Hereditary Director Ari Aster Is Already Working on Another Horror-Thriller for A24

Director Ari Aster’s debut horror film Hereditary hit theaters in wide release this weekend to rave critical reviews from the majority of film publications, including Paste. The family centered chiller is frankly devastating in the way it depicts a family unit (and especially a mother) dealing with a tidal wave of grief and loss so palpable that many audience members may find themselves in tears right alongside her. Toni Collette’s haunting performance as Annie will no doubt go down in horror history alongside some of the other greats, and might even earn her some award show nominations, come winter.

But the real star of Hereditary may well be the young director Aster, barely into his 30’s, who has shocked the critical world with this sudden, disturbing debut. This is clearly not lost on A24, the film’s distributor, which today announced it’s already working with Aster on another film—a second horror-thriller that is tentatively titled Midsommer. Whereas A24 only distributed Hereditary (it was produced by PalmStar Media), one would presume they’d be producing this one from the start. Aster has already written a script, and plans to start shooting in the “late summer or early fall,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. Here’s our apparent synopsis:

“The story centers on a young woman, already dealing with the death of her parents, who joins her boyfriend and his friends on a trip to Sweden, specifically to a remote town with unique midsummer traditions. Things go south from there.”