| Escape Room: Tournament of Champions | |
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| Directed by | Adam Robitel |
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| Based on | Characters by Bragi F. Schut |
| Produced by | Neal H. Moritz |
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| Cinematography | Marc Spicer |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million[1] |
| Box office | $65.8 million[2] |
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (released in some markets as Escape Room: No Way Out and Escape Room 2: Deadly Game) is a 2021 American survival horror film directed by Adam Robitel and written by Will Honley, Maria Melnik, Daniel Tuch, and Oren Uziel. A sequel to 2019's Escape Room, it stars Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, and Deborah Ann Woll reprising their roles from the first film, alongside new cast members Indya Moore, Holland Roden, Thomas Cocquerel, and Carlito Olivero, and follows a group of six people trying to survive a new series of more deadly escape rooms.
After the first film became a surprise hit in 2019, Columbia Pictures approved a sequel. Robitel returned as the director with Melnik writing the script, and Russell and Miller reprised their roles alongside the addition of new cast members. Filming took place in Cape Town, South Africa, from November 2019 to January 2020, with additional filming in January 2021.[3]
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions was theatrically released in Australia on July 1, 2021, and in the United States on July 16, by Sony Pictures Releasing, following several delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film grossed $66 million and received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its cast, atmosphere, and elaborate puzzles, but noted the film's failure to improve upon its predecessor. An "extended cut" version was released the following October 5, featuring a different opening and ending, as well as large differences in the story and characters featured; Woll is notably completely absent from the new version, while Isabelle Fuhrman and James Frain both appear as new key characters.
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- ^ Jordan, Waylon (January 27, 2020). "Escape Room 2' Has Officially Wrapped Filming in South Africa". ihorror.com. Retrieved January 27, 2020.