Blumhouse's own release slate reveals, since that is the venue where this deal was first made public.
- Deal and producers: confirmed (Blumhouse, MatPat, Patrick Ewald)
- Writer: not yet attached
- Director: not yet attached
- Cast: not yet attached
- Release date or window: not yet announced