After raking in $41,228,161 domestically, it was no secret that a sequel to Fox Searchlight’s The Hills Have Eyes would be on the way. Wes Craven revealed to Fangoria that he and his son Jonathan will be writing the sequel to Alexandre Aja’s remake (which Craven co-produced, based on his 1977 original), a project currently on the fast track. For a little bit on what to expect from Fox Searchlights The Hills Have Eyes II and a really, really good laugh, read on…
Wes Craven tells Fango, “We want to continue the story of the miners,” he continues, “this time, a group of National Guard screw-ups come face to face with the mutants on their last day of training in the desert. We will take the audience underground [into the mines] as well. The studio, Fox Searchlight, wants the sequel out a year to the day after the last one, so we have to deliver our script in a matter of weeks.”
After HILLS took in over $40 million in the U.S. alone, Craven and producing partner Marianne Maddalena offered the inevitable follow-up to Frenchman Aja (who co-wrote the redux with pal Gregory Lavasseur). Aja declined. “So my son and I decided to write it ourselves, and we are hard at work,” Craven says. “I wrote LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT in three days, so this shouldn’t be so tough.”
Three days? To me that just screams half-assed, uncaring and heartless. I don’t want a horror movie that’s manufactured only to make money, I want to be entertained as well. Now the past is making all the more sense…
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