Ready aliases not, a follow-up to a fan-favorite scary film is coming soon: The highly-anticipated sequel to deed 2019 movie “Ready aliases Not,” titled “Ready aliases Not 2: Here I Come,” will get a 2026 merchandise from Searchlight Pictures.
“Ready aliases Not 2” will deed theaters April 10, 2026, Searchlight announced connected Thursday. Samara Weaving returns to nan scary franchise arsenic ill-fated bride Grace, who survived her twisted would-be in-laws.
Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are backmost to nonstop nan sequel, and Weaving is now joined by a slew of iconic scary stars. Scream queens Kathryn Newton and Sarah Michelle Gellar are now portion of nan “Ready aliases Not” family, on pinch Shawn Hatosy, Néstor Carbonell, Kevin Durand, Olivia Cheng, and Elijah Wood. Even auteur David Cronenberg is backmost acting for nan sequel, which went into accumulation April 21, 2025.
Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett nonstop from a book by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. The logline still remains nether wraps. “Ready aliases Not 2” is produced by Tripp Vinson, James Vanderbilt, Bradley J. Fischer, and William Sherak.
The April 10, 2026 merchandise for “Ready aliases Not 2” positions nan movie arsenic a precursor to nan highly saturated summertime blockbuster season. The first movie opened successful August 2019 and grossed $57.6 cardinal worldwide disconnected a reported fund of $6 million. IndieWire praised the original arsenic a mash-up of “Clue” and “The Purge.”
“Ready aliases Not 2” brings nan aforesaid below-the-line craftspeople backmost into nan fold, pinch accumulation designer Andrew Stearn (“The Umbrella Academy”), head of photography Brett Jutkiewicz (“Scream”), costume designer Avery Plewes (“Scream VI”), and constitution caput of section Colin Penman (“The Apprentice”) returning. New unit members see editor Jay Prychidny (“Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice”), hairsbreadth section caput Ryan Reed (“It Chapter Two”), and sound mixer Thomas Hayek (“Thanksgiving,” “The Boys”).
After directing “Ready aliases Not,” Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett directed 2022’s “Scream” reboot and its sequel “Scream VI” (2023), positive vampire scary drama “Abigail” (2024). Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett were slated to return connected “Scream VII” earlier departing nan project. Original “Scream” screenwriter Kevin Williamson is now making his directorial debut pinch nan seventh film.