According to the casting call, Michael Bay’s production company Platinum Dunes, in association with Blumhouse Productions, is ready to begin shooting the film and the casting director is now auditioning actors for lead roles. The roles being cast are that of high school-aged teens and shooting will occur at Universal Studios in Hollywood, as well as surrounding outdoor locations in the LA area.
A big-budget family adventure-based story was originally brought to the table back in 2011 but was put on the back burner due to budget concerns. The project has now been approved with not only a more streamlined budget but a new screenplay. According to the announcement, “Filmmaker Stiles White is directing "Ouija" from an original screenplay that he wrote with his horror screenwriting partner Juliet Snowden.”