Blumhouse Productions

Last summer, Universal (Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA)) rode a summer of sequels to a record-breaking year. This summer has been a abrupt turnabout. From May until now, the studio has put out four films, and it has taken until now for one of them to be a success story. After seeing "Neighbors...

After seeing its latest original series "Vinyl" not click with audiences and its high-profile "Westworld" delayed, HBO (Time Warner IncTWX)) needed a big acquisition to silence critics. On Friday, it was announced the network scored that key victory with "Sharp Objects" – he latest page-to-...