Elijah Wood Drops Ready or Not 2 Secrets — Timeline And Plot Revealed
Elijah Wood is finally spilling the beans on Ready or Not 2, and fans now have the exact timeline and juicy plot details straight from the star himself.
Short version: Elijah Wood just dropped a neat little breadcrumb about Ready or Not 2 — it picks up almost immediately after the first movie ends and digs deeper into the weird family-mythology that made the original fun. He was talking to Bloody Disgusting while promoting The Toxic Avenger, so this was casual promotion chatter, but I trust him enough to get hyped.
Elijah Wood's take
"What I love about this sequel is that it really deepens that mythology, so I'm stoked for people to see it. It's a movie that takes place almost immediately after the first one ends and enriches everything you love about the original film."
Wood — yes, the Screen Actors Guild Award winner — was praising Radio Silence and the original Ready or Not before dropping that timeline nugget. He called the first film 'a total blast' and singled out Samara Weaving and the rest of the cast for making the mythology feel worth returning to.
Who's involved
- Samara Weaving returns as Grace.
- New and returning cast includes Kathryn Newton, Kevin Durand, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Olivia Cheng, David Cronenberg, Shawn Hatosy, and Néstor Carbonell.
- Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are back behind the camera.
- Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy are credited as the screenwriters.
Timeline and what that actually means
So when Wood says the film takes place 'almost immediately after the first one ends,' he isn't talking months or years later. This sequel is positioned as a direct follow-up — think of it as picking up the story where the credits rolled and then expanding the lore. In practice that means more of the weird ritual-family rules and consequences viewers liked, but with the narrative momentum still hot.
Release date
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come is set to hit theaters on April 10, 2026.
If you liked the first film's mix of dark comedy and horror, the immediate follow-up approach is smart: it keeps energy high and avoids the “reboot/soft-reset” trap. Wood's tease suggests the sequel won't retread ground — it wants to widen the strange little universe Radio Silence built. I, for one, am curious to see how they escalate things with this cast and the same directing duo back in charge.