In case you dear readers haven’t picked up on it yet, I’m a bit of an excitable person. There are already tons of upcoming 2025 movies I’m looking forward to, in addition to the rest of this year’s lineup having some really winners. So when I got the initial word that Crawl 2 was in development, I wasn’t sure I had room in my heart for something that doesn’t feel like a natural follow-up.
But then I read the plot details, and I went from being on the defensive to getting ready to gat-or done! Paramount Pictures is reported to be in “deep development” on the sequel to director Alexandre Aja’s 2019 horror smash, with THR’ s write-up specifying that Aja will be back to direct this new adventure. So that’s the first green flag, as part of my brain still remembers the massive dip in quality between the French helmer’s remake of The Hills Have Eyes and its ill-advised sequel. And don’t think I invoked the timeframe of 2025 all willy nilly, as this new alligator flick is looking to get underway in the fall.
That could hint at all of this “deep development” putting this baby into theaters within the next year! Which leads us to what Crawl 2 is allegedly going to be about, courtesy of these supposed pitch details from the report cited: Crawl 2 will feature a new cast and a new location, in this case the more urban dangers of New York City, according to sources. Ok, so Crawl 2 wants to go to the Big Apple and let some gators (or a singular, intensely-focus.