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‘Strangers 2’ Shooting in September, Prior Takes on New Thriller
In brief news, Intrepid Pictures is gearing up to begin filming The Strangers: Part 2 this September for Relativity (with Laurent Briet at the helm, so we’re told). Meanwhile, after a decade spent creating special DVD content for the films of other directors, David Prior (who directed the awesome indie short AM1200) will make his feature helming debut on an untitled thriller for Intrepid Pictures. You can read about that inside.
Intrepid principals Trevor Macy and Marc D. Evans (“The Strangers”) set Prior to helm and also write a genre thriller based on a series of terrifying events that occurred in Wisconsin in the 1990s.
Prior is represented by Jeremy Platt at Spectacle and Greg Pedicin at Gersh.
He has been a favorite of directors including David Fincher, Michael Bay, Peter Weir, Tim Burton, David Cronenberg and Guillermo del Toro, generating special footage on the DVD releases of their films.
“It’s a strange, circuitous route (to directing my own film), but I think I was the right guy to do this, in the right place at the right time,” said Prior, a former child actor.
Prior works on about three films each year, following the directors he admires from film to film. He made enough money to finance the 40-minute short “AM1200,” a horror film that served as a calling card and was well received at festivals. The short and his resume prompted Intrepid’s Macy and Evans to give him a shot. He’ll take a pay cut to direct his first feature.
Intrepid is prepping “The Strangers: Part 2” to shoot in September for Relativity.
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‘Ready or Not’: Radio Silence Filmmakers Tease the “Absolute Banger” of a Sequel That’s Taking Shape
It was first reported a couple weeks ago that Ready or Not 2 is now in development, with Adam Robitel (The Taking of Deborah Logan, Insidious: The Last Key, Escape Room, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions) in talks to direct the sequel to the 2019 box office hit. Additionally, we had learned that Samara Weaving would be returning to star.
Entertainment Weekly caught up with Ready or Not directors Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin in the wake of those reports, and we’ve now got an update straight from the source.
“It’s getting figured out. That’s what we’ll say: Ready or Not 2 is getting figured out,” Gillett tells EW, confirming last month’s report. “What we can say is that there is a script that is an absolute fucking banger of a sequel. And however it gets made, and in whatever capacity we are helping get it made, we are so excited that it’s happening.”
“I don’t think we knew after making [Ready or Not] that there would be so much story left to tell,” Gillett continues. “We’re so proud of what that first movie is, we’re so proud of what the sequel is. We’re just really excited, and fingers crossed that it gets made.” Bettinelli-Olpin adds, “And with Searchlight and Samara, they’re not gonna let it down.”
The first film introduced a mythology wherein the wealthy Le Domas family has made a deal with the devil, one that requires them to take part in bizarre – and deadly – wedding night traditions. There’s much that can be done with the premise going forward, even if the first movie ended with Weaving’s Grace massacring the family and burning down their estate.
Wikipedia reminds, “The sole survivor of the night, Grace walks out of the burning manor just as the police arrive. Upon asking her what happened, she simply replies: in-laws.”
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