Sequels: Zombieland And Showgirls; One IS Getting A Sequel, The Other Might
What doZombielandandShowgirlshave to do with one another? Well, inZombielandthe undead didn’t pole dance; they just ran. Wakka, wakka wakka! More to the point, both have been the subject of recent sequel talk. Which one has a sequel already in the process of development and which one is currently mere speculation? The riveting answer, after the break.
First up…it isShowgirlsthatisgetting a sequel. Which manages to both boggle the mind and totally confirm everything I’ve always assumed about the market for getting films made. Name recognition is everything, and sequel-izing a piece of shit that everyone knows is a safer bet than financing a great new, unknown script.
JoBloreports that the German trade Extratipp says writer/directorMarc Volanderhas concoctedShowgirls: Story of Hope, which focuses on a minor character from the original film.Story of Hope? It’s the stripper movie for the Obama era! Hope was played byRena Riffelin Paul Verhoeven’s movie, and she’ll return for this one. Translated plotline reads as such:
Meanwhile, the rumors of aZombielandsequel are already flowing. No surprise; the film didn’t cost much and has been a hit with critics and audiences. It’s one of the first features in a long time that really makes me want a sequel. I could easily spend a lot more time in that world with those characters. (Unbroken by the cameo; that scene was fun, sure, but really broke me out of the world thatRuben Fleischerhad built so well.)
Evidently I’m not the only one ready for a sequel. Co-writerPaul WernicktoldMTVlast week, “Woody [Harrelson] came up to us after the final cut of the last scene and gave us a hug and said, ‘I’ve never wanted to do a sequel in the previous movies I’ve done until this one.’ "
If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that Wernick and co-writerRhett Reese(who arealso writingVenomfor Sony) originally developedZombielandas a TV series, with the first 45 minutes of the film more or less counting as material for the pilot. That being the case, you know they’ve got ideas enough to push another film through development pretty fast. If the numbers are right and everyone remains as upbeat about the project as they are now, it could happen. Maybe even as that TV series originally envisioned.
