The New RINGS Film Will Be a Prequel to THE RING
Paramount Pictures is currently developing a new film in their The Ring horror film franchise. The movie will be called Rings, and in a recent report from Bloody Disgusting, it was revealed that the movie is expected to be a prequel, not a sequel as we initially thought.
According to the site's sources, Rings "takes place before the 2002 remake that starred Naomi Watts as a woman uncovering the mystery behind a haunted VHS tape. Rings will take place years before the creation of said tape and tell the origin of Samara’s reign of terror."
This is actually a story I can get behind. I love the first movie, and I'm really curious to see how this deadly evil tape actually came into existence. In the first film we learned about Samara's tragic childhood in a flashback sequence, but there's obviously more to her story and the creation of the tape.
The franchise is based on a series of Japanese films called Ringu, and in 2000 they released a movie called Ring 0: Birthday. That film takes place 30 years before their first film, and it tells the story of how Sadako (Samara) was murdered when she was 19 years old and became cursed. Who knows - maybe this next movie being made by Paramount will be based on that one.
Rings is being directed by F. Javier Gutierrez (Before the Fall), from a script written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman. So far the only person cast in the movie is Matilda Lutz, and we don't know who she'll be playing. The movie is set to be released on November 13th, 2015, and I hope it brings on the nightmares!