{"id":62986,"date":"2014-07-19T15:47:47","date_gmt":"2014-07-19T14:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=62986"},"modified":"2014-07-19T15:47:47","modified_gmt":"2014-07-19T14:47:47","slug":"the-ring-3-gets-a-director-as-the-us-franchise-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/the-ring-3-gets-a-director-as-the-us-franchise-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ring 3 gets a director as the US franchise continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"the_ring\"<\/a>Paramount has made a deal with F. Javier Gutiérrez to direct The Ring 3<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Wrap<\/a> reports that the director of the upcoming The Crow<\/em><\/strong> remake has signed on to direct the third film in The Ring<\/em><\/strong> franchise, which you would be forgiven for assuming had come to an end.<\/p>\n

The first remake of The Ring<\/em><\/strong> was a huge success, and holds up as one of the best of that flurry of US takes on horrors from Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong. The Ring 2<\/em><\/strong>, on the other hand, was a big disappointment, despite the involvement of original director Hideo Nakata (the only thing we remember liking was Sissy Spacek). That was back in 2005, and now a third film has been set up.<\/p>\n

There’s no word on a story as of yet, or whether the cast will return (getting Naomi Watts back would presumably be a bit of a stretch), but Gutiérrez is a director in demand and his involvement suggests that Paramount are taking this thing seriously.<\/p>\n

You can buy The Ring 1 and 2<\/em> for £6.41 at Amazon.co.uk.<\/a><\/strong>
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