Coming off the most successful film in the series, The Purge: Election Year, creator DeMonaco returns alongside the producers of this worldwide phenomenon: Blumhouse Productions’ Jason Blum (Insidious series, Get Out, Split), Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Ouija series, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and DeMonaco’s longtime production partner, Sébastien K. Lemercier (Assault on Precinct 13, Four Lovers).
The screenplay for the fourquel has been written by James DeMonaco, writer/director of The Purge, The Purge: Anarchy and The Purge: Election Year.
Titled The Purge: The Island, the fourth installment will be released on Wednesday, July 4, 2018.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal Pictures has found a Purge 4 director in Gerard McMurray, who helmed the Sundance favorite hazing drama Burning Sands that debuted on Netflix in March.