Ready or not, a follow-up to a fan-favorite horror film is coming soon: The highly-anticipated sequel to hit 2019 film “Ready or Not,” titled “Ready or Not 2: Here I Come,” will get a 2026 release from Searchlight Pictures.
“Ready or Not 2” will hit theaters April 10, 2026, Searchlight announced on Thursday. Samara Weaving returns to the horror franchise as ill-fated bride Grace, who survived her twisted would-be in-laws.
Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are back to direct the sequel, and Weaving is now joined by a slew of iconic horror stars. Scream queens Kathryn Newton and Sarah Michelle Gellar are now part of the “Ready or Not” family, along with Shawn Hatosy, Néstor Carbonell, Kevin Durand, Olivia Cheng, and Elijah Wood. Even auteur David Cronenberg is back acting for the sequel, which went into production April 21, 2025.
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Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett direct from a script by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. The logline still remains under wraps. “Ready or Not 2” is produced by Tripp Vinson, James Vanderbilt, Bradley J. Fischer, and William Sherak.
The April 10, 2026 release for “Ready or Not 2” positions the film as a precursor to the highly saturated summer blockbuster season. The first film opened in August 2019 and grossed $57.6 million worldwide off a reported budget of $6 million. IndieWire praised the original as a mash-up of “Clue” and “The Purge.”
“Ready or Not 2” brings the same below-the-line craftspeople back into the fold, with production designer Andrew Stearn (“The Umbrella Academy”), director of photography Brett Jutkiewicz (“Scream”), costume designer Avery Plewes (“Scream VI”), and makeup head of department Colin Penman (“The Apprentice”) returning. New crew members include editor Jay Prychidny (“Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice”), hair department head Ryan Reed (“It Chapter Two”), and sound mixer Thomas Hayek (“Thanksgiving,” “The Boys”).
After directing “Ready or Not,” Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett directed 2022’s “Scream” reboot and its sequel “Scream VI” (2023), plus vampire horror comedy “Abigail” (2024). Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett were slated to take on “Scream VII” before departing the project. Original “Scream” screenwriter Kevin Williamson is now making his directorial debut with the seventh film.
