In objectively today’s most on the nose news,Peninsula, the sequel to the hit South Korean zombie flickTrain to Busan, will hit North America theaters on June 20, 2025, a little less than a month after the U.S. hit 3 million cases of a highly-contagious virus. What are we doing? What 👏 are 👏 we 👏 doing? Luckily, Well Go USA Entertainment announced thatPeninsulaisalsoheading exclusively to Amazon’s horror-focused streaming service, Shudder, just a bit later down the line in early 2021.
Directed byYeon Sang-ho,Train to Busaninjected a whole new life into zombie movies in 2016. Trapping a crew on a train car with ghouls that sprint a bit faster than your average member of the walking dead, the film is a genuine all-time highlight of the genre. Inpretty much any other circumstance imaginable, a sequel would be worthy of a day-one ticket in theaters.
“When we acquiredTrain to Busanback in 2016, we never imagined its success would extend beyond the genre subculture, “ said Well Go CEODoris Pfardrescher. “Now, four years later, we have director Yeon’s highly anticipated next chapter Peninsula poised to break out and achieve a level of U.S. success rarely seen with a foreign film.”
“Peninsulais one of the most anticipated horror movie sequels of the last decade and exactly the kind of film Shudder members are hungry for. Yeon Sang-ho set the bar for zombie movies withTrain to Busanand its prequelSeoul Station, and we’re thrilled to be the home of his new masterpiece—and the only place where movie lovers will be able to stream this outstanding trilogy together,” addedCraig Engler, Shudder’s General Manager.
Train to Busan Presents: Peninsulahits theaters (for now!) on August 7. To tide you over until then, check outthe trailer right here. Here’s the official synopsis forTrain to Busan Presents: Peninsula:
Four years after South Korea’s total decimation inTrain to Busan, the zombie thriller that captivated audiences worldwide, acclaimed director Yeon Sang-ho brings usPeninsula, the next nail-biting chapter in his post-apocalyptic world. Jung-seok, a soldier who previously escaped the diseased wasteland, relives the horror when assigned to a covert operation with two simple objectives: retrieve and survive. When his team unexpectedly stumbles upon survivors, their lives will depend on whether the best—or worst—of human nature prevails in the direst of circumstances.
