July 4th Weekend Just Got FOREVER PURGE’d

TOP GUN: MAVERICK flies away to fall, and the social commentary horror series moves into the July 4th weekend.
Purgin' in THE FOREVER PURGE.

Last Updated on March 16, 2024 by Phil Nobile Jr.

Deadline reports that Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick has vacated its July 2nd opening slot and, with the insidious swiftness of a government program designed to keep people on their knees, The Forever Purge has swooped in, reclaiming the weekend on which the franchise has opened since 2016.

The Purge films are a curious aberration in that they seem to get more interesting with each sequel, so we’re keen to see what the latest entry has in store. James DeMonaco, the writer-director of the first three films in the series, pens The Forever Purge, while Everardo Gout (Days of Grace) directs. The film is set post-The Purge: Election Year in a world that has abolished the government-sanctioned Purge, and centers on a Mexican couple (Ana de la Reguera, Tenoch Huerta) fleeing a drug cartel, and who find themselves the prey of an unsanctioned purge on a remote Texas ranch.