Sarah Michelle Gellar (
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer") and
Elijah Wood (
"The Lord of the Rings") have joined the cast of
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and
Tyler Gillett's upcoming horror sequel
"Ready or Not: Here I Come".
Samara Weaving reprises her role as Grace. The cast will also include
Kathryn Newton (
"Big Little Lies"),
Shawn Hatosy (
"The Pitt"),
Nestor Carbonell (
"Lost"),
Kevin Durand (
"Abigail") and
David Cronenberg.
The screenplay is penned by
Guy Busick (
"Abigail",
"Scream") and
R. Christopher Murphy (
"Castle Rock"). Producers include
Tripp Vinson (
"Fountain of Youth"),
James Vanderbilt (
"Zodiac"),
Bradley J. Fischer (
"Transformers") and
William Sherak (
"Abigail",
"Scream"). Executive producers are Chad Villella, Tara Farney, Greg Denny, Busick, Murphy, Weaving and Paul Neinstein.
Principal photography begins Monday in Toronto. Also returning are production designer
Andrew Stearn (
"The Umbrella Academy"), director of photography
Brett Jutkiewicz (
"Scream"), costume designer
Avery Plewes (
"Scream VI") and makeup head of department
Colin Penman (
"The Apprentice"). New additions to the crew include editor
Jay Prychidny (
"Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice"), hair department head
Ryan Reed (
"It Chapter Two") and sound mixer
Thomas Hayek (
"Thanksgiving",
"The Boys").
Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett had this to say about the project:
"We're thrilled to be returning to the world of 'Ready or Not' with Samara, Brett, Avery and Andrew and so excited to work with this immensely talented cast and the incredible artists across every department joining the 'Ready or Not' family".
