Blumhouse Names Universal’s Abhijay Prakash as President (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterAbhijay Prakash has been named president of Blumhouse, the genre juggernaut founded by Jason Blum over twenty years ago.Prakash joins the company from the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, where he served as president under chairman Donna Langley for nearly four years.

He will oversee all business aspects at Blumhouse, succeeding veteran executive Charles Layton.Layton has been named vice chairman at the company, and will serve in an advisory role through at least 2024.“From my vantage point at Universal over the years, it was clear that nobody else in the business was as adept at figuring out how to create value from content as the Blumhouse team,” Prakash told Variety. “I’m thrilled to make the leap to join this entrepreneurial team in helping further build this beloved, global brand, and leveraging the company’s strengths and unique business approach to access all the emerging opportunities in the film and television space.

I’m also very grateful to Donna Langley, Jeff Shell and the Universal team, who have been so supportive of me throughout my career and I look forward to our continued collaboration.” At UFEG, Prakash was responsible for driving the studio’s strategic and long-range planning, while also overseeing finance, business development and administrative functions.

Before that, he was chief operating officer for DreamWorks Animation, working with leadership on release planning, franchise management, and brand development.