Overview
- Disney/Searchlight rescheduled the sequel from March 27 to March 20 after an earlier move from the originally planned April 10 date.
- The earlier slot avoids a head-to-head with New Line’s They Will Kill You, which is set for March 27.
- Outlets noted the prior date would have left the film just days before The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which is expected to dominate theaters.
- The March 20 frame now pairs the release against Project Hail Mary starring Ryan Gosling.
- Original writers Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy and directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett return, with Samara Weaving leading a cast that includes Kathryn Newton, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Elijah Wood, and the film carries an R rating for strong bloody violence, gore, pervasive language and brief drug use.