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'Donnie Darko' Sequel Already Cast and Ready to Roll?!
Friday, May 9, 2008


By: MrDisgusting
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One of my favorite cult films of all-time is Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko - and still I find this news a little disturbing. According to Screen Daily Fox has recently scored North American rights to S. Darko, a sequel to the film, which picks up seven years after the last film left off. You can read all about the casting and story details by reading on. How do you guys feel about this one? Im stilly iffy...

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."

The project starts shooting May 18.

Two other new projects that Velvet Octopus are selling in Cannes are Sam's Story and Garfield's Fun Fest.

Sam's Story, directed by Miriam Kruishoop, will star Neve Campbell and Gabriel Macht (soon to appear as Frank Miller's The Spirit) in the story of a party girl who grows up and falls in love with a single dad. The UK/Nethlerlands co-production is produced by Black Book's San Fu Maltha with Molly Hassell. It will shoot this summer.

Garfield's Fun Fest is a continuation of the cartoon cat adventures, this time full CG animated (not a live-action combination as with the recent Fox hits). The US/Korean production from The Animation Picture Co. is directed by Mark Dippe and Kyung Ho Lee. Jim Davis wrote the script with the Altiere Bros. The voice cast features Frank Welker.

Velvet Octopus' Cannes sales slate also includes UK genre film Cockneys vs Zombies, Demian Lichtenstein's $25m Relentless 3D starring Karl Urban, animated projects The Legend Of Spyro and Outback 3D, Gabor Csupo's The Secret Of Moonacre (now in post) and Emily Young's Veronika Decides To Die starring Sarah Michelle Gellar (which starts shooting May 12).

Source: Screen Daily

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Read 37 User Comments
Trioxin83
5:37pm, May 9, 2008

are you freakin serious??? Donnie Darko does not need a sequal, this is bullsh*t

nickmeece
5:37pm, May 9, 2008

Hmm...I don't know...

Death Bed
5:46pm, May 9, 2008

DO NOT WANT.

Thommy Razor
5:48pm, May 9, 2008

Fuck a whole bunch of that shit.

coldblood
5:53pm, May 9, 2008

I agree with the other people here in saying that the person who came up with this idea should be forced to fuck a porcupine in front of his parents. Well, mabey they didn't say those words exactly but that's what they meant.

deadlover
6:08pm, May 9, 2008

dumbdumbdumbdumbdumb

youarethedishes
6:08pm, May 9, 2008

this movie is the worst idea since Greedo shooting first.

DJGQ
6:11pm, May 9, 2008

I actually think this is a really good idea. Just kidding.

HorrorMaven
6:33pm, May 9, 2008

The first film was perfect. Leave it at that. This sequel (especially without Kelly's consent) will be 100 miles of lame.

gambler333
6:40pm, May 9, 2008

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!.... No....NnnnOO...

slapyou
6:48pm, May 9, 2008

This is the biggest piece of gay in years.

Wharmon
6:57pm, May 9, 2008

This sequel idea is worthless. Just fucking worthless. The first one came full circle upon itself with plenty of closure. I don't see how there could be more to the story. This is the most worthless idea I've heard in a long time, I mean, this goes way beyond the adaptation of The Lawnmower Man.

BellPepper
7:18pm, May 9, 2008

DO NOT WANT. Donnie Darko is perfect the way it is. The rest of Richard Kelley's movie were crap. Besides, why now?

Grime
7:25pm, May 9, 2008

DD is such a great movie and has been picking up steam ever since 2004 (I know it came out in 01, but people suck). Because of $ there was bound to be a sequel. I hope it's a least interesting.

disanti
8:05pm, May 9, 2008

Prime Example of how a Sequel can "Cash In" even worse than a re-make. Wow!

drmodem
8:41pm, May 9, 2008

What a disgusting idea.

magnaderalpha
8:49pm, May 9, 2008

Sequels can only crash in worse than a remake if the original movie didn't leave anything open for a sequel. Yeah, Donnie Darko ended on a perfect note, hence a sequel, even at it's best, is just extra crap. But other series, which were left open, a sequel is better than a remake, ANYTIME!!

