You can’t keep a good gator down.
Paramount is going back to the water for a follow-up to its 2019 sleeper hit Crawl, setting Mason Gooding and Emily Rudd to star in a new survival story.
Alexandre Aja, who directed the initial movie, is back as director for the feature that will go into the production later this month in Hungary.
The 2019 movie starred Kaya Scodelario and Barry Pepper as a daughter and father duo who find themselves trapped in a Florida home and hunted by a gator (or three) during a Category 5 hurricane. The movie proved profitable for Paramount, generating $91.5 million on a budget of under $14 million.
The new thriller, in development since at least 2024, brings the teeth-gnashing to New York, which sees gators in the streets and sewers after a hurricane hits the city.
Jason Harry Pagan and Andrew Deutschman worked on the script as did Aja and Gregory Levasseur.
Craig Flores, Sam Raimi and Aja are producing. Levasseur and Zainab Azizi will exec produce.
Best known for his breakout role in Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart and fan favorite role in the Scream franchise, Gooding can currently be seen in the Netflix comedy Hours opposite Kevin Hart and in Gregg Araki’s I Want Your Sex, currently in theaters. Sex also stars Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman, Chase Sui Wonders and Charli XCX.
Rudd is the female lead in Netflix’s record-breaking live-action adaptation of One Piece. Upcoming, she will be seen in Brian Duffield’s Whalefall for 20th Century Studios opposite Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin, which will be released in October. The actress also appeared in a one-season role on Amazon’s Hunters, playing Logan Lerman’s love interest, and starred in an installment of Netflix’s Fear Street franchise.
Gooding is repped by CAA, Untitled and Sloane, Offer. Rudd is repped by Gersh, Entertainment 360 and Jackoway Austen.
