

The Grudge is based on the film Ju-On: The Grudge written & directed by Takashi Shimizu. Robert Neville “Wander alone through New York City, calling out for other possible survivors, and works on finding a cure for the plague using his own immune blood. Watch the new trailer for the hardcore new vision of THE GRUDGE. Plot details at this time remain under lock and key. Oscar winner and producer Akiva Goldsman, who adapted the Richard Matheson 1954 novel, is also returning to write the follow-up. He’ll be joined on screen by Black Panther‘s Michael B. Per Deadline, Smith is returning for the next chapter as star and producer. is finally upping the stakes on the property with a new sequel in development. It’s been over a decade since Will Smith‘s 2007 hit I Am Legend toppled the global box office. Hatching releases in theaters and on VOD on April 29, 2022. Star Wars, Jurassic World and Prometheus veteran Gustav Hoegen serves as animatronics designer, and effects make-up designer Conor O’Sullivan has worked on “Game of Thrones”, X-Men: First Class and The Hours. Ilja Rautsi wrote the screenplay, and Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkila, Jani Volanen, Oiva Ollila, and Reino Nordin star. And when it hatches, what emerges is beyond belief.” Then, one night, Tinja finds a strange egg. In Hatching, “12-year-old gymnast Tinja tries desperately to please her mother, a woman obsessed with presenting the image of a perfect family life to the world through her popular blog. The brand new trailer debuting ahead of the film’s Sundance virtual premiere next week gives a glimpse at what that might be. Neville knows he is badly outnumbered, and the odds are against him, and all the while, the infected wait for him to make a mistake that will deliver Neville into their hands.”Ĭonsidering how I Am Legend concluded Neville’s story, it’ll be interesting to see how they approach his return.The cracks in a picture perfect family begin to show, then grow in Hanna Bergholm’s Hatching, until it hatches into something grotesque and dangerous. Robert Neville “Wander alone through New York City, calling out for other possible survivors, and works on finding a cure for the plague using his own immune blood.


The Grudge is a new take on the 2004 pic (itself based on the 2002 Japanese original Ju-on), which starred Sarah Michelle Gellar as a nurse in Tokyo who is afflicted by a curse that created uncontrollable homicidal rage.Īlso starring Andrea Riseborough ( Mandy), John Cho (“The Exorcist”), Betty Gilpin (“Glow”), Jacki Weaver and Frankie Faison, the R-rated remake will infect theaters on January 3, 2020. “Like the old films, it’s a tapestry of three different stories that interweave and all take place at slightly different times, centered around this one house that’s at the center of this case that this cop is working on.” “We follow her, as well as two other storylines, that are all interacting with this grudged house in small town America,” Pesce told the site. While there’s still no official synopsis, EW revealed that Andrea Riseborough ( Mandy) plays a cop in a new town who comes across a seemingly-unexplainable case that leads her to a house that, in Pesce’s words, “has been grudged.” The curse of The Grudge returns in January when Screen Gems infects audiences with Sam Raimi‘s latest production that features horror veteran Lin Shaye( Insidious) with Demian Bichir ( The Nun). Sony has also announced that the trailer for the Nicolas Pesce-directed “sidequel” (it takes place during the events of the Sarah Michelle Gellar-starring sequel) will arrive next Monday! This excellent piece of art comes on the 15th anniversary of Sam Raimi’s The Grudge remake (directed by Takashi Shimizu) and calls back to the terrifying shower scene that shocked audiences in both the U.S. The new poster for The Grudgegrabs hold (of hair) and will never let you go.
