‘Ready or Not 2’ Title and More Cast Revealed: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elijah Wood, and David Cronenberg

"Ready or Not: Here I Come" starts production today, April 21, with "The Pitt" star Shawn Hatosy joining franchise original Samara Weaving, plus Kathryn Newton.

The “Ready or Not” sequel starts production Monday, April 21 — that’s today — and Searchlight Pictures shares new details about the follow-up to the 2019 box office hit.

The sequel, titled “Ready or Not: Here I Come,” will film in Toronto this spring, with Radio Silence directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett returning for a second helping of the social survival horror comedy starring Samara Weaving.

Weaving reprises her role as Grace, who in the original film found herself being hunted by her new in-laws at her family’s posh estate. Joining Weaving and the previously announced Kathryn Newton are horror movie icons Sarah Michelle Gellar and Elijah Wood in undisclosed roles. But there’s more: Shawn Hatosy (“The Pitt”), Néstor Carbonell (“The Dark Knight”), Kevin Durand (“Abigail,” also from the Radio Silence team), and David Cronenberg also join the ensemble.

Horror director Cronenberg recently wondered in conversation with the Los Angeles Times whether “The Shrouds,” his new film out now, could be his last directorial effort. Is he moving more seriously into acting? He’s starred as United Federation of Planets official Kovich in only a business suit and glasses on three seasons of “Star Trek: Discovery.” He also had a regular role on the Netflix limited series “Alias Grace” and stars in a number of his own films. (The Vincent Cassel character in “The Shrouds,” not to mention, is a spitting image of the director.)

IndieWire praised the original “Ready or Not” as a mash-up of “Clue” and “The Purge.” The thriller, which opened in August 2019, grossed $57 million worldwide off an estimated budget of $6 million.

For the sequel, returning writers Guy Busick (“Abigail,” “Scream”) and R. Christopher Murphy (“Castle Rock”) penned the script, with producers Tripp Vinson (“Fountain of Youth,” “Murder Mystery”), James Vanderbilt (“Zodiac,” “Fountain of Youth”), Bradley J. Fischer (“Transformers”), and William Sherak (“Abigail,” “Scream”) also returning.

“Ready or Not” below-the-line craftspeople returning include production designer Andrew Stearn (“The Umbrella Academy”), director of photography Brett Jutkiewicz (“Scream”), costume designer Avery Plewes (“Scream VI”), and makeup head of department Colin Penman (“The Apprentice”). New crew include editor Jay Prychidny (“Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice”), hair department head Ryan Reed (“It Chapter Two”), and sound mixer Thomas Hayek (“Thanksgiving,” “The Boys”).

Following the success of “Ready or Not,” Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett directed 2022’s “Scream” reboot and the sequel “Scream VI” (2023) as well as the vampire horror comedy “Abigail” (2024). Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett were slated to take on “Scream VII” before departing the project and handing it to their friend Christopher Landon, who also exited over creative tussles. Kevin Williamson will now direct that installment.