Wasn't somebody asking why people aren't going to the movies anymore?
An outbreak of sequelitis has hit Sony Pictures.
"Hollow Man 2," "Road House 2 -- Last Call" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer 3" are in various stages of development at the studio. It has not been determined whether the projects will be released theatrically or become direct-to-DVD releases.
"Hollow Man 2" revolves around a Seattle detective and a biologist who are on the run from a dangerous invisible assassin gone rogue as well as the government forces that created him. A mid-August start date is scheduled, with Swiss director Claudio Feah at the helm. The 2000 original starred Kevin Bacon who turns invisible and goes mad.
DVD. The original didn't make its money back in the US (but was quite successful overseas), and Claudio Fäh doesn't exactly have a proven track record, so expect Sony to find some B-listers and include more scenes reminiscent of Bacon stalking a barely dressed Rhona Mitra.
"I Know What You Did Last Summer 3" focuses on new characters who didn't appear in the first two movies, which came out in 1997 and 1998. It revolves around four teens in a Colorado town who are menaced by an assailant a year after a Fourth of July prank turns deadly. A director is expected to be announced shortly, and a late-summer shoot in Utah is planned.
Theatrical release. They'll still find a way to attach Kevin Williamson's name to this, meaning horror fans starved for anything that's not overhyped zombie fare or a lukewarm rehash or a Japanese flick stands a chance. Hell, even I Still Know did respectably, and all that movie had going for it were Jennifer Love Hewitt's "talents" (as Joe Bob Briggs would say).
"Road House 2" centers on a graduate student who must run his uncle's bar and fight to maintain control as a local crime boss tries to take it over. Johnathon Schaech has an offer to star, and Scott Ziehl ("Cruel Intentions 3") is in negotiations to direct. An August shoot is being eyed.
DVD. Schaech and Ziehl are the crown princes of straight-to-video.
Which is a shame, because I have a real soft spot in my head heart for Road House, and not just because I am nice until, as bodhisattva bouncer Dalton advises, it's time not to be nice. But also because it contains one of the greatest lines of the Reagan/Bush era: "We're here to sell booze, not drugs." Ben Gazzara, Sam Elliott, and Kevin Tighe of Emergency!...man, what more could you want?
Ten buck says they film it in Montana.
Like there's a difference.
I keed, I keed.
For shame, Pete! You know there's a difference. Utah=Land of the Big Dicks while Montana=Land of the Big Sky. ;)
One of my many secret shames... I like Roadhouse...
When I die I hope I have enough notice before the event to burn my secret DVD collection.
"I Know What You Did Last Summer 3" focuses on new characters who didn't appear in the first two movies, which came out in 1997 and 1998. It revolves around four teens in a Colorado town who are menaced by an assailant a year after a Fourth of July prank turns deadly. A director is expected to be announced shortly, and a late-summer shoot in Utah is planned.
Ten buck says they film it in Montana.