Overview
- The Hollywood Reporter confirms Adam Wingard left the project last summer in a mutual parting.
- Paramount has made the sequel an open assignment with filmmakers now pitching their takes.
- No new director is set and there is no production timeline or release window in place.
- Wingard had been attached since 2021, developing a script with Simon Barrett after the project was first announced in 2019.
- Nicolas Cage is reported to remain interested in returning, and Collider first reported Wingard’s exit.