Only three months after Sony/Screen Gems announced that they were pushing the sequel to director Adam Robitel’s 2019 Escape Room to a January 2022 release, the studio has rescinded that move and announced a different release date for Escape Room 2/
Escape Room 2 is now scheduled to reach theatres on July 16, 2021.
This marks the fifth release date for the film. It was originally supposed to come out on April 17, 2020, then got pushed to August 24, 2020, then moved back to December 30, 2020. Then came the jump to 2022.
While an official synopsis for this sequel has never been released, but the first movie first follows
an intriguing invitation brings six strangers together. Initially, they think they have gathered for a highly immersive escape room, but they soon make the sickening discovery that they are pawns in a sadistic game of life and death. Together, they move from one terrifying scenario to the next as they find clues and solve puzzles. But the players soon learn that exposing their darkest secrets may hold the key to survive.
