Rings, the latest offering in the creepy Ring horror franchise, has just unveiled the first trailer along with a teaser poster. Directed by F. Javier Gutierrez (Before the Fall) from a screenplay by David Loucka and Jacob Estes and Akiva Goldsman, the Rings cast includes Matilda Lutz, Alex Roe, Johnny Galecki, Aimee Teegarden, Bonnie Morgan, and Vincent D’Onofrio.
The original film of the franchise, The Ring, opened in theaters on October 18, 2002. Starring Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, and Daveigh Chase, The Ring made $249 million worldwide before exiting theaters. The Ring 2 followed in March 2005, with the worldwide box office dropping to $161 million. Paramount Pictures is set to release Rings in theaters on October 28, 2016.
The Plot: A young woman becomes worried about her boyfriend when he explores a dark subculture surrounding a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after he has viewed it. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a “movie within the movie” that no one has ever seen before…
Watch the Rings trailer:
