The Purge 3 has been confirmed to be in the works after the success of The Purge: Anarchy.
The first two films have had a combined budget of $12 million and have grossed more than $200 million worldwide.
James DeMonaco, who wrote and directed The Purge and The Purge: Anarchy, has been signed to write and direct the third movie.
“I never imagined that The Purge would become the phenomenon it has become, and I am thrilled to continue my collaboration with Blumhouse, Sebastien Lemercier, Platinum Dunes and the great team at Universal in building The Purge into a worldwide franchise,” DeMonaco told Deadline.
The new article didn’t include any potential plot spoilers, but some of those came out earlier this year.
CEO and Founder of Blumhouse Production Jason Blum told Cosmic Book News that he'd like the third film to go back to the roots of the story and show the first purge.
“We have a lot of ideas for the third movie,” he said.
“I would like to tell a story about the Revolutionaries. I would like to tell the story about the first purge. Purge 1 was after five years, Purge 2 after six years; so it would be fun to see the first time it happened. There are a lot of places we could go with it, and I hope we get the chance to do it.”
And the main character in the third film may be Carmello (Michael K. Williams).
“Hopefully, that’s been the rumor mill, that there’s going to be a 3 and that Carmello is going to be at the helm. I think that’s a possibility, we'll just have to wait and see,” Williams told We Got This Covered.
“That’s the seed that was purposefully planted,” DeMonaco added at the time. “I don’t know if we'll be lucky enough to do it, but I purposefully planted him in there, and I made sure I got Michael K. Williams who I love … all very purposeful.”
The Purge 3 will likely have a release date in summer 2015, after the first film hit theaters on June 7, 2013 and the second film hit theaters on July 18, 2014.
