Naomi Ackie Joins Long-Awaited 'It Follows' Sequel

They Follow, the long-awaited sequel to David Robert Mitchell’s cult horror It Follows, has taken a major step forward: Deadline names Naomi Ackie among the cast. The follow-up was announced in 2023. The sequel is set a decade after the last entry and is looking to start shooting this summer.

No details about Ackie’s role or the movie’s plot have been revealed. Mitchell has kept busy since It Follows, with Under the Silver Lake arriving in 2018 and his new sci‑fi film The End of Oak Street set to be released in theaters in August; that movie stars Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor and explores a world in which dinosaurs infiltrate a suburban community.

The original film centered on an otherworldly entity that could take the form of anyone and was passed to new targets through sex, a premise that helped It Follows grow into a cult favorite and launched Maika Monroe’s career.

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