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“Crawl 2” is running hot at Paramount
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“Crawl 2” is running hot at Paramount

Paramount Pictures comes back for more.

The studio is in the middle of developing a sequel to Creephis 2019 horror film with alligator crunching, and plans to shoot in Europe this fall.

Andrew Deutschman and Jason Pagan, known for writing horror films Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension and time travel fun Project Almanacwrite the script.

French-born horror fan Alexandre Aja, who directed the first film, will return to direct. Aja is also a producer, as are Craig Flores and horror master Sam Raimi, who all produced the original.

Creepwritten by Michael and Shawn Rasmussen, starring Kaya Scodelario and Barry Pepper as a father and daughter trapped in a Florida home during a Category 5 hurricane and hunted by an alligator (or three), the film proved profitable for Paramount, grossing $91.5 million on a budget of under $14 million.

Crawl 2 According to sources, there will be a new cast and a new filming location, in this case the more urban dangers of New York City.

Gregory Levasseur and Zainab Azizi serve as executive producers.

Aja made his breakthrough with the French horror film High voltage and made his American studio debut with the intense remake of Wes Craven’s The hills have eyesHis other works include the wonderfully exaggerated Piranha 3Das well as Hornsthe adaptation of the novel by Joe Hill with Daniel Radcliffe and Juno Temple in the leading roles.

In recent years, Deutschman and Pagan have been putting together several projects in the city, working with Paramount and Original Films on an untitled horror film based on a series of TikTok videos and Every house is hauntedset at Netflix and directed by Corin Hardy.

Aja and the Schreiber are repped by WME. Aja is additionally repped by Industry Entertainment and Hansen Jacobson. Deutschman and Pagan are additionally repped by Underground and Frankfurt Kurnit.

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