They Follow is an upcoming American psychological horror film written and directed by David Robert Mitchell and is the sequel to the film It Follows (2014). The film stars Maika Monroe and Keir Gilchrist, both returning from the first film, along with Naomi Ackie, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael Gandolfini, and Justine Lupe joining the cast.
The film is set to be theatrically released in the United States by Neon.
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Cast
Maika Monroe as Jaime "Jay" Height, an older woman targeted by the entity that haunted her a decade earlier
Keir Gilchrist as Paul, a friend of Jay's involved in the prior haunting
Naomi Ackie
Jackie Earle Haley
Michael Gandolfini
Justine Lupe
Anna Mirodin
Jayne Taini
Tom Pecinka
Melora Walters
Ben Krieger
Natalie Shinnick
Jan Hoag
James Jordan
Production
In April 2015, Radius-TWC co-president Tom Quinn announced that the studio was looking into a possible sequel to It Follows (2014). Quinn had expressed the idea of flipping the concept of the first film around, with Jaime "Jay" Height or another protagonist going down the chain to find the origin of "it".
In October 2023, it was announced that a sequel, entitled They Follow, was in pre-production with writer-director David Robert Mitchell and star Maika Monroe returning. Neon, Quinn's second film studio, would produce and distribute the film domestically. In June 2026, Naomi Ackie was in final talks to join the film. In July 2026, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael Gandolfini, and Justine Lupe joined the film.
Principal photography began in July 2026. It was previously set to begin filming in 2024 and 2025, before it was delayed to 2026. Filming wrapped in September 2026. James Jordan would also be revealed as part of the cast.
Release
They Follow is set to be theatrically released by Neon, in the United States.