With Eli Roth directing the upcoming horror films Ice Cream Man and Final Cut for his own company The Horror Section, you might be wondering if his studio slasher franchise Thanksgiving has fallen by the wayside. Last we heard, Roth would be returning to direct Thanksgiving 2 for Sony and Spyglass, but what’s the latest on the holiday slasher sequel?
Thanksgiving star Nell Verlaque, who will return for the sequel, says in a new chat with Variety that she expects filming to take place on Thanksgiving 2 later this year.
“There is a script. I know that the goal is to film it this year,” Verlaque tells the outlet.
The actress notes, “[Eli Roth’s] a great director. I told him I really wanted to be tortured… like fully pain, tortured [in the sequel]. I would like to get covered in blood. I’ve read certain parts of [the script] and… he’s told me a few of the ideas. And I support them.”
“The crazier the better for me,” Verlaque adds.
So what can we expect from Thanksgiving 2? It’s reportedly going to be a continuation of the first movie, with both Nell Verlaque and Rick Hoffman expected to reprise their roles. Verlaque played final girl Jessica, while Hoffman played her character’s father, Thomas Wright.
Eli Roth and Jeff Rendell are back to write the screenplay for Thanksgiving 2.
In Thanksgiving, “After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts – the birthplace of the infamous holiday.”
