The sequel to The Ring has just begun shooting, and a poster of sorts is already out. The promotional ad below appeared in Variety magazine, and when a teaser poster reaches theaters, it may very well be a similar or identical design. "It begins again," reads the tagline.
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Release Date: March 18th, 2004 (wide)
Cast: Naomi Watts (Rachel Keller), Simon Baker (Max Rourke), David Dorfman (Aidan Keller), Sissy Spacek, Emily Van Camp (Emily)
Director: Hideo Nakata (Ringu, Chaos)
Screenwriter: Ehren Kruger (The Ring, Arlington Road, Scream 3, Reindeer Games; cowriter of Impostor; he's also got The Brothers Grimm and Blood and Chocolate coming soon)
Premise: Following the events of the first movie (in which mysterious video tapes seemed to cause people who saw them to die seven days later), investigative reporter Rachel Keller (Watts) and her son Aidon (Dorfman) move away from the big city life of Seattle to the small town of Asheville, Oregon. Soon enough, however, Rachel discovers a case in which those pesky tapes seem to be up to their seven-days-later-you-will-die shenanigans, even as developments arise which threaten her relationship with her son. Returning to Seattle to investigate the case of Samara Morgan (the ghost girl from the first movie), Rachel begins to uncover secrets behind the entire phenomenon... (Baker plays a coworker at Rachel's newspaper; Van Camp plays a teenage girl whose boyfriend died after seeing one of the video tapes.)
They're rushing this through production to have it out in the fall. Good luck.
new pics for Ring 2
http://www.mysan.de/article20821.html
thanks for the link.
i think i like Naomi with shorter hair.
i agree. can't wait to see her dance around in huckabees
TEASER TRAILER: http://www.ring2-themovie.com/
"i hope this is as good as the ring" < - what myself and the rest of american moviegoing public are saying right now... its true, i loved the first one and hope this will be as good. trailers creepy as hell, but i havent seen the japanese sequel/prequels so i dont know what they might be drawing from here like the first one. now says SPRING 2005
Quote from: themodernage02TEASER TRAILER: http://www.ring2-themovie.com/
"i hope this is as good as the ring" < - what myself and the rest of american moviegoing public are saying right now... its true, i loved the first one and hope this will be as good. trailers creepy as hell, but i havent seen the japanese sequel/prequels so i dont know what they might be drawing from here like the first one. now says SPRING 2005
Wow, nice trailer, I thik. Creepy. I can't wait for this movie.
good teaser... i wasnt a fan of the first movie when it came out but i ended up liking a lot after watching it a few times on tv... not many good horror movies later... lets see what the fuck is this grudge hollywood version like
nothing beats a good trailer. this one succeeded in making me gasp out loud(embarassingly) causing my roommate to laugh at me. if you go through the trailer frame by frame there are some cool images.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/the_ring_two/trailer/
Whoops
the trailer kinda sucks, but it does it's purpose, I want to see it
Nakata has 'Eye' on Par redo
A few days before his "The Ring Two" opens, Hideo Nakata has signed on to helm "The Eye" for Paramount Pictures. C/W Prods. is producing.
"Eye" centers on a blind woman who receives a cornea transplant. However, she gets more than she bargains for when she begins seeing ghosts and premonitions. "Eye" is an adaptation of the hit Hong Kong horror franchise; a third one is in the works. Vertigo's Roy Lee and Doug Davison are executive producing as is the original movie's Peter Chan.
"Ring Two" is UTA-repped Nakata's first English-language film. He directed the first two Japanese "Ringu" movies as well as the Japanese version of "Dark Water." He is attached to direct "Out" at New Line.
this movie was funny by the way.
Quote from: POZERthis movie was funny by the way.
yeah, unintentionally. like when she puts the contents of those capsules in the kids sandwich. that was ridiculous.
watching the beginning, u'd think it was a comedy, the audience was laughing a lot at the lameness of it a lot, but at the same time they jumped at least 4 times on cue. the movie sucked tho, it's forgettable, uninpsired, just crap. shit just happens, it doesn't make any sense. everything seemed halfbaked, eg. gary cole.
there were a few cool shots but other than that, nothing to recommend. franchise officially dead.
Third Ring a Prequel?
Director Nakata is up for it.
According to iF Magazine, Ring 3 is almost a sure thing. Writer Ehren Kruger, who penned the screenplay for Ring Two, said he might be involved with a new Ring movie if one goes ahead.
"There will be one if [the public] want one, if you know what I mean – democracy in action. I don't know if I'd be involved. I suspect the story would be radically different from 1 or 2, but I suspect Samara would be in it."
Meanwhile, Japanese director Hideo Nakata is also hopeful about making another Hollywood Ring film. He told the Chicago Sun-Times that the next film will most likely be a prequel, following a similar story to the Japanese Ring prequel that Nakata also made.
"In Japan, I directed a Ring prequel called Ring Zero. It's about how the little girl [Samara] was killed at age 8.
"I wouldn't be surprised if there was another one. I'd love to do Ring Three."
What it really comes down to in Hollywood, of course, is the bottom line. Ring Two got off to a good start over the weekend with a $35 million haul. It's somewhat less than the $40 million that industry experts were predicting, however. And with largely unfavorable reviews, the movie is unlikely to enjoy the long-term word-of-mouth success that made the first Ring such a hit.
The public does not want one. trust me, I asked.
This movies was awful. People were laughing throughout the theater the whole movie. Save money don't see it.
this was an abomination. just AWFUL. AWFUL.
Quote from: modagei can't believe the script was written by the same guy who wrote the first one. what the hell was he thinking?
I also think the choice of director had a hand in this too.
*Some Minor Spoilers*
While I didn't think it was Jeepers Creepers horrible, it was a huge disappointment since I'm a BIG fan of the first one. What's wrong here is that the film does away with the videotape. This loses all the creepiness and mystery that made the first one so great. Instead, they should have called it The Ring Two: This Time It's Personal, because it's a basic revenge story with no scares, suspense or creeps. For example, in the opening, we all know the myth of the videotape, so why should I feel scared for a character who hasn't watched the tape yet? It's a cheap scare that doesn't work knowing what we know from the first film. The story does nothing to let the audience in on what is going on, and instead we are asking, "Why is this happening?" (The deers were way out of left field and was a complete WTF scene) The explanation comes in a cheap way out - a dialogue exposition explanation. In the first one, Rachel investigates the myth and thus lets us follow along in the mystery and putting the clues together, but here there's no interaction for the audience. There's a lot of convience for her character; there just happens to be no one in the ambulance, cops just happen to walk away from the girl she wants to talk to, a key to the house just happens to be in a rock, etc. To make matters worse, she's reduced to another damsel in distress.
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..and the xixax faithful have never let me down [yet].....
Quote from: pubrickif u really believe that u shouldn't hav rented the ring 2, and u should see kungfu hustle.
i rented it to make sure that my above statement is true..
and...
it..
was!
thsi movie sucks...i wasted four dollars.the gheyest thing was the deer scene......why?
Quote from: name deleted by modageThere's a lot of convience for her character; there just happens to be no one in the ambulance, cops just happen to walk away from the girl she wants to talk to, a key to the house just happens to be in a rock, etc. To make matters worse, she's reduced to another damsel in distress.
seriously. and what the hell happened to Gary Cole? he was showing her the house and then disappeared as soon as she wanted to snoop around.