David Robert Mitchell is not a prolific director. His second feature, It Follows, was a sleeper hit in the summer of 2014, and has become a defining film of the so-called “elevated” era of horror movies while having twice the entertainment factor of its contemporaries. Since then, Mitchell has only directed one more movie: The divisive Under the Silver Lake (2018), which stars Andrew Garfield as an amateur detective investigating the disappearance of a mysterious woman in a surreal version of hipster L.A.
Now, after an eight-year absence from directing, 2026 is shaping up to be a busy year for Mitchell, who has the Anne Hathaway-Ewan McGregor sci-fi thriller (and rumored Cloverfield movie) The End of Oak Street set for August and the long-awaited sequel They Follow going into production. After such a long wait, having so many details coming out at once can be a bit overwhelming.
