While I wasn't a huge fan of the film (read my review from the 2008 Toronto Film Festival), the buzz behind Bruce McDonald's Pontypool is extremely positive. While the lot of you wait to see the film later this month (IFC releases it in limited theaters and on VOD May 29th), acclaimed director Bruce McDonald is already prepping his return to the director’s chair with Pontypool Changes, a sequel to his highly anticipated psychological thriller that follows a small-town radio station DJ (Stephen McHattie) discovers that recent madness in the local population may be caused by a virus transmitted through speech, reports Twitch Film. Read on for the skinny.
"Producer Jeffrey Coghlan confirmed rumors in Cannes today that the Pontypool sequel is scheduled to lens in early 2010, reuniting McDonald with Pontypool screenwriter Tony Burgess, who adapted the original from his book “Pontypool Changes Everything”.
Horror fan and blog sites are already buzzing and early reviews for Pontypool are calling the tensely intelligent thriller McDonald’s best film ever and one of the scariest films in years.
Pontypool, named after the small town in which it’s set, features veteran character actor Stephen McHattie, (Watchmen, 300, A History of Violence), as a cantankerous radio DJ trapped within the station’s walls as a deadly virus consumes the town, turning its citizens into cannibalistic zombie-like creatures. IFC In Theatres releases the film May 29th day and date on its VOD platform, which reaches more than 50 million homes in the US.
The early demand surprised Coghlan who said, “Fan and distributor reactions have been overwhelming, and the script for the sequel takes a whole new side to the story and really opens it up for more action, and more scares. It’s brilliant.”
Pontypool has it’s final marketplace screening in Cannes on Monday May 18 at 5:30 pm with worldwide sales being handled by Forward Motion Entertainment."
i can't say if i'm excited or not due to the fact i haven't seen the 1st movie yet! LOL.
i think it looks AWESOME!! hopefully it is and THEN i can be excited for a sequel! (fingers crossed!).
Loved Pontypool...saw it twice already.
During the Q&A with Stephen McHattie at the first screening, he said that a trilogy of films were written from the book "Pontypool Changes Everything" Bruce McDonald was planning this sequel from the beginning, just needed to get some good reviews with Pontypool.
It's more unique than anything. It isn't a traditional horror film, nor is it a traditional zombie film. If you've read the book you'd know what I'm talking about.
I loved it because it completely kicked my preconceived notions of what I was going to see in the ass.
One: Pontypool is no a psychological thriller.
Two: And rumours are always true, huh No Heart? I've met him on several occasions and he's been nothing but completely cool and nice, and I know people who have worked on his movies and have had nothing but good things to say about him.
Pontypool is:
-A cool psychological thriller
-Wicked performances by the entire cast
-Probably Stephen McHattie's finest performace ever
Pontypool isn't:
-A zombie movie in ANY way
-Being marketed properly for what the film is
-A movie I could see 'sequelized' but I'm interested in what they come up with...
This is why I love horror movies, cos every now and then a movie as good as Pontypool comes out and blows me away. Utterly fantastic!
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"Producer Jeffrey Coghlan confirmed rumors in Cannes today that the Pontypool sequel is scheduled to lens in early 2010, reuniting McDonald with Pontypool screenwriter Tony Burgess, who adapted the original from his book “Pontypool Changes Everything”.
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