20 Movie Sequels You Didn't Know Were Coming In 2021

20. Paranormal Activity 7

Though the door seemed well and truly closed on the Paranormal Activity franchise after 2015's painfully desperate sixth film The Ghost Dimension, no genre knows the power of a brand name better than horror, and so last summer, Paramount quietly confirmed that a seventh film was indeed in development.

At the end of last year, the studio further confirmed that the film was pencilled in for a March 19, 2021 release, and given the tendency for tired horror franchises to simply go the lazy reboot route, it's genuinely surprising that Paramount actually referred to the film as "Paranormal Activity 7," implying it to be a direct sequel to the previous six.

It's likely that it will ultimately be a "soft reboot" in line with the upcoming new Saw film Spiral, but given that the found footage genre has declined in popularity in recent years, it's still surprising to see the series being resurrected quite so soon.

Then again, it's always possible the new movie will opt for a more conventional cinematic style altogether.