After Sinister grossed nearly $80 million worldwide, Blumhouse Productions’ has decided to start work on Sinister 2, likely in an effort to replicate founder Jason Blum’s fortunes with Insidious and the Paranormal Activity series (both of which have used the micro budget model to great success).
Made for a scant $3 million, Sinister took home nearly thirty times its budget in worldwide box office revenue this past October, a respectable number even next to the much larger box office take of the most recent Paranormal Activity film. It only seems natural that Blum would continue that trend with a follow-up, as is being done right now with Insidious 2, which is on track for an August 2013 release.
No release date has been announced for Sinister 2, and so far the only names returning to Sinister 2 are Blum, who will produce, and C. Robert Cargill and Scott Derrickson, the creators and writers of the original picture (which Derrickson also directed). It’s almost a guarantee that they’ll co-write the next movie, too, though whether Derrickson will hop back into the director’s chair is unknown at this point. Considering he’s attached to direct Deus Ex: Human Revolution, it seems likely that he’ll only be involved in a writing capacity. Entertainment One will finance the film after acquiring Alliance, the company that backed the first picture.
Casting, on the other hand, is completely up in the air. Ethan Hawke starred in the first film as a true crime writer who finds himself embroiled in the machinations of a demonic entity named Bughuul after stumbling across a box of nightmarish home movies in his attic.
If you’ve seen Sinister, you can safely place your bets on the odds of his return, but that leads into perhaps a much bigger question: Where is Sinister 2 going to take us in the wake of Sinister‘s climax?
It’s possible that the new film will play like an echo of the last, but perhaps it will attempt to advance its mythology instead. Could we see Bughuul, who behaved like something of a supernatural MacGuffin in Derrickson’s and Cargill’s narrative, explored in more depth? If Blumhouse’s history tells us anything, it’s that the latter scenario is more probable – each Paranormal Activity movie plays around with the formula of the preceding installments, building up back-story and mythos as the franchise progresses.
I liked, but didn’t love, Sinister - Hawke’s character is almost too unlikable to be palatable, but damned if some of those scares didn’t have me jumping out of my seat – but I am fond of the micro budget sensibility Blum brings to each of his projects. Even if his financial outlook doesn’t necessarily lead to the creation of movies that thoroughly wow me, it’s always refreshing to see productions approached with the notion that less can yield more.
There’s no release date for Sinister 2, but we’ll keep you updated on the project as news becomes available.
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thought “Sinister” was really creepy! The hook of using old family film reels to show the horrible fates of the previous families was the cleverest part. I hope the next film doesn’t just repeat these story elements but takes this fright saga to a whole new level. Looking forward to the next film.
I´d like if the protagonist or the family fights back. Maybe he is a pastor or a very faithful person and can defeat or break the curse. Something interesting, not the usual cash grab.
Yes please
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how can they bring back Hawke if his daughter killed him and the rest of the family at the end of Sinister 1??
As an apparition who warns the new protagonist maybe through cryptic and enigmatic styles?
I was trying to avoid posing that problem outright in the article, but I think you answered your own question.
Exactly what I was thinking. Hawke’s family were beheaded I think, as was depicted by the daughter’s last drawing.
So Hawke’s a no-no in my book for the sequel, unless they can find some plausible twist that explains how he (and possible family) didn’t die.
He, Tracy, and Trevor are all avenging angels and he is determined to rescue the children from Baghul and warn others not to watch the movies.
I’m wondering too !! haha
I think you guys are right. It will obviously be a different family, but since we know about Bughuul already, we will learn more about him. I loved this movie. I was expecting some crappy horror movie, but I was actually intrigued. And can we cool it on the spoilers from the comment section? It ruins the entire movie. It doesn’t make you cool for knowing the ending. SR handled it well. Learn from them.
Yeah exactly cause I haven’t had chance to see the first one yet and was really looking forward to seeing it sometime soon.
Glad that you felt we handled veiling spoilers well– the last thing I want to do is give away the ending for any movie I write about.
What if the sequel involved the cop helping out Ethan Hawke trying to finish the investigation. I see a scenario where he finds all the stuff Hawke was using in his investigation and contacting Vincent D’Onofrio and putting two and two together.
Hope that Cargill and Derrickson are reading this, because it’s a great idea. Thumbs up, Jose.
Creepy film, but it has some cliches and a weak ending. I’d like to see the sequel improve.
The only thing I didnt like was the limp ending and when the ghost kids are running around, which was kinda lame.
Im there with you. It was praised so highly and it did nothing for me but try to scare me with cheap jump scares. Hawke’s sweater was scarier than the rest of the movie.
Yessss!! That sweater!!! Ugh. He should have burned that instead of the films! lol
Hmmm….as long as it doesnt follow the original and perhaps this time shows more change of the child as they become more ‘sinister’(wink).
And hopefully an actual confrontation with Bughuul himself, hes earned his comeuppances.
Might I suggest Shia LeBuff for the sequel??????
Do you want the movie to bomb?
Not bomb, but get bad reviews perhaps…
Ever notice how Shia LeBuff always says the same word fifty times in every movie he’s in?
“GO GO GO GO GO GO GO”
“WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!”
“STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP!!”
God he’s annoying! Seriously watch Crystal Skull or any of the Transformer movies, you’ll see what I mean.
I remember nothing about that movie except the lawnmower. But that lawnmower made an impression
I thought Sinister was a really great idea, but i think they didn’t take advantage on it, i think they were aiming for pg-13 but got a R anyway, i want them to try and move forward with it being R the only thing that scared me in it was the lawn mowing scene and they cut it out. Im’ not saying make it a blood bath filled with BS but make it where it is scary to see.
It was good -minus the kids running around
Ending wasn’t lame at all I don’t see how some people would say that it followed the story
Family gets slaughtered and a kid ends up “missing”
How’s that a lame ending if it followed the rest of the clips he seen
I wanted the girl to get eaten not frisked away to tv land.
I’m with you here, Tony. I actually dug the ending. If others don’t, then they still can’t take away the fact that it’s consistent with the mythology Cargill and Derrickson establish.
Sinister was a bit of a let down for me. It was definitely more disturbing than it was scary.
This. A few moments here and there really did genuinely get my pulse up, but for the most part the movie unnerved me. That’s not a huge deal, but I really think the film could have shot for a more consistently frightening tone.
Both movie’s were just like any other horror today, they were startling not scary. Insidious was the worst of the two. But I guess you would be afraid if Darth Maul was chasing after you.
Lol @ dizzma
That was great
Good idea for ’2′ Jose. Having the cop pick up the story. He can’t die though because he doesn’t fit the family profile so let’s have him bring back, rescue if you like, one of the kids trapped in limbo. Plenty of directions to go with that storyline. Low budget? Perfect. You can film it
here in Canada.
Guys. Cool it with the spoilers. Some people may have not seen the movie yet. I mean I have but you may have ruined it for the others who have not. Over all it was a good movie. we Finally got a R rated flick that did manage to creep me out.
I think an investigation by Jonas and Deputy So and So would make a worthy sequel. Perhaps if Ellison was allowed to come back as an avenging angel to rescue the children from Baghul or something!
a hope they will do a sinister 2 first 1 was really good
I think a movie about each family in the snuff films is the way to go. Let’s get to see the whole story piece by piece. Sinister 2 can be about the first family killed in the sixties, the third can be about the family that was killed in the seventies and so on….. What do you guys think?
Probably the best way to go.
They need time to pass, before they do a story following the incidents in the first film