One of the year’s best films has to be CHRONICLE, the found footage film that details the journey of three high school boys that gain super powers. A sequel was rumoured very soon after release, but it seems as though there has been a slight hiccup. John Landis, director of THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980), AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981) and father to CHORNICLE writer Max Landis has dropped a big hint as to why news has hushed up on the CHRONICLE 2 front:
[Max] wrote a sequel, and it’s amazing, and the studio read it and said, ‘We want CHRONICLE again!’ And he said, ‘No, this is the sequel, it’s the evolution,’ and they said ‘No, we want that movie again!’ So it’s difficult, we’re dealing with a difficult business.
Fox obviously have selfish dollar signs in their eyes, and don’t realise that we as an audience want original and challenging cinema. I don’t want to see the same thing again, with different kids getting different powers or whatever. I want a continuation of the story, but in a non-traditional superhero way. I hope Max Landis is able to stick to his guns and isn’t forced out or made to compromise. Director of CHRONICLE, Josh Trank, is supposed to be taking on a reboot of THE FANTASTIC FOUR, so is that another film they want ‘more of the same’ from?
Source: The Playlist
Luke likes many things, films and penguins being among them. He's loved films since the age of 9, when STARGATE and BATMAN FOREVER changed the landscape of modern cinema as we know it. His love of film extends to all aspects of his life, with trips abroad being planned around film locations and only buying products featured in Will Smith movies. His favourite films include SEVEN SAMURAI, PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC, IN BRUGES, LONE STAR, GODZILLA, and a thousand others.
Latest Posts
-
Film Trailers
/ 4 hours agoNew trailer for Jennifer Lopez-led Netflix film ‘Atlas’
Netflix has dropped a new trailer for Atlas, a new science fiction film to...
By Paul Heath -
Home Entertainment
/ 4 hours agoPowell and Pressburger’s ‘The Small Back Room’ to get a restoration release
STUDIOCANAL has announced that they will release the 4K restoration of Powell and Pressburger’s...
By Paul Heath -
Film Trailers
/ 4 hours agoA new trailer for Oscar-nominated animated feature ‘Robot Dreams’
A new trailer has dropped for the upcoming release of Robot Dreams, the Oscar-nominated...
By Paul Heath -
Film Trailers
/ 6 hours agoA new trailer for Zoë Kravitz’s ‘Blink Twice’ with Channing Tatum
A new trailer for the Zoë Kravitz-co-written and directed feature Blink Twice has just...
By Paul Heath