The highly anticipated sequel to sci-fi horror โThe Platformโ has set a release date, with the residents of The Pit returning to screens after five years.
The film is set to hitย Netflixย on Oct. 4, just in time for spooky season.
2019โs โThe Platformโ is one of the streamerโs most popular Spanish films ever, getting to the fifth spot in the non-English Film Top Ten category with over 82,800,000 views.
The film is set in a multi-storey prison nicknamed โThe Pitโ which sees its residents get increasingly desperate as they fight for survival.
The towerโs real name is the Vertical Self-Management Center and it works by allocating a handful of prisoners to each floor. When it comes to meals, a platform abundant with food slowly descends, stopping at each floor for a specific amount of time. But inevitably it means those at the top get first pick โ while those at the bottom are lucky to get anything to eat at all.
โThe Platformโ helmer Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia returns to direct the sequel.
Milena Smitย (โThe Snow Girlโ) and Hovik Keuchkerian (โMoney Heistโ) star in the film alongside Natalia Tena (โGame of Thronesโ) and รscar Jaenada (โLuis Miguel: The Seriesโ).
โAs a mysterious leader imposes their rule in the Platform, a new resident becomes embroiled in the battle against this controversial method to fight the brutal feeding system,โ reads the synopsis. โBut when eating from the wrong plate becomes a death sentence, how far would you be willing to go to save your life?โ
Producers are Carlos Juรกrez, Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia and Raquel Perea from the Basque Films team.