André Øvredal Confirms ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 2’ Is Still in Development

Four years have passed since André Øvredal brought every 90s kids favorite book about monsters and ghosts, ‘SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK’. The film was a success at the box office for Lionsgate, scaring up $104 million worldwide, yet we haven’t heard anything in regards to a sequel.

Speaking with IGN this week, André Øvredal (The Last Voyage of the Demeter) confirms that Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 2 is still in active development at this time.

Øvredal tells IGN, “We have a story. We have a script. We’ve been working on the script as late as last year and even slightly into this year. The process obviously stopped with the strike — but it’s alive, for sure. COVID and then [Demeter] eating up two years of my life certainly put a dent in the progress.”

Guillermo del Toro is once again also involved, reportedly with a “story by” credit.

The first film adapted horror tales from Alvin Schwartz’s three Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books, bringing Stephen Gammell’s terrifying illustrations to life for the first time. Presumably, the sequel will be pulling from other tales in those books, we’ll see what happens and keep you updated as usual.

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