Longlegs star Maika Monroe teases "very unexpected and super interesting" sequel to hit horror It Follows

Jul. 9, 2024

Exclusive: They Follow will catch up with a very different Jay, says Monroe

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Maika Monroe has teased what to expect from They Follow,the upcoming sequel to hit horror It Followsby… revealing not to expect more of the same, anyway.

“I absolutely loved working with David, and I love Jay. I think where we find her in this sequel is very unexpected and super interesting,” Monroe claimed in a new interview withGamesRadar+andInside Total Film. “It’s gonna be such a joy to work with David and jump back into that role again.”

At the time, the movie made a respectable $23.3 million from a $1.3 million budget, and, almost ten years on, has a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score. It’s no real wonder, then, that a follow-up is in the works.

Before she returns as Jay, Monroe will be seen as FBI Agent Lee Harker in Osgood Perkins' new horror movieLonglegs. Due to her psychic abilities, Lee has been tasked with looking into a decades-spanning unsolved case, where the killer leaves behind coded letters signed “Longlegs”, and yet seemingly never steps foot in the homes in which his victims are murdered.

As Lee delves deeper into the clues, she discovers links to Satanic worship, as well as a disturbing connection between herself and the titular villain. Will she be able to find and stop him before he slaughters another family?

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I am an Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering all things TV and film across our Total Film and SFX sections. Elsewhere, my words have been published by the likes of Digital Spy, SciFiNow, PinkNews, FANDOM, Radio Times, and Total Film magazine.

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