"Wind River" Sequel in Works

Castle Rock Entertainment will produce a sequel to the award-winning crime movie "Wind River", titled "Wind River: The Next Chapter".

The sequel is directed by Kari Skogland and sees Martin Sensmeier reprise his role as Wind River local Chip Hanson. 

The original 2017 movie was written and directed by Oscar nominee Taylor Sheridan and followed veteran hunter Corey Lambert (Jeremy Renner) helping rookie FBI agent Jane Banner (Elizabeth Olsen) to investigate the murder of a young woman on the Wyoming Native American reservation known as Wind River.   

It world premiered at Sundance before moving on to Cannes, where Sheridan picked up the prize for Best Director. 

The movie achieved a critically acclaimed box office success, grossing over $44M upon its August release, in spite of the producers’ need to wrestle their project out of the hands of The Weinstein Company, following the emergence of sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein.

"Wind River: The Next Chapter" sees terror escalate on the Wind River reservation as a series of ritualistic murders remain unsolved.

 The FBI, therefore, enlists the aid of Hanson, a newly minted tracker for the U.S. Fish & Game, who becomes embroiled in a desperate and dangerous fight between the authorities, a vigilante, and the Reservation he calls home.

Patrick Massett and John Zinman wrote the script for the sequel.

Matthew George will produce for Castle Rock Entertainment and Acacia Filmed Entertainment, alongside Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee for Thunder Road Pictures. 

Executive producers include Castle Rock’s Rob Reiner, Michele Reiner, Derrick Rossi, Jonathan Fuhrman, Courtney Shepard, and Hernan Narea.