The first trailer for the surprise sequel to the 2013 comic book movie R.I.P.D., R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned, reveals Burn Notice and Fargo star Jeffrey Donovan as a younger (but still dead) Roicephus “Roy” Pulsipher. Released courtesy of Universal Pictures All-Access, the footage teases the prequel tale of Sheriff Roy, a character portrayed in the first outing by Jeff Bridges. Check out the trailer for R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned below.
Alongside the first footage from R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned, it is also revealed that the comic book prequel will land on Digital, Blu-ray & DVD November 15, 2022. If the trailer is not enough to have you excited for the R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned, Universal Pictures has released the first few minutes of the movie on their website.
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R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned begins with the Wild West having gone to Hell, literally. The world’s best hope of being saved lies in the gun-slinging hands of Sheriff Roy Pulsipher (Jeffrey Donovan) as he becomes the newest officer for the Rest In Peace Department (R.I.P.D.) enforcing the afterlife’s laws. If the Old West was wild while he was alive, wait until Roy sees how weird it gets once he dies.
Roy thought joining the R.I.P.D. would give him a chance to revisit his daughter and solve the mystery of his murder. Instead, he has his holsters full with havoc and hellfire when he’s given a mission to stop a dangerous demon from opening a portal to the underworld. The fate of the living and the dead now depends on Roy and his partner Jeanne (Penelope Mitchell), a mysterious swordswoman, as cowboys clash with creatures and undead insanity unleashes apocalyptic chaos.
Directed by Paul Leyden (Cleaners, Chick Fight) and from a script he has written alongside Andrew Klein (MacGyver), R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned stars Jeffrey Donovan as Sheriff Roy Pulsipher alongside Richard Fleeshman, Jake Choi, Kerry Knuppe, Tilly Keeper, and Penelope Mitchell.
R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned is a Prequel to a 2013 Box Office Bomb
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The prequel to R.I.P.D. was announced earlier this year, with the project spawned off the back of a 2013 box office bomb. Starring Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges, the first R.I.P.D. begins when Reynolds’ Nick Walker, a detective for the Boston Police Department, finds himself deceased and enlisted by the Rest in Peace Department, a legendary undead police force charged with finding monstrous spirits who are disguised as ordinary people. Partnered with veteran lawman Roy Pulsifer, played by a game Jeff Bridges, the mismatched pair soon uncover a plot that could end all life.
A prequel to R.I.P.D. came as a surprise to, well, everyone really, due to the first outing grossing just $78 million on a $130 million budget and being met with vicious reviews from both critics and audiences alike. R.I.P.D. currently sits at just 12% on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 38% audience score, and has gained a mere 5.6/10 on IMDb.
Here’s hoping that R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned will fare better than its predecessor.
