The Ring Sequel Rings Gets Delayed Until 2016

With just a month and a half until its November 13 release date, Paramount Pictures has pushed its upcoming thrillerRings, a sequel toThe Ring, to 2016.Varietyreports that the movie will likely open sometime in the first quarter of 2016, although a specificrelease datewas not given at this time. The move comes just weeks after the studio slotted release dates for potential Oscar candidatesThe Big Short, opening in wide release on December 11, andAnomalisa, which was given an awards-qualifying run in limited release on December 30.

Ringswas originally scheduled to open against Warner Bros.' true story dramaThe 33, Universal Pictures’By the Sea, CBS Films’Love the Coopersand Clarius Entertainment’s My All American. Aside from that competitive opening weekend, thehorror moviewould also have to contend with a number of highly-anticipated movies in the weeks that followed, such asThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2on November 20 andCreed,The Good Dinosaur,The Night BeforeandVictor Frankensteinon November 25, just before the Thanksgiving holiday.

Ringsjust started shooting back 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). We’ll keep you posted as soon as Paramount announces a new release date forRings. Were you looking forward to seeing this sequel in just a few short months? Or can you wait until the new year?