Lionsgate is going higher, getting deadlier, and pushing survival further than ever before.
The original Fall was one of the more unlikely success stories of 2022. Directed by Scott Mann and written by Mann and Jonathan Frank, the survival thriller followed best friends Becky Connor and Shiloh Hunter as they scaled an abandoned 2,000-foot radio tower in the desert, only to find themselves stranded at the top with no way down. Built on a stripped-down, high-concept premise and a primal fear most people do not need to be talked into, the film earned over $21 million at the global box office against a $3 million production budget, more than seven times its cost, before finding an even wider audience through streaming. That second life turned a modest theatrical performer into a genuine phenomenon, and Lionsgate took notice. The studio greenlit not one but two sequels, and the first of them, Fall 2: Deadpoint, is now arriving this September with a teaser trailer that does exactly what it promises.
The footage picks up with Jax Hunter, played by Harriet Slater, grieving the death of her sister Shiloh from the events of the first film. Jax recruits her fearless friend Luce, played by Arsema Thomas, to travel to Mount Kwan in Thailand and attempt a notoriously dangerous plank walk in Shiloh’s memory. What begins as an act of tribute quickly turns into another life-or-death ordeal. Suspended at 3,000 feet, the two are shown navigating a steep cliff face using climbing aids and a rickety wooden platform before their route is destroyed, leaving them with nothing but exposure, extreme terrain, and each other. The trailer wastes no time throwing viewers into the middle of it, opening with a series of blunt warnings about what extreme altitude does to the human body before cutting to Slater and Thomas clinging to a rock wall with very little between them and the void below.
A newly released poster drives the point home. It depicts the two women on a decaying rope suspension bridge stretched across a massive abyss between two mountain cliffs, with Luce dangling in the air and only a climbing rope held by Jax keeping her from falling. The tagline reads simply: “Are you down?”
The Spierig Brothers, the Australian filmmaking duo Peter and Michael Spierig known for Predestination and Jigsaw, take over directorial duties from Mann, who returns alongside Frank to write the screenplay. The sequel stars Slater alongside Thomas and Tom Brittney of Grantchester. Producers include James Harris, Mark Lane, Mann, David Haring, and Christian Mercuri.
One of the more charming behind-the-scenes footnotes from the original film was that Mann built a platform in his own backyard so stars Grace Caroline Currey and Virginia Gardner could work out the physical logistics of the shoot. The tower itself, while presented in the film as 2,000 feet, was in reality closer to 50 to 60 feet. What the production lacked in literal height it made up for in tension, practical effects, and a willingness to keep things lean and focused. Whether the Spierig Brothers can bottle that same claustrophobic dread on a larger canvas in a new country remains the central question hanging over the sequel.
What is clear is that Lionsgate is treating Fall as a franchise with genuine legs. The studio is keeping the core creative team intact, building the story outward from the first film’s mythology through Jax’s connection to Shiloh, and raising the physical stakes by trading a desert tower for a Himalayan cliff face.
Fall 2: Deadpoint opens exclusively in theaters on September 2, 2026.