Get ready to smile real wide with the first teaser trailer for Paramount Pictures’ Smile 2. Director Parker Finn’s sequel to the 2022 hit is set to release in cinemas on October 18th, and sees Kyle Gallner return as Joel alongside newcomers Naomi Scott, Lukas Gage, and Rosemarie DeWitt.

In Smile 2, per the official synopsis: “About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.”

Finn both writes and directs the sequel, with Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Isaac Klausner and Robert Salerno serving as producers. Smile centres on a psychiatrist (Sosie Bacon) who is tormented after witnessing a traumatic incident with a patient. Until the full trailer releases for this sequel, why not check out STARBURST’s interview with writer-director Parker Finn about helming the box office hit, or with actors Sosie Bacon, Jessie T. Usher, and Kyle Gallner about starring in the horror film?

Watch the official teaser trailer for Smile 2 below, ahead of its October 18th release: