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‘Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’ Finally Comes to China in April
After a series of delays, Adam Robitel‘s sequel Escape Room: Tournament of Champions was finally released in US theaters back in July 2021, the film pulling in $25.3 million domestically and $51.9 million worldwide. A far cry from the 2019 movie’s franchise-starting $155.7 million worldwide, but of course that movie wasn’t released during a deadly pandemic.
The first Escape Room movie made $33.9 million of its worldwide total from China, and the 2021 sequel will now finally have the chance to make some money in China as well.
Deadline reports that Escape Room: Tournament of Champions will be released in theaters in China on April 2, 2022, almost a full year after the film’s release elsewhere.
“Escape Room: Tournament of Champions is the sequel to the box office hit psychological thriller that terrified audiences around the world. In this installment, six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive…and discovering they’ve all played the game before.”
Taylor Russell and Logan Miller are back from Robitel’s first Escape Room, starring in the new movie alongside Indya Moore, Holland Roden, Thomas Cocquerel, and Carlito Olivero.
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is staying busy here in 2024, directing not only the werewolf movie Big Bad but also an upcoming thriller titled Drop.
The project for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes is being described as a “fast-paced thriller,” and Deadline reports today that Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) has joined the cast.
Newcomer Jacob Robinson has also signed on to star in the mysterious thriller. Previously announced, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) will be leading the cast.
Landon recently teased on Twitter, “This is my love letter to DePalma.”
Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach wrote the script.
Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller — “who brought the script in to Platinum Dunes” — are producing the upcoming Drop. Sam Lerner is an executive producer.
THR notes, “The film is a Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse production for Universal.”
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