Rings, the newest incarnation of the J-horror franchise, is now in pre-production.
F. Javier Gutierrez, who is directing the pic, has been teasing Samara’s return via Instagram. Above and below we’ve shared some pre-production art, crew badges and makeup tests that show that The Ring prequel is finally happening, officially.
Italian actress Matilda Lutz stars with a theatrical release planned for November 13, 2015.
“Rings” is also the name of the short – directed by TCM 2 and TMNTs’ Jonathan Liebesman – that accompanied the purchase of The Ring 2 on home video in 2005.
Aviva Goldsman, David Loucka and Jacon Aaron Estes all had a hand in writing the script, which is based on the 1991 novel by Koji Suzuki.