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New Line has brightened up once again with the idea of a sequel to the 2016 supernatural horror film lights out.
The Warner Bros. division Hiring up-and-comer Conor Osbourne McIntyre to write the script for the sequel, which has been on and off in development over the years.
Original producer Lawrence Gray returns as producer while Eric Heisserer and David F. Sandberg, who wrote and directed the film respectively, will also produce.
Additional producers on the roster are Ben Everard and Lotta Losten. Atomic Monster, the banner run by James Wan, who is also one of the producers of the original film, is also a producing company.
lights out It was the directorial debut of Sandberg, who directed Annabelle: Creation and Shazam!, It was based on his original story.
The feature tells of a ghostly entity that lives in the shadows and dark recesses of buildings as it haunts a family. It starred Teresa Palmer, Maria Bello, Gabrielle Bateman, and Alexandre de Persia.
Plot details or take for Turn off the lights 2 They are kept in the dark.
lights out It was a huge moneymaker for New Line, grossing $149 million worldwide on a production budget of less than $5 million. New Line has been trying to develop a sequel with Heisserer and Chris Borrelli writing the scripts over the years.
McIntyre is a writer on the rise. books Animalsthe upcoming dramatic thriller directed by Ben Affleck and starring alongside Gillian Anderson, Steven Yeun and Kerry Washington. And its original text American midnight It was blacklisted for last year’s best unproduced screenplays and was sold to Netflix in association with Vertigo Entertainment and Spooky Pictures, the producers. Previously, his original screenplay Copenhagen Sold to Makeready and Season 5.
He is repped by CAA, Kaplan Perrone Entertainment and Yorn Levine.
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