Heart Eyes Killer, the deranged murderer who strikes on Valentine’s Day, has staked a big-screen return.
Paramount Pictures will co-produce and co-finance “Heart Eyes 2,” with a release date set for Feb. 11, 2028. Sony Pictures had distributed the first film, which earned $33 million at the global box office against an $18 million budget in 2025.
Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding starred in “Heart Eyes” as two co-workers who are mistaken for lovers by a serial killer whose modus operandi is slaying couples on the most romantic holiday of the year. Gigi Zumbado, Michaela Watkins, Devon Sawa, and Jordana Brewster rounded out the cast. It’s unclear who from that group is returning for the sequel. Plot details haven’t been revealed, either.
Josh Ruben is back to direct “Heart Eyes 2.” He will also co-write the script with Darcy Fowler from a story by Christopher Landon and Michael Kennedy. Spyglass Media co-produced and co-financed “Heart Eyes” and the sequel. Landon and Divide/Conquer will also serve as producers.
“Heart Eyes” wasn’t exactly a box office smash, but reviews were solid for the horror genre. Variety’s Courtney Howard praised the film as a a breezy rom-com slasher that slices and dices with charm,” adding that “‘Heart Eyes’ makes us swoon and squirm in equal measure.”
Last year, Ruben suggested the”Heart Eyes” franchise has the “potential for a long life.”
“I’ll put it this way: You could replicate the structure of any great rom-com, from ‘His Girl Friday’ to ‘Defending Your Life,’ and you could drop Heart Eyes into the center of that story, and have him flash and slash about,” he said. “That’s what’s exciting about this: There’s an opportunity that we could have whoever the filmmaker was — certainly, I’d be interested — genuinely trying to create or replicate that rom-com, or the feeling of a “Bridget Jones” or “Love Actually” or what have you, but actually have those people terrified by this psychopathic killer.”
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