I’ve never done a sequel – so far, there have been too many new stories and characters calling my name.
Sequels are scary. And making a sequel to something as good as ‘Scanners’ is even scarier.
Is it ever too late for a sequel?
It’s always scary when you’re doing a sequel to a film, because you don’t want to just repeat the first film in a different location like most sequels. You want to do something totally different, and something that actually expands the world of the main character.
I was concerned about doing a sequel and repeating myself. That was before I read the script.
I don’t write any kind of sequel or remake.
At one point I intended to write precursor and sequel novels, about the establishment of the Web and its next evolution, but I am very unlikely to now; they would take place in a different universe.
I have full confidence that the Sequel Queen is a tag that’s going to stick… And I will be loving it!
‘The Karate Kid’ was just lightning in a bottle. The second movie is a very worthy sequel, because you got to explore the Okinawan culture and learned about Miyagi’s life. The third, as is always the case, was made because the second one made a lot of money.
If I do do a sequel, I’m going to have to know for sure that the script is better than the original. So I’m going to be very careful about that because I’m not eager to repeat myself.
My office wanted me to register the title ‘Devil’ since they felt, it could be a good title for ‘Kick’ sequel.
I went to NYU thinking I was going to make a ‘Die Hard’ sequel, or maybe action and genre films for the studios, but I ended up falling in love with personal cinema.
It’s tough to make a sequel that stands up to the original especially one that has, over the course of time, become a bit of a cult favorite.
