The bonkers final act of 2016 horror film The Boy, wherein we find out that Brahms isn’t merely a creepy doll but rather a full-grown slasher maniac living in the walls, set up a sequel that we have genuine interest in seeing, and indeed a sequel is on the way. Via press release this afternoon, in fact, we’ve learned that filming has begun on The Boy 2.
William Brent Bell has returned to direct, and Stacey Menear returned to script the sequel.
Unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into the estate, where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms.
Katie Holmes stars in STXfilms and Lakeshore Entertainment’s The Boy 2, alongside Ralph Ineson (The Witch), Owain Yeoman (The Belko Experiment) and Christopher Convery (“Gotham”).
The Boy 2 will be produced by Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi and Eric Reid, in addition to Matt Berenson, Jim Wedaa and Roy Lee.