Both Deep Blue Sea and Lake Placid were released in 1999, two entertaining creature features that no doubt paved the way for, well, pretty much everything Syfy has been doing in recent years. And both films, wouldn’t ya know it, are getting sequels this year.
Deep Blue Sea 2 arrives April 17, and we’ve just learned that Lake Placid: Legacy is also coming in 2018. Unlike Deep Blue Sea, which gets its first sequel this year, the new Lake Placid film will actually be the fourth sequel in the franchise, and that’s not even counting crossover film Lake Placid vs. Anaconda. Yeah, that totally happened.
Lake Placid: Legacy is a Blue Ice Pictures production, and it recently filmed in South Africa. The fifth installment in the franchise is set to debut on Syfy here in 2018.
Darrell Roodt directed the film, starring Katherine Barrell, Tim Rozon, Luke Newton, Craig Stein and Greg Kriek.
Stay tuned as we’re digging for more info, including plot details.
All in a day’s work. On set with “Lake Placid: Legacy”. South Africa. #lakeplacid #lakeplacidmovie #SYFY pic.twitter.com/WEscVVG5Ym
— Blue Ice Pictures (@BlueIcePics) December 16, 2017
