The 2018 Lifetime remake of the classic 1956 Oscar-nominated thriller The Bad Seed is getting a sequel, with actress Mckenna Grace reprising her role as the eponymous character, Emma.
Deadline reports that Mckenna Grace (Annabelle Comes Home, Ghostbusters: Afterlife) co-wrote the script with her father, Ross Burge, and the 2018 film’s writer, Barbara Marshall (Wish Upon).
The sequel will follow, “15-year-old Emma, a seemingly typical teenaged girl who is anything but that. Set several years after the murderous events of the first movie, which left her father (Lowe) dead, Emma is now living with her aunt Angela and navigating high school. Angela’s husband begins to suspect that Emma may not be as innocent as she appears and suggests sending her off to boarding school. Meanwhile, a new girl at school seems to know Emma’s secrets, leaving Emma no choice but to slip back to her old ways and take care of her enemies by any means necessary.”
Louise Archambault (Catastrophe, This Life) is set to direct. Grace executive produces along with her father, her mother, Crystal Burge, and Mark Wolper, who executive produced the 2018 movie.
The Bad Seed sequel will premiere on Lifetime in 2022.
