Aug 31, 2026 · 3 hr 5 min · 10 segments
If you saw me talking to somebody, it would be Toby. Join Reneé, John Paul, and Travis as they discuss Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman's 2011 supernatural found footage horror film "Paranormal Activity…
When a film does well at the box office, what is typically the next step?
And in the case of Paranormal Activity 3, they were definitely trying to strike while the iron was hot.
The show was based off of the 2010 documentary of the same name, detailing the online deception of one Nev Schulman.
The documentary was directed by Henry Joost and Nev's brother, Ariel Schulman.
The documentary made a huge splash when it premiered at Sundance, apparently gaining the attention of executives at Paramount.
According to Schulman and Joost, when producers reached out to them, they heaped a lot of praise on their documentary before asking if it was a work of fiction.
Schulman and Joost were like, "No, it was a real documentary." And according to them, the producers said that if they would just admit that it was fake, they had a proposition for them.
When a film does well at the box office, what is typically the next step?
And in the case of Paranormal Activity 3, they were definitely trying to strike while the iron was hot.
The show was based off of the 2010 documentary of the same name, detailing the online deception of one Nev Schulman.
The documentary was directed by Henry Joost and Nev's brother, Ariel Schulman.
The documentary made a huge splash when it premiered at Sundance, apparently gaining the attention of executives at Paramount.
According to Schulman and Joost, when producers reached out to them, they heaped a lot of praise on their documentary before asking if it was a work of fiction.
Schulman and Joost were like, "No, it was a real documentary." And according to them, the producers said that if they would just admit that it was fake, they had a proposition for them.
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