In March 2023, following the commercial success of the first film, Finn signed a first-look deal with Paramount Pictures to develop additional horror projects. In the following April, a sequel to Smile had entered pre-production, with Finn returning as writer and director. Principal photography took place from January to March 2024 throughout various locations in New York.
Smile 2 is scheduled to be released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on October 18, 2024.
Premise
Pop sensation Skye Riley begins to experience a series of increasingly disturbing and daunting events as she is about to go on a new world tour and is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.[2]
— Paramount Pictures
Cast
Naomi Scott as Skye Riley, a famous pop music recording artist
Parker Finn, writer and director of Smile, intentionally left portions of the first film ambiguous, with various plotlines unresolved, to create the opportunity to explore those details in a sequel.[4] He noted that while additional installments may explore the backstory of the entity, he would like to keep its mysterious nature intact, adding that a follow-up film would be notably different from the first as he believed "there is still a lot of interesting stuff to explore in the world of Smile. ...I'd want to make sure that there's a new, exciting, fresh way into it that the audience isn't anticipating."[4][5][6] In March 2023, following the commercial success of Smile, Finn signed a first-look deal with Paramount Pictures to develop additional horror projects.[7] The following month at 2023 CinemaCon, Paramount announced that a sequel to Smile had been green-lit and had entered pre-production, with Finn returning as writer and director.[8]
On June 8, 2024, the @SkyeRileyNation Instagram account began teasing a new era of a popstar named Skye Riley.[17] On June 13, Bloody Disgusting spotted promotional billboards featuring Skye Riley, promoting a new album titled Skye Is Limitless.[18] On June 18, a song titled "Blood on White Satin" was released through Interscope Records and was featured in the first trailer of the film.[19] The second single, "Grieved You", was released on September 13.[20]