Ten Years After the Release of the Original Film, Lights Out 2 Is Back in Development

Lights Out 2 Greenlit

The low budget horror movie, Lights Out was a surprise hit in 2016, and earned $149 million from a $6 million dollar budget so New Line has finally lined up a sequel. Hollywood Reporter: "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…

Ten years after the release of the original film, Lights Out 2 is back in development

The James Wan-produced horror film Lights Out made almost $150 million on a budget just under $5 million when it was released in 2016, so it was no surprise when New Line Cinema immediately greenlit a sequel. What’s surprising is that, ten years later, Lights Out 2 has still never made it into production. The studio is showing renewed interest in the project, though, as The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that up-and-comer Connor Osborn M…

Lights Out 2 finally moves forward with a new screenwriter

A sequel to David F Sandberg’s debut feature has been in the plans for a decade now, but Lights Out 2 is finally showing signs of life. Lights Out, David F Sandberg’s 2013 short film, was so popular that the director was given the financing to turn it into feature film three years later. That 2016 feature turned out to be quite the success: costing New Line Cinema less than $5m to make, it grossed a whopping $149m at the global box office.  Natu…