Paramount Pictures is crawling back for more. The studio is deep in development on a sequel to , its gator-gnashing horror movie released in 2019, and is eyeing a fall shoot in Europe. Andrew Deutschman and Jason Pagan, known for penning horror flick and time-travel romp , are writing the script.
French-born horror fiend , who directed the initial movie, will be back in the director’s chair. Aja is also producing as well as Craig Flores and horror master , all of whom produced the original. , written by Michael and Shawn Rasmussen, starred Kaya Scodelario and Barry Pepper as a daughter and father duo who find themselves trapped in a Florida home and hunted by a gator (or three) during a Category 5 hurricane.
The movie proved profitable for Paramount, generating $91.5 million on a budget of under $14 million. will feature a new cast and a new location, in this case the more urban dangers of New York City, according to sources.
Gregory Levasseur and Zainab Azizi will executive produce. Aja broke through with the French horror movie and made his American studio debut with the intense 2006 remake of Wes Craven’s . Among his other credits are the gloriously over-the-top , as well as , the adaptation of the Joe Hill novel that starred Daniel Radcliffe and Juno Temple.
In recent years, Deutschman and Pagan have set up several projects around town, working with Paramount and Original Films on an untitled horror feature based on a series of TikTok videos and , set up at Netflix wi.