Smile 2

Smile 2 is an upcoming American psychological supernatural horror film written and directed by Parker Finn. A sequel to Smile (2022), the film stars Naomi Scott as a pop sensation that begins to experience a series of increasingly disturbing and daunting events as she is about to go on a new world tour. It also stars Rosemarie DeWitt, Lukas Gage, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, Raúl Castillo, Dylan Gelula, and Ray Nicholson while Kyle Gallner reprises his role as Joel from the first film.

Pre-production began by April 2023, with filming lasting from January to March in 2024. Smile 2 is scheduled to be released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on October 18, 2024.

Premise
Pop sensation Skye Riley begins to experience a series of increasingly disturbing and daunting events as she is about to go on a new world tour and is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.

Cast

 * Naomi Scott as Skye Riley, a famous pop music recording artist
 * Rosemarie DeWitt
 * Kyle Gallner as Joel, a police officer who is cursed with the Smile Entity
 * Lukas Gage
 * Miles Gutierrez-Riley
 * Peter Jacobson
 * Raúl Castillo
 * Dylan Gelula
 * Ray Nicholson

Production
Parker Finn, writer and director of Smile (2022), intentionally left portions of the first film ambiguous, with various plotlines unresolved, to create the opportunity to explore those details in a sequel. He noted that while additional installments may explore the backstory of the entity, he would like to keep its mysterious nature intact, adding that a follow-up film would be notably different from the first as he believed "there is still a lot of interesting stuff to explore in the world of Smile. ...I'd want to make sure that there's a new, exciting, fresh way into it that the audience isn't anticipating."

In March 2023, Finn signed a first-look deal with Paramount Pictures to develop additional horror projects. The following month at 2023 CinemaCon, Paramount announced that a sequel to Smile was green-lit and entered pre-production, with Finn returning as writer and director. In December 2023, Naomi Scott was cast in a leading role. In early 2024, Lukas Gage, Rosemarie DeWitt, Dylan Gelula, Raúl Castillo and Miles Gutierrez-Riley joined the cast. Kyle Gallner reprised his role as Joel from the first film.

Principal photography took place from January to March 2024 throughout Hudson Valley, New York, with primary locations in Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, Wappingers Falls, Albany and New York City.

Release
The film is scheduled to be released by Paramount Pictures on October 18, 2024.