In 2019 it was reported that Paramount had cancelled the sequel. A number of reasons were cited by media outlets: This included budgetary issues, the death of Paramount Pictures' Brad Grey in 2017 who was one of the film's key advocates and Fincher's unavailability due to his involvement with his Netflix series "Mindhunter". "The Hollywood Reporter" claimed they had a source who said that the biggest reason Paramount had cancelled the sequel was because of the Chinese government's ban on films featuring zombies.