‘Lights Out 2’ Turned on as New Line Hire ‘Animals’ Scribe (Exclusive)
New Line has once again brightened up to the idea of a sequel to its 2016 supernatural horror hit
Lights Out.
The Warner Bros. division has hired up-and-comer Connor Osborn McIntyre to write the screenplay for the sequel, which has been on and off again on the development track over the years.
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 producing as well.
The original 2016 horror movie cost under $5 million to produce and scared up over $149 million worldwide.
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