By: MrDisgusting

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After New Line Cinema announced that they'd be remaking Don Coscarelli's Phantasm franchise as a new trilogy, everything sort of vanished into thin air - not a peep has been heard. This afternoon a new interview with the writer/director reveals that he is planning a possible fifth entry into the franchise, with Anchor Bay on board to produce! Read on for more news on the Tall Man's latest adventure.

iF Magazine writes:

"With the vast amounts of horror remakes already made and the well drying up quickly on what can be done that’s new, one of the last storied horror franchises, PHANTASM, seems a likely target as one of the next films to be re-imagined in Hollywood.

However, PHANTASM director Don Coscarelli says the chances of that happening aren’t likely at least in the immediate future. “I’m reluctant to push forward with anything because I as well as the original cast have created a lot of good will with the fan base and I’ve seen some of the remakes and some of them have really gone south,” Coscarelli says. “They have damaged the original franchises and the original movies to a point that it is a real worry.”

Yet Coscarelli says it would be an opportunity to open the film up to new audiences and generate interest in the original films. While Coscarelli has had discussion with some studios, the chances of seeing a PHANTASM remake any time in the near future is highly unlikely.

“There aren’t a lot of franchises left to remake,” Coscarelli says. “There is desire out there to get it done but nothing has felt right so far. It may happen one day but right now it is not in the cards.”

However, the same cannot be said about PHANTASM 5 as Coscarelli says he already has a completed script for the film and really would love to work with the original cast one more time.

“I would love to work with them again,” Coscarelli says. “Anchor Bay is starting to finance movies and they are eager to get us to make another film but it is a function to find the time.”"

Source: iF Magazine

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	superfry 9:51pm, March 22, 2007 PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT YES!At last,someone with some integrity!I tip my hat to you,Mr.Coscarelli.Thanks for not letting someone crap all over YOUR franchise.You're a good man amongst money-grubbing franchise raping assholes.To bad no one asked HIM to do the HALLOWEEN remake.
	kadath 10:35pm, March 22, 2007 PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT I hope they really do go ahead with part 5. Fuck remakes, give us a real ending to the Phantasm saga!
	Dr. Herbert West 12:31am, March 23, 2007 PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT A fifth movie would be awesome! I heard rumors about it years ago and it was apparently going to have Bruce Campbell as an army general or something like that, but nothing ever became of it. I am not the biggest Phantasm fan, but it would be a hell of a lot better to make a new entry in the series than another remake. Remakes are getting really old.
	J-Syxx 12:58pm, March 23, 2007 PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT Wow, maybe there is a god.
	biledemon3 2:25pm, March 23, 2007 PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT Cool. I love the phantasm movies and We have been waiting for part 5 for a long LONG time now!
	nathaniel rogers 8:34pm, March 23, 2007 PROFILE - MESSAGE - REPORT its about time someone decided to back dons vision with some real trust.

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