Johnny Galecki Joins 'Rings,' Isn't a Prequel to 'The Ring' After All

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We’ve gone back and forth a couple times as to whether Rings, the third film in the horror franchise that began with The Ring in 2002, is actually a prequel. Well, director F. Javier Gutierrez confirmed on Twitter recently that even though the film will give more insight into the origin of Samara, it isn’t actually a prequel. In fact, Gutierrez says the film takes place 13 years after the events of The Ring, which just so happens to be the amount of time that has passed since the original film. Since this isn’t a prequel, I’m wondering how terrifying a video tape is going to be in the year 2015, but maybe Samara has now gone viral. ›››

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