The Purge: Anarchy (2014) D: DeMonaco; S: Frank Grillo, Kiele Sanchez, Zach Gilford
12-11-13, 08:25 PM
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The Purge: Anarchy (2014) D: DeMonaco; S: Frank Grillo, Kiele Sanchez, Zach Gilford
Universal will release The Purge 2 on June 20. It will face off against the Warner Bros’ musical Jersey Boys and Sony/Screen Gems comedy Think Like A Man Too. Writer-director-producer James DeMonaco will return to produce the thriller’s next chapter, along with Blumhouse Productions’ Jason Blum, Sébastien K. Lemercier and Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form. The sequel was first made public in early June when it was awarded part of the California’s $100 million Film/TV tax credit this year, just before the original Purge came out on June 7.
EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of Blumhouse Productions‘ supernatural hit Insidious: Chapter 2 crossing $150M worldwide, Blumhouse and Universal are beefing up their sequel to this summer’s micro-budget horror-thriller The Purge. Frank Grillo (The Grey) will lead the cast of The Next Chapter of The Purge under returning Purge helmer James DeMonaco who is also writing and producing. Plot details are under wraps but there’s plenty of opportunity to explore the dystopian world established in the first film, which starred Ethan Hawke as a security system designer protecting his family from home invasion on the one night each year when the cops take a day off to let crime run rampant. The movie opened in June and grossed roughly $90M worldwide on a $3M budget. Blumhouse Productions’ Jason Blum, Sébastien K. Lemercier and Platinum Dunes’ Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form will produce The Purge 2, which marks the latest Blumhouse project in Blum’s first-look deal with Uni. The sequel is already set for a June 20, 2014 debut. Grillo most recently popped up in the Sly Stallone-penned Jason Statham actioner Homefront but has been building momentum of late with roles in End of Watch, Warrior, Zero Dark Thirty. He’ll appear in Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier next April and is currently filming A Conspiracy On Jekyll Island with Minnie Driver, AnnaSophia Robb, Ed Westwick, Dianna Agron and John Leguizamo. Grillo is repped by Management 360, CAA and attorney Erik Hyman.
12-11-13, 09:00 PM
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I hope this one isn't as much a sequel as something that runs parallel to the events of the first movie. Footage of the actual purge on a large scale would be interesting, as opposed to a run of the mill psychos stalking a family story with the purge used as a back drop.
12-12-13, 08:56 AM
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The first movie made no sense. Everybody gets immunity from crimes! But we're all wearing masks for some reason!
12-12-13, 09:04 AM
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Re: The Purge 2 (2014) D: DeMonaco; S: Grillo
I would like to see a prequel showing right around the time the Purge is initiated. Or seeing how the "have nots" and the poor fight back against the Elite. Clearly The Purge was created to make their world better, not everyone elses....
12-12-13, 01:48 PM
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The Purge was pretty bad. I didn't last more than 30 minutes -- I couldn't get past how ridiculous the whole premise was.
12-12-13, 08:00 PM
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What really struck me as odd was how they stated the upper class area was one of low danger. In reality, that's where everyone would head first. Also, the upper class wouldn't be in a small gated community if they knew this was happening. They would put themselves into a huge fortress with a big ass wall and hire a bunch of private security/military to guard it with big ass guns.
02-12-14, 12:07 PM
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Universal and Blumhouse Productions’ micro-budget horror thriller The Purge made about $90 million worldwide last year on about a $3M budget and now comes the first trailer for the sequel, the now-titled The Purge: Anarchy. James DeMonaco returns as writer-director-producer as does the premise: what happens in a dystopian future on the one night of the year when crime is legal. Frank Grillo, Zach Gilford, Kiele Sanchez, Michael K. Williams, Carmen Ejogo and Zoe Soul star. Blumhouse’s Jason Blum, Sébastien K. Lemercie and Platinum Dunes’ Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form produce. It will be released June 20:
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02-12-14, 12:14 PM
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Well looks like they listened to some complaints and broadened the scope.
One shot in there just looked like people paid to kidnap their boss and went to town on him, with you know, knives
One shot in there just looked like people paid to kidnap their boss and went to town on him, with you know, knives
02-12-14, 12:29 PM
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The first Purge was awful, the whole movie I was thinking, why don't the just burn down the house? This one looks better but someone said it before The Purge would make an awesome video game a much better game than a movie.
02-12-14, 12:32 PM
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Why do new cars always break down? Doesn't anyone drive a beater anymore?
Glad to see they expanded the scope. I'm interested.
Glad to see they expanded the scope. I'm interested.
02-12-14, 07:13 PM
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I like the trailer and am looking forward to seeing if they can rebound after being letdown from the first one (also loved the first trailer).
02-13-14, 09:51 AM
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This movie looks worse than the original --- if that's possible. If you know the Purge is tonight, maybe stay home... prep, get your guns loaded! Don't go visit the in-laws across town and decide to come home at dusk --- dummies!
02-13-14, 10:30 AM
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