Mason Gooding and Emily Rudd set to star in ‘Crawl’ sequel at Paramount, with Alexandre Aja returning as director

Paramount is moving forward with a sequel to its 2019 horror thriller “Crawl,” with Mason Gooding and Emily Rudd attached to star and Alexandre Aja returning to direct, The Hollywood Reporter reported on Aug. 7, 2026.

Aja, who directed the original “Crawl,” will be back in the director’s chair for the follow-up, the trade publication said, confirming the creative continuity between the first film and the sequel.

The casting announcement pairs Gooding and Rudd as the central on-screen leads for the project, according to the report, which described the development as an exclusive and tied it to Paramount’s plans for the franchise.

The first “Crawl,” released in 2019, established the property as a survival-focused horror effort, and the sequel announcement indicates Paramount’s intent to extend that label into a follow-up production under the same creative leadership.

No additional details about the sequel’s release timing, production schedule, or plot were included in the report, and the studio’s next steps appear to depend on final casting arrangements, script development, and production planning.

With the sequel in active development, the project’s momentum will likely hinge on how quickly Paramount can finalize arrangements for talent and collaborators, and whether the sequel maintains the original film’s horror and survival framework while introducing new characters and circumstances.

For audiences, the announcement indicates that the “Crawl” brand remains on Paramount’s slate, and that the studio is continuing to build franchises around event-style genre films rather than treating the first entry as a standalone release.