The headline really says it all. Screen Daily brings us the bizarro news that Japan is making its own PARANORMAL ACTIVITY sequel, set to be titled PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: TOKYO NIGHT, which will be produced by Japanese distributor Presidio Corporation and directed by Toshikazu Nagae (GHOST SYSTEM) who is directing the project from his own screenplay.
The story is a direct continuation of the first PA, and takes place in Japan as a girl who visited San Diego as an exchange student unwittingly brings the evil that haunted Katie Featherston into her family’s house; the focus is on the young woman’s videotape recordings in their house and the shocking realisation of the supernatural force that her family must defeat.
Sounds like it might end up being more in line with THE RING movies, no?
“Paranormal Activity was a huge success with Japanese audiences and we feel confident that our own Japanese continuation of the franchise can find an enthusiastic genre audience both here and overseas,” Presidio CEO and the film’s producer Yasutaka Hanada said.
The flick, starring Aoi Nakamura and Noriko Aoyama (pictured below), is tentatively scheduled for release in December. Meanwhile, the US remake will hit on OCTOBER 22nd.