The Fifth Wave star Alex Roe will see the Rings as he’s been cast in the lead of The Ring prequel opposite Matilda Lutz. He will play Lutz’s boyfriend ‘Holt’, who watches the tape.
F. Javier Gutierrez directs with a theatrical release planned for November 13, 2015.
Bloody Disgusting was able to find out what the 3-D Ring will be about. Our sources told us last week that the new The Ring is actually a prequel, and takes place before the 2002 remake that starred Naomi Watts as a woman uncovering the mystery behind a haunted VHS tape. Rings will take place years before the creation of said tape and tell the origin of Samara’s reign of terror.
“Rings” is also the name of the short – directed by TCM 2 and TMNTs’ Jonathan Liebesman – that accompanied the purchase of The Ring 2 on home video in 2005.
Aviva Goldsman, David Loucka and Jacon Aaron Estes all had a hand in writing the script, which is based on the 1991 novel by Koji Suzuki.
