The ever-changing release date saga of Paramount’sRingshas added yet another chapter, with the studio pushing thehorror sequelback once again, although this change may be for the best.Deadlinereports that the studio has pushedRingsfrom April 1 to the horror-friendly date of October 28. The studio also moved upRichard Linklater’s comedyEverybody Wants Somefrom April 15 up to April 1.
Ringswas originally set up as a sequel to 2002’sThe Ringand 2005’sThe Ring Two, but it kept getting delayed for several years. In 2010, David Loucka came on board to write the script, when the project was being envisioned as a 3D thriller.F. Javier Gutiérrezcame aboard to direct in 2014, and casting started early last year, when Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz came aboard, and the project was re-titledRings. The studio originally gave the project a March 13, 2015release datein 2013, which was pushed to August 08, 2025 release date, then to June 28, 2025 and now it’s set for July 31, 2025, where it will go up againstInfernoand an untitled Lionsgate horror film.
Ringsbegan production in March, with directorF. Javier Gutiérrezconfirming that thesequeltakes place 13 years after the original thriller,The Ring. The story centers on Holt (Alex Roe), who suddenly starts to become distant to his girlfriend Julia (Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz) after watching a bizarre videotape. The original filmThe Ring, which starredNaomi Watts, Martin Henderson andBrian Cox, centered on a tape that causes each person who watches it to die seven days later.
The supporting cast ofRingsis rounded out byJohnny Galecki,Aimee Teegarden, Laura Wiggins, Zach Roerig,Andrea Powell, Brandon Larracuente, Dave Blamy and Surely Alvelo. Shortly afterfilmingstarted, a rumor surfaced that the character Aidan Keller, played by David Dorfman inThe RingandThe Ring Two, will appear as an adult, but that report was never confirmed, and it isn’t known if David Dorfman is coming back to reprise his role.
F. Javier Gutiérrez(Before the Fall) is directing from a script by David Loucka (House at the End of the Street), Jacob Aaron Estes (Mean Creek) andAkiva Goldsman(Star Trek Into Darkness). It will now be going up against Sony’sInfernoand an untitled horror movie from Lionsgate.Everybody Wants Some, which is described as a “spiritual sequel” toRichard Linklater’sDazed and Confused, will now face Open Road Films’Collide, The Weinstein Company’sAmityville: The Awakeningand PureFlix’s God’s Not Dead 2. What do you think about these release date changes?
