Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab.
Nice catch by our neighbors to the north at Coming Attractions.
Here’s an excerpt from the story they broke:
Two sources have told Coming Attractions that Universal film executives have already been testing the waters to see if they shouldn't dust off the film franchise and consider making a sequel to Carpenter's classic film. Our first anonymous insider, known only as "MC", told us that Universal has already sent out feelers to see if none other than John Carpenter himself would ever consider continuing the story as writer/director! And the reason for this sudden interest in making a sequel to a movie that was originally considered a box office failure? The widespread fan interest in the video game, apparently.
However, our source was quick to mention there is a downside: supposedly Carpenter sent back his own "feeler" that he might be interested...provided Universal coughed up the big bucks. "Ole Johnny Carpenter wants a little too much money for his part," our inside connection told CA. After a string of box office dissappointments like Ghosts of Mars, Vampires and the $70 million dollar Escape from L.A. dud, that's why at this current stage of discussion Carpenter's name is only "being considered" as a possible creative partner for The Thing 2 and not firmly attached to the project.
I’m going to follow up from our end with Carpenter directly to see if he’s got anything to add. I know that everyone I’ve talked to who has been playing the new THING videogame is mad in love with it. I’ll have to take a look for myself soon.
And if this is true... and if Carpenter’s involved... I’ll be completely manic to know what’s going on. This would be as big as that MAD MAX sequel news we keep hearing rumbles about... far more exciting to me than the prospect of a new INDIANA JONES, for example.
We’ll see...
"Moriarty" out.
