Director Nelson's upcoming film Jailer 2, starring Rajinikanth, is gearing up for its October 15 release in theatres. Ahead of the release, the film's producer, Kalanithi Maran's Sun Pictures banner, dropped a trailer for it on Monday. Now, on Tuesday, the Central Board of Film Certification has updated the censorship information for the film on its official website. The film has received a UA 16+ rating from the Censor Board, and it has a runtime of 165 minutes and 18 seconds.

A sequel to 2023's Jailer, the upcoming film also brings back the original's cast members such as Ramya Krishnan, Yogi Babu, Mirnaa, Vinayakan, and Jaffer Sadiq. The Jailer 2 trailer has confirmed the return of Mohanlal and Shivarajkumar as well. The new additions to the cast include SJ Suryah, Apeksha Porwal, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Mithun Chakraborty, Vijay Sethupathi, Vidya Balan, Anna Rajan, Hakkim Shah, Bagavathi Perumal, Meghana Raj, Shamna Kasim, and Jatin Sarna.

The Jailer sequel is set to release in IMAX screens as well. It is going to be the first film starring Rajinikanth to have a wide IMAX release.

The film brings back almost all the technical crew members from Jailer, including composer Anirudh, director of photography Vijay Karthik Kannan, R Nirmal, art director DRK Kiran, and costume designers Pallavi Singh and Muthul Hafeez. On the other hand, stunt director Chethan D'Souza is the new addition to the film's technical crew.

Rajinikanth is also set to work with a different film with director Nelson and Kamal Haasan. The film, which is tentatively titled KH x RK, brings the Superstar back together with Kamal Haasan for the first time after 1981's Thillu Mullu. Rajinikanth's upcoming films also include Dharman, directed by Ashwath Marimuthu and produced by Kamal Haasan under his Raaj Kamal Films International.