The Purge is an American media franchise centered on a series of dystopian action thriller films distributed by Universal Pictures and produced by Blumhouse Productions. The films present a seemingly normal, crime-free America in the near-future. But the country is a dystopia which celebrates an annual national holiday known as the Purge, a day in which all crime, including murder, becomes legal for a 12-hour period. A fifth installment, The ForeverPurge, is scheduled to be released on July 9, 2021 and is intended to be the final film in the franchise.
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The Purge is an American media franchise centered on a series of dystopian action thriller films distributed by Universal Pictures and produced by Blumhouse Productions. The films present a seemingly normal, crime-free America in the near-future. But the country is a dystopia which celebrates an annual national holiday known as the Purge, a day in which all crime, including murder, becomes legal for a 12-hour period. The franchise has received a generally mixed critical reception, mainly for the screenwriting and clichéd stories, but was praised for the concept, acting, style, and action sequences. In addition to the films, the franchise has spawned a television series which premiered on September 4, 2018; DeMonaco wrote its pilot episode. A fifth installment, The ForeverPurge, is scheduled to be released on July 9, 2021 and is intended to be the final film in the franchise. The Purge: Anarchy, released worldwide on July 18, 2014, stars Frank Grillo, Carmen Ejogo, Zach Gilford, Kiele Sanchez, Zoë Soul and Michael K.
Williams while Edwin Hodge reprises his role of \”The Stranger\” from the first movie. The film was met with generally mixed reviews, though many critics agreed it was a large improvement over the first film, and was a box office success, grossing USD 111. 9 million compared to its USD 9 million budget. In October 2018, Purge creator James Demonaco stated that the fifth film will be the last in the series. In May 2020, the film was delayed indefinitely to the CO-19 pandemic due to the pandemic. The Forever Purge was rescheduled for July 10, 2020, and will be released in the United States in July 2020. The fourth film was initially scheduled for July 2020, but has been delayed until July 20, 2020. In July 2017 it was announced that Derin Jacob would be back for the third film to write and direct, while producers Sébastien K. Lemercier, Jason Blum, and Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, and Andrew Form would also be back.
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