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Breaking: ‘Insidious: Chapter 3’ Officially Announced!
As I joked over the weekend, it was only a matter of time until FilmDistrict and Sony Pictures announced Insidious: Chapter 3.
With full details forthcoming, Borys Kit of THR broke the news on Twitter that Leigh Whannell is currently attached to pen the third chapter. Whannell, who co-created Saw with James Wan, penned both Insidious films, and also starred in both as “Specs” (below left), one half of the ghost hunting duo.
Word from the inside is that the third film will be bringing back Lin Shaye’s character as well as both ghost hunters Specs and Tucker (all three pictured below).
Insidious: Chapter 2 has been confirmed to have pulled in a whopping $41M this past Friday the 13th weekend. It also makes director James Wan the second ever to have two films in the same year with $40M openings (the Matrix sequels). Check out Evan Dickson’s 6 Steps to the A-List, a special feature on director James Wan.
Maika Monroe (Longlegs) and director David Robert Mitchell are reuniting for It Follows sequel They Follow, and Deadline brings us the latest casting news this week.
Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children, A Nightmare on Elm Street), Justine Lupe (Succession), Anna Mirodin (Ivan), Jayne Taini (Unbelievable), Michael Gandolfini (Daredevil: Born Again), Tom Pecinka (Stereophonic), Melora Walters (Magnolia), Ben Krieger (Song Sung Blue), Natalie Shinnick (The Brutalist) and Jan Hoag (The Fabelmans) have joined the cast this week.
Naomi Ackie (Blink Twice) has also been confirmed to join They Follow.
Deadline notes in their report this afternoon, “Plot details for the long-anticipated sequel are under wraps, other than it taking place a decade after the events of the original film.”
They Follow is expected to enter production this Summer. Stay tuned for updates.
In the first movie, Maika Monroe’s Jay Height is a young woman followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter. In the sequel, the threat is now EVERYWHERE.
“It’s very dark,” Monroe recently teased. “We’re pushing the boundaries on this one for sure.”
“It’s very different from the original,” Monroe told Discussing Film. “The original is a little more heightened and dramatic, and this is really quite grounded and follows the story of these two women that are mentally dealing with a lot. I thought it was really an interesting take on it.”
NEON and Good Fear Content are producing They Follow.
They Follow will feature a new score from Disasterpeace.
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