Bloody Disgusting's E.L. Katz recently was lucky enough to visit the set of 30 Days of Night: Dark Days, the highly anticipated sequel now filming in Vancouver, Canada. While a full set report is forthcoming, along with a handful of interviews, we've still got something juicy to share with you. Katz caught up with creator/co-writer Steve Niles who talks to BD about another sequel, along with why Melissa George didn't return as Stella.
"How many sequels are currently planned? Is “Return to Barrow” in conceptual stages?" asks Katz.
"Right now we’re just trying to get this one in the can," Niles tels Bloody Disgusting exclusively adding that they plan on bringing back some of the cast. "If that goes well, we’re set up to move forward. We got a great young cast that we can bring along if this works out well, and we’ll be ready to keep going with the story. Plus, the comics are done. God, what do we have, like seven different graphic novels now if it actually took off?"
Rhys Coiro, Mia Kirshner, Harold Perrineau, Kiele Sanchez, Diora Baird, Rhys Coiro, Monique Ganderton, Marco Sorian and even Katherine Isabelle all star in the film; but Stella was recast. Niles explains briefly why Melissa George couldn't return oto fill her shoes.
"Schedule. The enemy of all casting. She’s got a million gazillion things going on right now, so we couldn’t fit it."
in DARK DAYS, it’s been a year since the Alaskan town of Barrow’s population was decimated by vampires during its annual month long sunset. Riddled with grief over the death of her husband, bound by nightmares and void of all emotions beyond hate and sorrow, Stella (Sanchez) has spent the past months traveling the world, trying to convince others that vampires exist. Met with skepticism and laughter, Stella is ready to throw in the towel when a group of lost souls (Coiro, Baird and Perrineau) offers an incredible opportunity: the chance to exact revenge upon Lilith (Kirshner), the vampire queen responsible for the assault on her sleepy Alaskan town. With nothing remaining to live for, and nothing left to fear, Stella joins their mission and ventures into the uncharted underbelly of Los Angeles where she pushes herself to the most extreme limits to stop the evil from striking again.
I found the vampires' actions in the first film to be rather silly, with all their hissing and growling for no apparent reason...but I liked their look and the movie's storyline. This new one's plot sounds interesting enough, so I'm excited to check it out.
Really? The underbelly of Los Angeles? Los Angeles is already an underbelly. I'm pretty sure that vampires would choose a better place than the shittiest part of the shittiest part of California to live. The vampires would've already been gunned down by the gangs. Apart from Mia Kirshner and Diora Baird tribbing, I will not see this movie.
30 DAYS is an AWESOME movie! i even liked the language they spoke. it was original (remember folks, most people on here complain and rightly so that nothing is original anymore) and creepy. i HOPE this movie comes out at least good if not great. and to the person who said "scheduling my ass" (regarding Melissa) MANY MANY stars have movies that go str8 to DVD. it's not such a career killer nowadays. her last movie TRIANGLE is going str8 to DVD.
The guy who describes L.A. as a gang-laden war zone has obviously never spent any time there. Must read a lot of tabloids though. The next best thing to actually knowing anything: make it up.
Gang Capital of America. You, Pike, are the one who hasn't seen LA. Just because there are movie stars and buildings doesn't mean you ignore the infection. I'm sure it looks pretty from a tourist bus.
the first one was actually good, although im a bit dissapointed with the recast of stella. im not the type of judging movies before i see them but one thing is for sure: at least these vampires are not "sexy" or "models", they are really ugly and i really liked that concept from the first movie. hope they can keep this.
IF STELLA COULDN'T FIT IT IN HER SCHEDULE THEY COULD'VE WAITED UNTIL SHE WAS FREE TO FILM THIS!!!
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