Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth is getting a sequel.
Paramount Pictures and Participant Media will release the follow-up to the critically acclaimed documentary next year.
The film will premiere on January 19 -- the opening night of the Sundance Film Festival. Directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk, the sequel follows Gore as he continues his decades-long fight to build a more sustainable future for the planet.
"Now more than ever we must rededicate ourselves to solving the climate crisis," Gore said on Friday.
"But we have reason to be hopeful; the solutions to the crisis are at hand. I'm deeply honoured and grateful that Paramount Pictures and Participant Media have once again taken on the task of bringing the critical story of the climate crisis to the world."
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An Inconvenient Truth, directed by Davis Guggenheim, was released in 2006. The movie, which followed Gore's campaign to educate citizens about global warming, premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and and won two Oscars - best documentary feature and best original song. The film grossed $49.8 million worldwide.
Richard Berge and Diane Weyermann will produce the new film. It is executive produced by Skoll, Guggenheim, Lawrence Bender, Laurie David, Scott Z. Burns and Lesley Chilcott.
Paramount Pictures will release the film in theatres in 2017.
