One of James Wan’s early producing efforts was the lean, highly accessible chiller Lights Out. The film introduced Swedish filmmaker David […]
One of James Wan’s early producing efforts was the lean, highly accessible chiller Lights Out. The film introduced Swedish filmmaker David F. Sandberg to a global audience and quickly elevated his career, leading to major studio projects including Annabelle: Creation, Shazam!, and, more recently, the Until Dawn adaptation.
Made for about $5 million, Lights Out grossed nearly $150 million worldwide and should have immediately set a sequel in motion… but the lights went out as Sandberg and Wan were busy with other projects.
Now, a full ten years later, New Line Cinema has turned the lights back on and has set a writer for the long-awaited Light Out 2.
The Warner Bros. division has hired up-and-comer Connor Osborne McIntyre to write the screenplay for the sequel, says THR.
Light Out tells of a supernatural entity that reemerges to terrorize a family when the lights go out. It was based on Sandberg’s viral short film of the same name, which attracted widespread attention online before being developed into a feature.
Teresa Palmer, Maria Bello, Gabriel Bateman, and Alexander DiPersia starred. It’s unclear if any of them will be back, as there are no story details yet.
Original producer Lawrence Grey is returning as producer, while Eric Heisserer and David F. Sandberg, who respectively wrote and directed the movie, will also produce.
Additional producers on the roster include Ben Everard and Lotta Losten. Atomic Monster, the banner run by James Wan, also one of the original movie’s producers, is a producer as well.
