Samara Weaving Returns in Extended Preview of Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
Samara Weaving is back as Grace in an extended preview that lifts the curtain on Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, and the new footage makes clear why attention is rising ahead of the film’s theatrical opening. The clip, released to build audience interest, delivers roughly eight minutes of new action and plot detail that underline the sequel’s intensified stakes.
Development details — Samara Weaving returns as Grace
Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, who led the original 2019 film, reunited for this sequel. The production has released an extended sneak peek that runs about eight minutes and previews scenes in which Grace confronts a higher level of the nightmarish game at the center of the story. The sequel follows Grace as she attempts to claim the High Seat of the Council, now contending with multiple families and fresh threats. Cast members named in the preview include Kathryn Newton, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elijah Wood, Shawn Hatosy and David Cronenberg alongside Samara Weaving in the lead role.
Context and escalation
The new footage opens with a striking tableau: Grace still wearing her wedding dress, glass embedded in her arm. She reaches a bar with her estranged sister Faith, who helps remove the glass and sterilize the wound with alcohol. Their brief conversation establishes that Grace had wanted Faith at the wedding, and that the sisters were estranged when the first film’s events unfolded. The sequence quickly escalates when a masked pursuer appears, forcing Grace and Faith to break handcuffs and fight back in confined, industrial settings. The clip also shows a brutal mechanical trap and the hunters observing the fight; a further combatant then enters the field, suggesting the game’s parameters have expanded.
Immediate impact
The release of the extended preview functions as a promotional push designed to ramp up fan interest ahead of the film’s release. Searchlight Pictures provided the clip to give audiences an early look at the sequel’s tone and set pieces. Concrete elements in the preview—the eight-minute duration, the visible physical trauma to the protagonist, and the introduction of Grace’s sister into the conflict—clarify how the narrative will intensify from the first installment. For viewers, those details translate into clearer expectations about the sequel’s violence, character dynamics and the central objective: Grace’s attempt to advance within the lethal council system.
Forward outlook
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come is scheduled to arrive in theaters on March 20, a firm milestone that follows the rollout of the extended clip. With the directors from the original film returning and the principal cast members confirmed in the preview, the next confirmed public step is the theatrical opening. What makes this notable is how the early footage reframes the sequel as both a continuation and an escalation: the narrative thrust toward the High Seat of the Council is now paired with visibly larger set pieces and an expanded roster of antagonists, setting audience expectations for a more expansive and violent contest when the film premieres.
In short, the eight-minute look places Samara Weaving’s Grace at the center of a raised game, names key co-stars and lays out concrete plot beats that will take shape when audiences see the full film on March 20.
