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Paramount sets dates for The Ring, Paranormal Activity and Friday the 13th Sequels

Three spooky sequels find new release dates.

By Brandon Wolfe

Paramount has shuffled its horror-movie deck as it has set new dates for three upcoming sequels, according to Variety. First up is the second sequel to 2002’s The Ring, carrying the Cameron-esque title Rings, which will bow on November 13, more than a decade after the release of the previous installment, 2005’s abysmal The Ring Two.

The other two films, both of which are being pushed back significantly, are Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, which is moving from March 13 to October 23 (the date recently vacated by the Conjuring sequel), and the latest reboot attempt for Friday the 13th, bumped from November 13 to May 13 (which still affords it a release date on a Friday the 13th).

This move isn’t surprising for the sixth Paranormal Activity, which seemed unlikely to make that rapidly approaching March date due to the complete lack of any form of promotion thus far. October is the franchise’s home base, though one it has sat out for the past two Halloween seasons, possibly to its detriment. With waning interest in the spooky series, coupled with the whopping 21-month gap between Ghost Dimension and the release of the coolly-received The Marked Ones last January, this could be the last gasp for the Katie saga.

The new Friday the 13th, tragically, is still being produced by Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes, though it will not be a sequel to their previous 2009 reboot. All that is known about this new film thus far is that it will be shot in 3D and also possibly in the found-footage format that everyone is already sick of. Fittingly, it will be the 13th film in the Jason franchise.

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