When the Philippou Brothers burst onto the scene with their 2023 debut Talk to Me, which featured Sophie Wilde as a teenager possessed by a dark force after a childish game goes wrong, it changed the horror game forever. The film was a breakaway success, earning over $90 million on a budget of only $4.5 million, becoming A24’s highest-earning horror film and earning itself a sequel, which is currently in development. But it looks like that sequel won’t be arriving any time soon. According to IndieWire, the directing duo have plenty in line ahead of the sequel, despite the original’s breakaway success.
Per Bloody Disgusting, who dug up the quotes from IndieWire’s interview with the brothers, it’s a problem of having too many options. The directors currently have two different ideas in development for the sequel, and can’t decide which direction to go with it. “A part of it is, I can’t decide which is the best avenue to take,” Danny Philippou says. They’re also working on a documentary and a new horror film, the details of which have not been released yet, so they’ve got a ton on their plates.
“I’d say 2025 Bring Her Back, 2026 the documentary, 2027 [the new] horror, and then Talk to Me 2,” Michael Philippou said of when to expect each of their new projects. “Maybe, I don’t know.” It’s no wonder they dropped out of the upcoming Street Fighter reboot — even with two of them, that’s a huge workload.
But for anyone dying to see more from the brothers, they don’t have to wait long. They’ve got their next horror project hitting theaters in May: Bring Her Back, a witchy supernatural film starring Sally Hawkins. The film will deal with similar themes of life and death — and what happens when you breach the wall between them — as Talk to Me, this time on an even grander scale.
The Talk to Me sequel has not yet set a release date, but Bring Her Back hits theaters on May 30. Stay tuned to FANGORIA for more updates.
