Following the success of 2012’s Ethan Hawke-led horror pic Sinister, the Blumhouse Productions team is going by the Purge playbook for the sequel: maintain the concept, and swap out Hawke for new faces. Well, one new face so far, as Shannyn Sossamon is set to star in the next instalment.
James Ransone is returning from the first Sinister in the role of the Sheriff’s Deputy who tried to help Hawke with the terror-infused home movies he found in his family’s new home. This time around, he’ll be coming to the aid of Sossamon’s single mum, who moves into a rural house with her nine-year-old twins only to discover that the place is loaded with creepy supernatural phenomena. You really think the estate agent would have mentioned that alongside the healthy yard space and convenient half-bath.
Citadel director Ciaran Foy is taking over the megaphone for this one, working from a script Scott Derrickson wrote with Sinister collaborator C. Robert Cargill. The cameras are set to start rolling next week in Chicago, and Universal has slotted the sequel in for an August 21, 2015 release in the States.
To hear more from producer Jason Blum on how the Blumhouse gang figures out their thrifty movies, check out a recent instalment of the Empire Podcast…
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