“Pose” star Indya Moore and “Teen Wolf” actress Holland Roden are both set to join the cast of the horror sequel at Columbia Pictures and Sony, “Escape Room 2,” an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Isabelle Fuhrman, Thomas Cocquerel and Carlito Olivero are also joining the cast alongside Taylor Russell and Logan Miller, who are both returning from the original film released this January.
Details are being kept under wraps for the sequel, but the original film was the story of six strangers invited to participate in an escape room that turns out to be a deadly series of traps, leading them to use their wits to escape with their lives.
Adam Robitel is returning to direct “Escape Room 2,” and Bragi F. Schut is also returning to write the sequel. Neal H. Moritz is producing.
The original film opened to $18.2 million in North America in its first weekend at the start of the year and has made $155 million globally.
Russell is represented by UTA. Miller is represented by Innovative, Atlas Artists and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof and Fishman. Fuhrman is repped by UTA, Gang Tyre and Curtis Brown in the UK. Roden is represented by 360 and Paradigm. Cocquerel is represented by Management 360, CAA, and Shanahan Management. Moore is represented by CAA and manager Lisa Calli at Calli Company. Moore’s legal representation is Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein and Lezcano. Olivero is represented by credits Matt Luber and Michael Adler at Luber Roklin Entertainment, Mike Wilson at Mavrick Artists, and attorney Dave Feldman.
9 Fall Horror Movies to Keep You Up All Night, From 'It: Chapter Two' to 'Black Christmas' (Photos)
From movies about life-like dolls to terrifying clowns, 2019's fall movie calendar is packed with horror.
Sept. 4: "IT: Chapter Two"
After the success of "IT" in 2017, we're so looking forward to the sequel that will take place 27 years after the Loser Club crossed paths with Pennywise the Clown.
New Line
Sept. 13: "Haunt"
"A Quiet Place" co-writers Bryan Woods and Scott Beck write and direct this one, about a group of friends who visit an "extreme" haunted house on Halloween.
Momentum
Oct. 18: "The Lighthouse"
You wouldn't think a festival favorite starring Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe would qualify as a horror movie, but it is! The movie follows two lighthouse keepers who live in a remote and mysterious island in the 1890s.
Photo by Eric Chakeen
Oct. 18: "Zombieland: Double Tap"
OK, we know -- it's more of a comedy than a horror film, but it's still all about the guts and the gore. Woody Harrelson, Emma Roberts, Jesse Eisenberg and Abigail Breslin return to fight evolved zombies.
Columbia
Oct. 18: "Eli"
October 18 seems to be THE day for horror releases this fall! In Ciaran Foy's film, a boy receiving treatment for his autoimmune disorder realizes the house he's in isn't as safe as he thought.
Netflix
Nov. 8: "Doctor Sleep"
In a sequel to Stephen King's "The Shining," a grown-up Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor) meets a young girl who houses the same abilities he has -- they're just much stronger, and that's why she's being hunted by a cult known as The True Knot.
Warner Bros.
Nov. 15: "The Lodge"
"The Lodge," by the "Goodnight Mommy" filmmakers, made a splash in January at Sundance. The movie stars Kiley Keough, Richard Armitage and Alicia Silverstone and will make you cringe in fear for days.
Sundance Institute
Dec. 6: "Brahms: The Boy II"
"Brahms: The Boy II" is the follow up to 2016's "The Boy." This one stars Katie Holmes as a woman whose son makes friends with a life-like doll named Brahms.
STX
Dec. 13: "Black Christmas"
Blumhouse's remake of the 1974 horror film of the same stars Cary Elwes, Imogen Poots and Brittany O'Grady and goes old-school horror: A group of friends are stalked by a stranger during their winter break.
Blumhouse
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Fall Movie Preview: Scary films are a hot commodity this season
From movies about life-like dolls to terrifying clowns, 2019's fall movie calendar is packed with horror.