The Purge 6: Confirmation, Story & Everything We Know

The Purge has become one of the most popular horror franchises of the 21st century, and many are looking for any The Purge 6 news to see if the series will continue. While The Forever Purge was touted as the final entry in the franchise, a horror series rarely stays dead, making Purge 6 a near certainty. There's nothing Hollywood loves more than a consistently performing franchise, to the point that they often begin plans for a movie to spawn one before said movie has even been released.

Kicking off The Purge franchise, the first Purge movie released in 2013 to mostly negative reviews, but defied the critics by debuting at #1 and raking in nearly $90 million on a budget of only $3 million. Three Purge sequel or prequel movies have followed so far, all of them making similarly hefty profit margins. When The Purge 5, later officially titled The Forever Purge, was announced, it was made clear that franchise creator James DeMonaco was planning it to be the end of the franchise. Yet, plans change, and it looks like The Purge 6 is in the cards.

The Purge 6: Latest News

Frank Grillo Offers A Script Update

Not long after it was confirmed that the sequel was still happening, The Purge 6 gets an optimistic script update from one of the franchise's biggest stars. Frank Grillo spoke candidly about the future of the franchise when he confirmed that the script for The Purge 6 was completed and that it will center on his character, Leo Barnes. He also reiterated that James DeMonaco would once again return to direct. Perhaps most surprising of all, Grillo stated that The Purge 6 is intended to be the final entry in the series.

The Purge 6 Is Confirmed

More Purging Is Coming Soon

Though the status of The Purge 6 existed in limbo for several years, Jason Blum's recent comments serve to confirm that a sequel is on the way. Each movie has been a smashing success, and with the open-world concept, sequels could keep coming forever. On top of that, the franchise has never hesitated to deliver prequels, which means The Purge 6 could take place at any point in the established timeline thus far.

The Purge 6: Cast

Frank Grillo Is Confirmed To Return In The Purge 6

Though the cast of the Purge movies tends to fluctuate from entry to entry, Frank Grillo's Leo Barnes has been one consistent character across a few movies. While it was long-speculated that Grillo would return in The Purge 6, it has now been confirmed that he will reprise his role as Leo Barnes in what is supposed to be the final movie in the series. Besides Grillo, no other cast members have been announced, and it is unclear if any other familiar faces will return.

Frank Grillo previously appeared as Leo Barnes in 2014's The Purge: Anarchy and 2016's The Purge: Election Year.

The Purge 6: Story Details

What Will Happen In The Next Purge Movie?

DeMonaco's comments suggest that The Purge 6 story will take place after the end of The Forever Purge. The filmmaker has spoken about how the state of America in the movies is an exaggerated version of the divided nature of the country in the current political landscape. Interestingly, DeMonaco highlighted issues like sexuality and religion as something that will be touched upon in The Purge 6, continuing the theme of the sequels to highlight modern communities that are targeted by those in power and suffer the most through The Purge.

The fact that DeMonaco also spoke about studio concerns over the movie's budget suggests this could be on a bigger scale than some of the sequels. The Purge franchise has always managed to keep things relatively low-budget even as the story expanded. However, in looking at how the entire country is now affected, The Purge 6 may require the biggest scale the franchise has seen to date.