Alexandre Aja, the director behind sleeper horror hit Crawl, is gearing up for a sequel – and one that promises more bite than the original – since it featured alligators, hence the bite pun. Moving on. In a new interview with CinemaBlend, (courtesy of a story from ComicBook), Aja revealed that he had unfinished business with the film, starring Kaya Scodelario and Barry Pepper, and has new ideas of where to take the sequel.
“Unfortunately, storms and hurricanes didn’t stop after the movie was released,” Aja says. “To see all that footage all the time on TV, I keep thinking about all those different setups, all those different options that could make an amazing, suspenseful surviving survival scene for Crawl. So I’m ready to bring all that back to the screen and put my wetsuit back on.”
Crawl, released in 2019, takes place in a hurricane-stricken Florida and features Scodelario (of Skins fame), as Haley, a young woman who ignores evacuation orders to search for her father, Dave. She finds him injured in the crawlspace of their family home, and as rising floodwaters fill the house, the two find an even greater threat – a pack of alligators lurking beneath the waves. What follows is a claustrophobic, brilliantly paced, creature feature. Produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film was a box-office success and received critical acclaim.
Crawl 2 will be swapping Florida for New York City, and while a release date and casting information stay under wraps, principal photography for the film is expected to start later in the year. Aja’s latest film, Never Let Go, starring Halle Barry, is scheduled to arrive in cinemas on September 20.
