Chronicle 2 is moving along in production as the studio has hired Jack Stanley to come in and write a new script draft!

Chronicle was very much a success story no matter how you look at it, having earned more than 10 times its $12 million budget worldwide. Due to its success the studio now demands that a sequel be made.

Screen Rant reports that:

"Landis had begun work on a screenplay for Chronicle 2 even before the first movie opened in theaters, though his script - revolving around a traumatized woman who utilizes Iron Man-esque gadgetry to become the world's first super-villain - wasn't exactly what the studio heads over at 20th Century Fox had in mind. Director John Landis, Max Landis' father, was the first to break the news about his son's "evolved" Chronicle 2 story not gaining traction; the younger Landis was quick to dismiss such concerns, though it was only a few months later when the news emerged that he and Fox had parted ways on the sequel."

According to Deadline, Fox has finally restarted the production process on Chronicle 2, having brought in screenwriter Jack Stanley to put together a new script draft.

It should be noted that some fans of the first Chronicle will always be disappointed that Max Landis' original vision for the sequel is never going to see the light of day, as a movie featuring a super-villain protagonist could make for a worthwhile variation on the superhero genre. Sony now looks to be the first major studio to attempt that "experiment" with the genre's format, when it releases the Amazing Spider-Man spinoff Sinister Six (revolving around multiple super-powered baddies) down the line.