"Ma" Sequel in Works with Octavia Spencer Returning

A sequel to the 2019 revenge thriller "Ma" is in development at Blumhouse.

Octavia Spencer is set to reprise her role as the eponymous killer, but plot details are still being kept under wraps.

The project remains in early stages, with no director attached or release date set.

The original film followed a group of high schoolers who find an unlikely, intergenerational friend in Sue Ann Ellington, a lonesome veterinarian and devoted party animal played by Spencer.

The woman, affectionately called “Ma,” allows the teens to party in her basement, but things get bloody once their relationship starts to sour.

The first “Ma” re-teamed Spencer with director Tate Taylor, who helmed the aactress’Oscar-winning performance in “The Help.”

Released by Universal in May 2019, the low-budget Blumhouse production was a box office winner, earning $61 million worldwide.

But the film has grown an even stronger following in the years since, spawning various memes including parody posters and reaction images.

Spencer even joined in on the fun in 2020, holding an online contest for the “best Ma meme” and awarding numerous prizes. In 2024, she referenced the film in a short video posted by the Kamala Harris presidential campaign.

In May, “Ma” featured as one of the re-release selections for Blumhouse’s Halfway to Halloween campaign. 

The pic, along with “M3GAN” and “Annabelle,” received a one-night-only engagement in theaters nationwide.

The “Ma” sequel was unveiled by Blumhouse at Atomic Monster and its first-ever Business of Horror event in Hollywood.