{"id":898521,"date":"2026-10-29T08:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T08:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/898521\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T08:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T08:12:12","slug":"smile-3-taps-hellraiser-director-david-bruckner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/898521\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Smile 3&#8217; Taps &#8216;Hellraiser&#8217; Director David Bruckner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/paramount\/\" id=\"auto-tag_paramount\" data-tag=\"paramount\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paramount<\/a> is giving horror fans something to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/smile\/\" id=\"auto-tag_smile\" data-tag=\"smile\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">smile<\/a> about with a third installment in <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/parker-finn\/\" id=\"auto-tag_parker-finn\" data-tag=\"parker-finn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parker Finn<\/a>\u2018s Smile franchise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOn Wednesday, the studio announced <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/david-bruckner\/\" id=\"auto-tag_david-bruckner\" data-tag=\"david-bruckner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Bruckner<\/a> (Hellraiser, The Night House) will helm the next film, which is penned by Nick Antosca (Verity, Cape Fear), as Finn is busy directing Paramount\u2019s Possession remake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDespite Finn\u2019s absence after writing and directing the first two films, he developed and pitched the framework for the trilogy-completing film, on which he serves as a producer with Temple Hill. Jonathan Fass serves as executive producer.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated Stories\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/10\/smile-2-the-wild-robot-joker-folie-a-deux-global-international-box-office-1236121349\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MixCollage-20-Oct-2024-04-57-PM-5878.jpg\" alt=\"Smile 2, The Wild Robot box office\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/11\/paramount-smile-2-clip-online-free-smile-webcam-1236167313\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/smile-2.jpg\" alt=\"Naomi Scott in 'Smile 2'\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn Smile, Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) runs from a perpetually smiling supernatural entity that haunts its victims before ultimately driving them crazy. The 2024 sequel starred Naomi Scott as pop star Skye Riley, who inherits the entity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe first Smile film became the highest grossing original horror of 2022. Smile 2 pushed the franchise\u2019s global gross past $350M.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tVariety was first to break the news of Bruckner\u2019s involvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paramount is giving horror fans something to smile about with a third installment in Parker Finn\u2018s Smile franchise.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":898522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[376606,88,4208,230870,24172,230871],"class_list":["post-898521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-david-bruckner","tag-entertainment","tag-paramount","tag-parker-finn","tag-smile","tag-smile-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=898521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/898522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}