Now that 2024’s Elevation starring Anthony Mackie is trending on Max, audiences are asking about that ending and sequel plans.
First launched in November 2024, Elevation is a post-apocalyptic thriller the place mysterious predators known as Reapers have pressured humanity to take refuge 8,000 ft above sea degree.
Will (Anthony Mackie) embarks on a mission to save lots of his son together with a former scientist (Deadpool 3‘s Morena Baccarin) seeking to uncover the Reapers’ weak spot.
All the pieces We Know About Elevation’s Potential Sequel
Hours after Elevation dropped on Max on Friday, February 21, 2025, the movie grew to become the #1 trending movie on the platform inside the US.
Subsequently, viewers have questions in regards to the 2024 motion movie’s bombshell ending and the way it units up a sequel.
In response to Elevation‘s director George Nolfi (through Collider), “There are type of two reveals on the finish that increase extra questions.”
Within the film’s third act, Nina learns the way to efficiently kill the Reapers and shares this data with the opposite communities sheltering above 8,000 ft. However within the course of, she discovers the Reapers aren’t organic creatures however slightly alien-created machines.
As for that second reveal, after Elevation cuts to black, Nolfi tucked in a shocker of a post-credits scene displaying Will and Nina wanting up as meteor-looking objects hurtle by way of the sky heading for Earth.
Not solely does this recommend a brand new risk, however not like the Reapers, this one is coming from above.
Elevation additionally left just a few different questions unanswered, together with why people needed to stay above 8,000 ft to outlive.
However in line with Nolfi, there was at all times “a solution to” this query, and confirms it is one he needs to discover “within the subsequent film:”
“Now we have at all times had a solution to that… we’d love to do it within the subsequent film. For positive.”
Will There Be a Sequel to Elevation?
Despite the fact that director George Nolfi deliberate to proceed this story, a sequel is unlikely.
Elevation arrived in theaters alongside The Greatest Christmas Pageant Ever (discover out what motion pictures influenced The Chosen director’s Christmas hit right here), Heretic, and Weekend in Taipei the place it earned $1.2 million on its opening weekend. Along with blended evaluations, the movie completed eleventh on the field workplace.
Whereas the movie is succeeding on streaming, its trending standing could also be shortlived and partially fueled by curiosity in Anthony Mackie throughout Captain America: Courageous New World‘s theatrical run. Get all of the Captain America 4 spoilers and a full plot breakdown right here.
The actual take a look at is how lengthy Elevation continues its trending standing on Max and if viewers curiosity within the movie’s unanswered questions and sequel setup continues.
Elevation is offered to stream on Max.
