Buried in news about Eli Roth’s latest slasher, Ice Cream Man, was a key reveal: Lionsgate will release its highly anticipated thriller Fall 2 on the same day, August 7, 2026.

As of this writing, Fall 2 will open directly against The Horror Section’s Ice Cream Man when it opens in theaters this August. Also opening the same weekend: the Universal comedy One Night Only and Searchlight’s Super Troopers 3.

Jigsaw and Predestination helmers Michael and Peter Spierig directed the second installment in the breakout franchise that stars Harriet Slater (Tarot), Arsema Thomas (“Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story”),...