Thanksgiving 2 is officially a go, announces director Eli Roth

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The slasher sequel is set for a 2025 release

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Thanksgiving 2 has officially been greenlit.

"Hey guys, great news: I got the call this morning from Sony. We're doing a sequel. We're going back for seconds," director Eli Roth announced on Instagram. "Thanksgiving 2 is a go. Jeff Rendell and I are going to start writing it. We're going to take a year off to make a really, really great script. We want to outdo ourselves, make it better than the first one." The sequel is set for a worldwide theatrical release in 2025, once again sometime around the Thanksgiving holiday.

Roth previously told SFX that he'd be down for making a Thanksgiving cinematic universe of sorts.

"Every shot, we're like, 'Oh, the Thanksgivingverse' – we joke about it," Roth said "Look, if you give people a rich mythology, and a great killer, and a great backstory, and a good mask, the story can go in any number of directions. Part of what we spent so long on was coming up with the backstory, the mythology, the reason, and the potential suspects for who could be doing this. I have a million different ways I could take the story. I love it. I could spend the rest of my life making Thanksgiving movies."

Lauren Milici
Lauren Milici
Senior Entertainment Writer

Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ based in New York City. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent's Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.