This morning B-D reader 'Kevin F. sent us an e-mail with a link to a supposed teaser poster for Hatchet 2, which has been on Anchor Bay's to-do list for quite some time. This afternoon we got in touch with Director Adam Green who comments on the one sheet, while also updating us on the status of Victor Crowley's big return.
We checked in with HATCHET director Adam Green who commented on the poster that was sent to us by B-D reader 'Kevin F.' and also updates on on the status of HATCHET 2.
"The teaser poster is legit, but is something we've had on our ArieScope site and MySpace pages for a month or more now," Green tells us. "HATCHET is Anchor Bay's highest selling original title of all time at this point and the sequel is definitely going to happen without a doubt."
The sequel has been in talks for quite some time now, Green explains what's going on with it now and also comments on whether or not he'll return to direct.
"Hopefully it gets made this year if we can schedule it in a way that works for me. The only reason a production date has not been agreed upon is because clearly everyone in the HATCHET camp wants to do it at a time when I can be the one to return at the helm, and as you can see from the multitude of projects I am already doing (GRACE, his script for D.C.'s animated AQUAMAN film, FROZEN, GOD ONLY KNOWS, and a TV pilot he's creating for Nickelodeon with Jack Black's company Electric Dynamite), it's going to take some very careful planning and scheduling to find a time where I am available to make the film."
"Contractually, I can't commit to HATCHET 2 right at this moment and it is all because of scheduling, but ArieScope Pictures (his company) and Anchor Bay are hard at work figuring it out," Green continues. "Should we all decide that the film cannot wait any longer - I will pass the torch to a different writer/director for HATCHET 2, but nobody involved wants to even discuss that scenario just yet."
Green also talks about how HATCHET has become the fan's film and that he plans on making it the best it can be.
"It was the fans that turned HATCHET into the success that it was - and the fans only. We were a tiny indie film and therefore our theatrical run didn't get TV commercials, a distributor who pummeled money behind advertising it on 2,000 screens, or any of the stuff that the studio films get. HATCHET became a best seller because of the horror fans who embraced it and the critics worldwide who made so much noise about it. So understand that if I am at the helm, I am not about to just make the sequel in the spare time around my other projects and not give the fans all I can. I am currently in Utah starting pre-production on FROZEN, but we are still in constant discussions with Anchor Bay trying to figure out a plan that works for HATCHET 2. Projects push and post-pone all of the time, so a time could present itself this year much sooner rather than later." He continues, "It's just the nature of the business and I am gratefully a filmmaker who happens to have projects moving forward in many different genres. But rest assured that there will be a sequel coming down the road. As horror fans know, when a genre film makes money, the distributor most always makes a sequel. When a film becomes a studio's most successful title, there is absolutely no question that they will make a sequel."
Watch for the return of Victor Crowley hopefully sooner than later.
I don't know...I liked all the kills in Hatchet, but the entire movie almost disappointed me. I'm not too certain what it was, but it's almost like it tried too hard. I guess I'll see a sequel anyway, if just to see more of the story.
I loved Hatchet, Im stoked for a sequel. Off topic but does anyone else think My Bloody Valentine 3d is one of the best slasher movies in years? I love the 90's vibe it has mixed with the over he top 80's style gore.
awesome news, been waiting to hear for this for a while. ive been hoping to see a crowley neca cult classic figure sometime! i think it would be a perfect addition to the cult classics neca series of action figures. :)
Hatchet was a great movie. I'm glad that anchor bay didn't fuck it up. They've had some awesome movies lately with Jack Brooks, Hatchet, and Brutal Massacre.
I LOVED THE ORIGINAL!! I am so pumped for this!! Can't wait for it to come out!! I would like Adam to give HATCHET 2 to Joe Lynch for directing. He did a good job at Wrong Turn 2.
MBV 3D was great!! Even fucking critics love it because the filmmakers had no pretensions. It was a great slasher with legimantly good jumps and scares...and bouncing 3-D titties!!! Yay!
Hatchet never came out here, I got it on DVD not bad kinda hard cause I just kept of thinking this dude is JP from Grandma's Boy couldn't take him serious but still had good laughs and kills. And Englund always good for a laugh...heck watch Zombie Strippers don't believe me even he knew that movie would be a joke but still had that sarcastic eh fuck it attitude in movie...gotta love that.
Hatchet was a cool little horror flick it was such a fanboy movie. Their was not enough kills though. It was really cool that it had cameos from Robert Englund and Tony Todd. Um yo dudes will Kane Hodder be back as Victor
I found "Hatchet" to be a really fun send up to the 80's slasher with humor and cool gory kills coupled with the fact that it never took its self serious. I say hell yeah Victor Crowley, sharpen your hatchet to a gleaming edge for a second round.
i like the movie except the ending cant wait though very excited
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"The teaser poster is legit, but is something we've had on our ArieScope site and MySpace pages for a month or more now," Green tells us. "HATCHET is Anchor Bay's highest selling original title of all time at this point and the sequel is definitely going to happen without a doubt."
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