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Director F. Javier Gutierrez has been hard at work on the Paramount lot editing Rings, the third installment in the U.S. The Ring franchise that’s set to curse audiences this coming November 13, 2015.

Gutierrez has been sharing all sorts of behind-the-scenes goodies via his Instagram, a few of which caught my attention.

If we’re to go by what he’s been sharing, it looks as if Rings will use the original cursed video (see below) that appeared in Gore Verbinski’s 2002 horror masterpiece.

At the time, the haunted video was imprinted onto a VHS cassette, which is clearly a bit dated. Now, with digitization such a simple process, I expect to see Samara haunting kids using modern technology – like with smart phones.

Interestingly enough, Gutierrez also shared a photo with him and Jonathan Liebesman, which is interesting considering Liebesman helmed the incredible short, “Rings,” which accompanied the purchase of The Ring 2 on home video in 2005. Could there be a tie-in here?

Rings stars Johnny Galecki, best known as Leonard in “The Big Bang Theory.”

Galecki will play Gabriel, a handsome, pleasure-seeking professor who mentors and helps boyfriend and girlfriend duo, Holt (Alex Roe) and Julia (Matilda Lutz). Scream 4‘s Aimee Teegarden rounds out the main cast.

It’s a direct sequel to The Ring 2, although there were plans on having it be part sequel, which didn’t come into fruition when the filmmakers were allegedly unable to lock down original star Naomi Watts.