Coogler previously thanked fellow filmmakers Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino, and Brian De Palma for helping to inspire his leap of faith with “Sinners.” He also credited audiences for purchasing tickets to go to the feature in theaters.

Ryan Coogler has no plans for a Sinners sequel, which is by design. In a resurfaced interview posted before the Michael B. Jordan-starring film was released in theaters, the filmmaker said he thought of Sinners as a “full meal.”

I wanted it to be a holistic and finished thing,” Ryan Coogler said of his movie ”Sinners” and putting sequel rumors to rest.