Donnie Darko 2 in the works

Donnie Darko sequel S. Darko starts shooting May 18
Wendy Mitchell in London
09 May 2008 05:00



UK-based sales company Velvet Octopus will be launching sales in Cannes for S. Darko, billed as the sequel to the 2001 cult hit Donnie Darko. Fox has already taken North American rights.

Daviegh Chase reprises her role as Donnie's younger sister. The cast for S. Darko also includes Ed Westwick (Son Of Rambow, Gossip Girl), Briana Evigan (Step Up 2) and Justin Chatwin (Dragon Ball).

Ash Shah's Silver Nitrate and Newmarket Capital are producing. Los Angeles-based Chris Fisher, who previously made Nightstalker and Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders, will direct. The budget is pegged around $10m.

The story picks up seven years after the first film (and Donnie's death) when little sister Samantha Darko and her best friend Corey are now 18 and on a roadtrip to Los Angeles when they are plagued by bizarre visions.

Fisher said in a statement: "I am a great admirer of Richard Kelly's film and hope to create a similar world of blurred fantasy and reality."

Producers have spoken to Richard Kelly about the project but he is not involved in any official capacity at this stage.

Simon Crowe of Velvet Octopus added: "I think there is a new generation of cinema-goers who will be very excited to see this film."

Crowe quipped to ScreenDaily: "Donnie's not in [the new film] but there are meteorites and rabbits."

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Great, sounds like they're going to take a perfectly good thing and ruin it!

You see, this is the kind of film that should just be left as it is. It doesn't need a sequal or some continuation to tarnish its reputation. I'm actually disappointed to hear this is going to happen. How lame!

ALSO COMING SOON "A CLOCKWORK ORANGE 2, THE RETURN OF THE JUICE!"

Yeah, I heard about that. It's being made by Tropicana Studios.

People do not know how to leave well enough alone (that was something my Mother always said). That translates, umm leave a good thing alone. Think about, how many sequels were actually worth seeing. This was a low budgit, cult classic, that was never meant to have a part 2.

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Think about, how many sequels were actually worth seeing.

Good point Biker! I'll agree there are those rare cases where the sequal is better than the first, Spider-man II & Empire Strikes Back for example -- however, they are few and far between. To me it's always been common knowledge the sequals are never as good as the original, and after all these decades of Hollywood proving that, you'd think they'd stop doing it. It's just the typical cash-cow mentality on their part, and even then you'd think they'd learn to stop doing it as so many sequals are not just bad, but also boxoffice failures.

Oh well!

[Post edited by Tim Raynor on May 11, 2008]