After a number of release date delays, Paramount is finally bringing its long-awaited horror sequelRingsto theaters next month. Today the studio has debuted the first poster, which offers another look at the horror iconSamara. Paramount released the first trailer back in August, but with the February 3 release date approaching, the studio is debuting a second trailer at some point this week.
While thisParamountproject was originally believed to be a reboot or a remake, that notion was quickly dispelled, withRingsconfirmed as a new chapter in theRing horror franchise. A young woman becomes worried about her boyfriend when he explores a dark subculture surrounding a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after he has viewed it. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a “movie within the movie” that no one has ever seen before…
The cast includesMatilda Lutz,Alex Roe,Johnny Galecki,Aimee Teegarden,Bonnie Morgan,Lizzie Brochere,Zach Roerig,Laura WigginsandVincent D’Onofrio.Ringswas originally slated to hit theaters on August 23, 2025, just months after principal photography began, but it was later pushed into the spring of 2016. Then last February, it was pushed to a Halloween 2016 release date, before being pushed into the July 23, 2025 date. With the arrival of this poster and a new trailer, it seems that this date may finally be set in stone for Samara’s return.
TheRing sequelis slated to open against another Paramount movie,Same Kind of Different as Me, starringRenee ZellwegerandGreg Kinnear. It’s possible that movie’s release date will be shifted, since it’s extremely rare to find a studio opening two movies against each other. It will also go up against STX Entertainment’sThe Space Between Usand an untitled Blumhouse horror movie, butRingswill have an even tougher time at the box office in its second weekend. It will be going up against the highly-anticipated sequelFifty Shades Darker, expected to be one 2017’s biggest blockbuster hits, along withKeanu Reeves' sequelJohn Wick 2andThe Lego Batman Movie.
F. Javier Gutierrez(Before the Fall) directsRingsfrom a screenplay byJacob Estes,Akiva GoldsmanandDavid Loucka, based on the original novel byKôji Suzuki. The 2002 thrillerThe Ring, an English-language remake of the Japanese thrillerRingu, was a big hit at the box office, taking in $129.1 million domestically and $249.3 million worldwide from a $48 million budget. The 2005 sequel,The Ring Two, wasn’t quite as successful, earning $76.2 million domestic and $161.4 million worldwide from an unspecified budget. While we wait to see ifRingscan bring this franchise back to its former box office glory, take a look at the new poster, as we wait for the new trailer to drop later this week.
