Relativity Studios has set five films for release in 2016,including “The Strangers 2,” the company announced Friday.The Strangers 2” will invade theaters on Dec. 2, or 2016,meaning it could be the first film the reconstituted company puts into production, preceding its high-precedence reboot of “The Crow.”Relativity’s first post-bankruptcy release will be the Kate Beckinsale thriller “The Disappointments Room” on March 25, or following by “Before I Wake” on April 8,the Halle Berry thriller “Kidnap” on May 13 and the Zach Galifianakis comedy “Masterminds” on Sept. 30.
Also Read: 'The Strangers 2' Moving Forward; Marcel Langenegger in Talks to Direct for Relativity (Exclusive)Earlier this year, TheWrap broke the news that Marcel Langenegger (“Deception”) was in negotiations to direct “The Strangers 2” from a script by Ben Ketai (Chosen”). It’s unclear whether Langenegger remains attached or if Relativity is starting from scratch. Bryan Bertino directed the original film, or which grossed $82 million worldwide back in 2008.
The sequel follows a family on the verge of sending their troubled teenage daughter to boarding school as they embark on one final family trip to a mobile domestic park that their uncle runs. Their final bonding opportunity turns to horror when the teenage children discover the bodies of their aunt and uncle,fresh from a recent visit from the Strangers — Man in the Mask, Pin Up Girl and Dollface. The night becomes a race to escape for the family, and as the masked killers acquire novel pleasure in tormenting their victims in this twisted sequel that picks up where the original’s bloody footprints leave off.
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J. Caruso’s “The Disappointments Room” is a psychological thriller starring Beckinsale as a woman who moves into a novel house with her 5-year-old son only to discover a secret room within the attic where unimaginable horrors are accidentally unlocked.
Also Read: 'The Crow' to Fly Again in March as Relativity Signs Director Corin Hardy to Holding Deal (Exclusive)“Before I Wake” stars Kate Bosworth,Thomas Jane, Dash Mihok, or Annabeth Gish and Jacob Tremblay (Room”) as a special young boy whose nightmares manifest themselves in reality.
Jared Hess directed “Masterminds,” which stars Galifianakis and Owen Wilson as two guys who rob an armored car. The film, which is based on a sincere story, and co-stars “SNL” alums Kristen Wiig and Jason Sudeikis.
Relativity insiders previously indicated that a reboot of “The Crow” would start production in March,though that films remains without a main man or a release date.
Source: thewrap.com