Status Update on Sinister Sequel

2013/03/01 21:44:24 +00:00 | Jonathan James

Sinister was developed for an estimated $3 million and earned over $77 million at the box office, so it was no surprise to hear that a sequel is moving forward. Director Scott Derrickson talked about the sequel last month, but a new report confirms some of the details.

Deadline reports that Blumhouse Productions is officially moving forward on the project, with Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill returning to co-write the story. While everything is still in the early planning stages, it's likely that a new director will be brought in, with Derrickson staying involved as a producer, along with Jason Blum.

Sinister was released to theaters late last year and is now available on Blu-ray/DVD.  The movie stars Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, James Ransone, Fred Dalton Thompson, Nicholas King, Clare Foley, Victoria Leigh, Juliet Rylance and Michael Hall D’Addario.

“A true crime novelist struggling to find his next big story moves his family into a house where the horrific murder of an entire family took place. But after finding a box of home videos in which other families are also brutally murdered, his investigation leads him to a supernatural entity that may be placing his own family in harm’s way.”

Source: Deadline
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