By MICHAEL GINGOLD
The paranormal story that went viral is expanding into more media.
Variety reports that Blumhouse has acquired the screen rights to the story of mother and daughter Deborah and Jessica Moffitt, along with Jessica’s upcoming book MR. ENTITY: THE MOFFITT FAMILY HAUNTING, with the goal of turning them into a narrative series and a film, as well as an unscripted series through Blumhouse Television in collaboration with ITV America’s Good Caper Content. Jessica revealed her and her family’s frightening encounters with a supernatural presence called “Mr. Entity” between 1987-1992 in an article published last year that became wildly popular; among those who investigated the haunting were the celebrated paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.
“Blumhouse is renowned for their storytelling in the paranormal horror space, and we couldn’t ask for better partners to tell our family’s story,” say Deborah and Jessica Moffitt in a joint statement. “We’re excited that this first project, the unscripted series with Blumhouse Television and Good Caper, will allow us to share first-hand accounts of the disturbing events that altered the course of our lives.”
“The story of Mr. Entity is one of the best examples we’ve seen of truth being stranger than fiction,” says Blumhouse Television president Chris McCumber. “We’re grateful for the unfettered access that Deborah and Jessica Moffitt have provided us to their stories, and for entrusting us to tell it in rich detail in this first iteration as an unscripted series with our partners at ITV America’s Good Caper Content.”
