Samara is reborn in the first Rings trailer and poster On October 28, the beloved “Ring” horror franchise returns with Rings, directed by F. Javier Gutierrez (Before the Fall) from a script by David Loucka, Jacob Estes and Akiva Goldsman. Paramount Pictures has now debuted the first Rings trailer and poster, which you can view below. In Rings, a young woman becomes worried about her boyfriend when he explores a dark subculture surrounding a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after he has viewed it.