In the wake of USA cancelling “The Purge” television series, we’ve learned today that the fifth installment in the film franchise has been pulled from Universal’s release schedule.
Originally set for theatrical release on July 10, 2020, The Forever Purge is now without a release date.
No word yet on whether it’ll still release in theaters or go to PVOD, but we do know that the Blumhouse-produced sequel had been filmed and was already in post-production by the time the coronavirus brought Hollywood to a halt. In all likelihood, it’ll soon be given a new theatrical release date.
Stay tuned for more as we learn it.
Leven Rambin, who starred in the second season of HBO’s “True Detective,” will star alongside Will Patton, Cassidy Freeman, Ana de la Reguera and Tenoch Huerta.
Sources recently told THR that the film “takes the Purge out of its usual metropolitan setting while still dealing with class and race issues in the way the previous films have.”
Franchise creator James DeMonaco wrote the new movie.
