Summary
Crawlwill officially be getting a sequel. The 2019 movie, which wasproduced by Sam Raimi, was set in Florida and followed a young woman (Kaya Scodelario) who became trapped in a flooded basement with a hungry alligator while trying to rescue her father (Barry Pepper) during a hurricane. Talk of a sequel has occurred since 2021, when director Alexandre Aja shared that a screenplay for the project was in the works, but no word came on the possibleCrawl2for several more years.
Now,The Hollywood Reporterhas revealed thatCrawl2is in development at Paramount Pictureswith an eye on shooting in Europe in Fall 2024. Alexandre Aja is set to return as director, helming a screenplay byParanormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension’s Andrew Deutschman and Jason Pagan that will follow a new storyline set in New York City, centering on new main characters. Aja will also be producing, alongside returning producers Craig Flores and Sam Raimi.
Crawl Is Ripe For A Sequel
The 2019 Movie Was A Critical And Commercial Success
Although the studio has not leaped at the opportunity to produce a sequel toCrawlin several years, this may be because theAlexandre Aja horror moviepremiered shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down movie production on a global scale. By any metric,it would otherwise be a good candidate for a franchise, as it has been successful in multiple areas both in its initial release and the intervening years. This includes grossing $91 million against its roughly $15 million budget, making it the 81st highest-grossing movie of the year worldwide.
2019 movies that were outgrossed byCrawlincludeRambo: Last Blood,Jojo Rabbit,A Dog’s Journey, andReady or Not.
The movie replicated its success with audiences four years later when it debuted on Netflix, charting at No. 8 on the streaming platform’s worldwide Top 10 with 4.2 million viewing hours. In addition to its commercial success, it has performed well critically,earning a Certified Fresh score of 84% on Rotten Tomatoesout of 213 differentCrawlreviews. Audiences have scored the creature feature nearly as highly, giving it an overall user rating of 75%.
Crawl Saved The Creature Feature Genre From Sharknado
Crawl, 2019’s killer alligator movie from Alexandre Aja and Sam Raimi, made creature features scary again and saved it from parodies like Sharknado.
Although significantly more than half a decade will have passed by the time the sequel toCrawlpremieres, it is possible that it could be a similar success and finally launch a proper franchise. Although there may not be any returning characters, the return of the core survival horror premise could very well be enough to keep returning audiences hooked. This was the same principle that helped propel successful sequels that were otherwise largely unrelated to the originals, such as47 Meters Down: UncagedandThe Strangers: Prey at Night.
Crawl
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Crawl is a horror thriller set during a Florida Hurricane. It follows a young woman named Haley who refuses to heed the mandatory evacuation order to search for her father, who went missing at the beginning of the storm. When Haley finds her father seriously injured, they discover the hurricane is the least of their problems. Suddenly, their home is besieged by a group of massive alligators looking for their next meal.
