The Purge only cost $3 million to make, but grossed over $87 million, so it’s not too surprising a sequel has been put in the works. Now Variety reports that James DeMonaco is coming back to write and direct The Purge 2.
New of the sequel first emerged back in June, when Jason Blum signed on to produce for Blumhouse Productions. Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes and Sebastien Lemercier are also returning to co-produce the follow-up.
The Purge starred Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder and Adelaide Kane as a family trying to survive the annual Purge, when in a future America for one night a year all crime is legal for 12 hours. No story details have been released about the sequel.