Mason Gooding and Emily Rudd will lead the New York-set ‘Crawl’ sequel, with Alexandre Aja returning to direct!
Just when you thought you were out, Paramount is pulling you back into the water…
THR reports that Mason Gooding (Heart Eyes) and Emily Rudd (Fear Street) are set to star in the studio’s Crawl sequel, with Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes remake) returning to direct!
Aja’s 2019 film followed a woman (Kaya Scodelario) who returns to her family home to save her father after a hurricane hits Florida. Once there, she discovers her dad is trapped by vicious alligators.
Intense and utterly vicious, the film made for a thrilling summer ride, pulling in almost ten times its estimated budget. A sequel was inevitable.
Crawl 2 will see alligators invade the streets and sewers of New York following a nasty hurricane.
Gooding has come on strong in the genre since appearing in the last three Scream films and last year’s slasher hit, Heart Eyes. Rudd, meanwhile, appeared in Netflix’s trio of Fear Street films. You can next find her in the upcoming Whalefall.
Jason Harry Pagan and Andrew Deutschman worked on the script, along with Aja and Gregory Levasseur.
Producers are Craig Flores, Sam Raimi and Aja. Levasseur and Azizi will executive produce.
With that cast and Aja back to direct, plus the New York setting, Crawl 2 is set to be another scary time swimming with alligators…and I can’t wait.
Crawl 2 is set to go into production later this month in Hungary.
