Ready or Not 2: Here I Come with Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett and Jorma Taccone (Ep. 608)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

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4.6 • 848 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett discuss their new film, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, with fellow Director Jorma Taccone in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, they discuss casting Actor Kathryn Newton alongside Samara Weaving, how they film a lot of coverage in the kill sequences for story options in the edit, and their intentional methods of directing that allow them to strike a balance between comedy and horror in the final product. This sequel to the 2019 feature Ready or Not finds Grace, the lone survivor of the first film, discovering that she’s trapped in the next level of the nightmarish game - this time with her sister along for the ride. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/events/2026/may2026/readyornot2_qna_0326

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0:00.0	For us, it's all about taking this sort of heightened absurdity of the concept and then burying like real grounded characters within that insanity.
0:11.9	And I think that to us is the intersection of those things is where our taste is and where our sense of humor is and very much just the sort of design of what both of these movies.
0:22.0	And I'd say all of our, all of our work is.
0:48.4	Yeah. Hello, and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to you by the Director's Guild of America.
0:54.5	In this episode, a woman and her sister must outrun rival families hunting them. In directors Matt Bettinelli Olpin and Tyler Gillette's horror comedy,
0:58.7	Ready or Not, too. Here I Come.
1:01.0	This sequel to the 2019 feature Ready or Not finds Grace,
1:06.0	the lone survivor of the first film,
1:08.0	discovering that she's trapped in the next level of the nightmarish game,
1:12.0	this time with her sister along for the ride.
1:16.6	In addition to the Ready or Not films, Bettnelly Olpin and Gillette's other directorial credits
1:21.7	include the feature films Abigail, Scream 2022, Scream 6, and Devils Doe.
1:30.1	Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles,
1:34.2	Bettnelly Olpin and Gillette spoke with director Yorma Tocconi about filming Ready
1:38.6	or Not Too, Here I Come.
1:41.3	Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.
1:52.9	Thank you. Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation. This is for the DGA podcast, so really give it up, you guys.
1:57.8	Yeah.
1:59.0	Oh, yeah.
2:00.6	This is the most popular one.
2:01.8	Yes, it sounds like a packed house on the pot.
2:03.8	It sounds like a packed house on the pot.
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