Leigh Whannell has no official plans for a sequel to The Invisible Man

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

THE INVISIBLE MAN was f*cking great. It was scary, dramatic, and full of clever twists-and-turns. It was also a perfect showcase for star Elisabeth Moss, who was at once vulnerable and frayed, as well as strong and determined – which is a hard tightrope to walk as an actor.

However, while I don't want to spoil the film for anyone, let's just say the ending doesn't exactly lend itself to a sequel. And that was by design…sort of. Here's what director Leigh Whannell had to say about the subject in an interview with comicbook.com:

I never think about sequels when I’m making a film because it’s so hard to make one good movie, so I feel like it’s an impossible task to start thinking about what it’s going to spin off into. And I have made movies that have spawned many sequels, writing the first Saw movie, and Insidious, so probably, to the viewer, it may seem like I’m thinking in terms of franchises, but I never am. Ever, ever, ever. And this is that. So, I don’t know, but I know that Jason wants to know where it’s going.

Producer Jason Blum – whose studio Blumhouse Productions produced and released the original film – chimed in as well:

I ask Leigh every day, where [the sequel] is going. Every day, and I never get a straight answer. My philosophy about sequels is the first one, I always tell the filmmakers to do exactly what the opposite of what you’re suggesting. Just make a great movie and don’t worry about who dies, what happens, mythology.

It’s hard enough to make a great movie without having to make a great movie and think of how it continues. If we’re lucky enough to have a hit and the original filmmaker wants to extend the story, then I’m not naive, because if you’re making two, you’re likely making three. If you’re making one, you’re not necessarily making two. So on the second movie, I think when we make a second, or a third, I ask the filmmaker to think a little bit more about the universe of the movie.

But on the first one, I really encourage them not to do that. And one of Leigh’s great strengths as an artist, is that … he’s really focused on … what’s a great story, what’s a strong dramatic story. The scares fit organically into that, but I think he’s a storyteller first and foremost, and I encourage that because, without a great story, it doesn’t matter what other planning or thinking, or how the audience is going to feel, the movie won’t work.

Meawhile, even if an INVISIBLE MAN sequel isn't on the fast track, Whannell and Blum are still keeping busy, as they both have an awesome-sounding UPGRADE TV show in the works!

And here's the synopsis of Whannell's first INVISIBLE MAN:

After staging his own suicide, a crazed scientist uses his power to become invisible to stalk and terrorize his ex-girlfriend. When the police refuse to believe her story, she decides to take matters into her own hands and fight back.

So what do you guys think? Fans of the first film? If so, what would you like to see in a sequel? Either way, sound off below!