Mama 2

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Mama Sequel on the Way From Starry Eyes Pair

As reported shortly after the original film opened, plans are underway to turn Andres Muschietti’s Mama into a horror franchise. The Hollywood Reporter today brings word that the writing and directing pair behind 2014’s Starry Eyes, Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, will both direct the Mama sequel and rewrite the current Mama sequel draft. The Wrap, meanwhile, reports that star Jessica Chastain is not expected to return. Whether that means that the film will recas her Annabel character or tell a wholly separate Mama story remains to be seen.

The original Mama, produced by Guillermo del Toro, offered a supernatural thriller with the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night. Five years ago, sisters Victoria and Lilly vanished from their suburban neighborhood without a trace. Since then, their Uncle Lucas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and his girlfriend, Annabel (Jessica Chastain), have been madly searching for them. But when, incredibly, the kids are found alive in a decrepit cabin, the couple wonders if the girls are the only guests they have welcomed into their home. As Annabel tries to introduce the children to a normal life, she grows convinced of an evil presence in their house. Are the sisters experiencing traumatic stress, or is a ghost coming to visit them? How did the broken girls survive those years all alone? As she answers these disturbing questions, the new mother will find that the whispers she hears at bedtime are coming from the lips of a deadly presence.

The original Mama was a sizable hit, pulling in $146 million at the worldwide box office.

Are you excited for a Mama sequel? How closely should the sequel tie to the original? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

[Monterey Jack]

Mama was a solid little horror movie, but it's TOTALLY self-contained and requires no sequel.

[Astro Zombie]

I forget, did Jessica Chastain live or die in the first one? Either way I want her back.

[Mr. Chaverria]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Mama was a solid little horror movie, but it's TOTALLY self-contained and requires no sequel.

This.

Originally Posted by Astro Zombie

I forget, did Jessica Chastain live or die in the first one? Either way I want her back.

The former.

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Mama was a solid little horror movie, but it's TOTALLY self-contained and requires no sequel.

I agree. Not really sure where they can go with a sequel but I enjoyed Starry Eyes a lot so ill wait to see what they come up with.

[feeling22]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Mama was a solid little horror movie, but it's TOTALLY self-contained and requires no sequel.

They could always do a prequel.

[levcore]

I loved Mama so i'm all for this. Unfortunately i thought Starry Eyes was rubbish so i'm not filled with hope.

[Britbuffguy]

Originally Posted by Astro Zombie

I forget, did Jessica Chastain live or die in the first one? Either way I want her back.

She lived, but I'd bet the farm she doesn't return for this.

I would think it would follow the one girl that got away from Mama.

[feeling22]

Originally Posted by Britbuffguy

She lived, but I'd bet the farm she doesn't return for this.

I would think it would follow the one girl that got away from Mama.

Replace Chastain with Bryce Dallas Howard (who was in Universal's JW) no one will notice

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by feeling22

Replace Chastain with Bryce Dallas Howard (who was in Universal's JW) no one will notice

As to the movie, it's not surprising they would be thinking sequel when the original pulled in $71M domestic and $146M worldwide on a production budget of $15M.

But yeah, I think it work best if it only tangentially tied into the first one. We all know Jessica isn't coming back, and so what's the point?

[Optimus]

Can Nicolas Cage star in this plz?

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by OptimusL

Can Nicolas Cage star in this plz?

No, please. I might actually like to see this one!

[warrian]

The first 3/4 of Mama is one of my favorite recent horror films. That finale though. It really undoes the whole the thing for me. More than any other film I can think of.