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New Line Revives Lights Out Sequel, Taps Connor Osborne McIntyre to Write

The hire signals a fresh start after years of stalled drafts on a low-cost hit that grossed $149 million.

Overview

  • New Line has restarted development on Lights Out 2 by hiring Connor Osborne McIntyre to write the screenplay.
  • Original producer Lawrence Grey returns with Eric Heisserer and David F. Sandberg producing, and James Wan’s Atomic Monster is also attached.
  • The project is in early scripting and the team is keeping story details and any production timeline under wraps.
  • The first Lights Out, released in 2016, cost under $5 million to make and earned about $149 million worldwide.
  • New Line tried multiple sequel scripts over the past decade, including work by Heisserer and Chris Borrelli, and is now bringing in a rising writer whose recent credits include Animals and the Black List script American Midnight.