Mikie
9:02pm, May 9, 2008

it just makes the first one better. I welcome it whatever.

schizophrenic-kyle
9:14pm, May 9, 2008

ill be sure to check it out in theaters (im so bummed i never heard of the first one until a year or so ago and didnt see it) but im pretty sure that this is going to blow. this is one of the very few films that i think should never have a sequel. as for the whole bullshit open the film to a new generation thats the dumbest excuse ive heard. the original is seriously less than 5 fucking years old. even the little shits i know would watch a movie that 'old' (apparently if its older than them its not worth watching, i gave them a good smack for that heh heh)

biledemon3
10:24pm, May 9, 2008

this is crap.

ultrazilla2000
11:53pm, May 9, 2008

I didn't realize you could really milk a dead cow...until now!

elbastardo1b
12:12am, May 10, 2008

?

BloodFlow
12:27am, May 10, 2008

WHAT THE FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK???????????????????????????? ????????? WOW. Hey Hollywood, kiss my gory ass!!!! Are you kidding me??? You can't possibly explain the "smurfette origin" twice. Kiss my nuts, bitches! Nobody's going to see this (and don't you dare bring Frank back). I'm gonna puke now...

I'LLEATYOURFUCKINGFACE
1:26am, May 10, 2008

THIS IS THE FUCKING WORST IDEA I'VE EVER HEARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK THIS

MikeOutWest
3:09am, May 10, 2008

I seriously doubt that this was a spec script. I can't imagine any writer in his right mind would submit a Donnie Darko sequel. This was probably an already prepared script that the studio was dithering about until someone said, you know, if we change the lead character into Donnie Darko's younger sister...we might have a sequel! My prediction is that the movie will turn out okay, but will have fared just as well, if not better, without the Darko tag. But even then, it's going to end up damaging the power of the first movie. I thought the whole point of the first movie was that Donnie was different and unique to all those around him. Even the school bullies left him alone because of the freaky vibes he gave off. It was one of the things that made him endearing to the audience. But any idea of a sequel (and especially the road they seem to be going down) is basically saying, no, he wasn't quite so different afterall - look, even his kid sister is the same now she's gone through puberty.

Suicide-and-Cocaine
3:14am, May 10, 2008

They can't do this to Donnie! Why must Hollywood ass-holes ruin shuch good movies with crappy and unwanted/unneeded sequels?

Rose Moyer
4:42am, May 10, 2008

Dear Hollywood, Stop ruining my life. Thank you.

Slasher Freak
9:44am, May 10, 2008

I was surprised when I read this news yesterday in another source. Donnie Darko doesn't need a sequel or spin-off whatever u wanna call it. Atleast, Daveigh Chase will play Samantha again.I hope now that she is 18 she knows what a "fuck ass" is!

BrokenAlchemist9
9:49am, May 10, 2008

Alright, normally i am one to say, a sequal cant ruin the original...and normally ill say, sure ill give it a chance...BUT THIS IS FUCKING REDICULOUS!!! Donnie Darko is way to fucking perfect to be touched by anything, no sequal, no remake...This is BULLSHIT!!!

shitbuster
12:57pm, May 10, 2008

Am I the only one who is interested by this idea? I must be high on weed or something.

The Winchester
2:51pm, May 10, 2008

If a Darko sequel is inevitable wouldn't you rather someone actually trying to make it something decent? If pulled off, it could be something reasonably entertaining, and not just Butterfly Effect 2.

BuffaloBill06
3:25pm, May 10, 2008

Well hearing this news doesn't change the fact that Donnie Darko is one my all time favorite movies & it doesn't ruin my life like some people are claiming (get over it), but the movie really doesn't need a sequel & the idea sounds pretty lame. If the trailer looks promising I might check it out...though doubtful.

darkdescent
4:58pm, May 10, 2008

The Darko universe begins and ends with Richard Kelly. The fact that he's not writing the script makes this sequel nothing more than a fan-fic being adapted into a film. Complete waste of time and money.

KameronG
5:16pm, May 10, 2008

It was a good movie, but honestly, it wasn't that great. A sequel won't make it any better, but I mean, it's not like they are really dethroning an amazing movie. Call me crazy, I just don't have a boner for this movie like most people blindly do.

redcapjack
5:20pm, May 10, 2008

Donnie Darko was one of those movies that you either loved or just felt indifferent about. And saying there's no room for a sequel is kind of close-minded. Why wouldn't his sister be different? Why wouldn't she have been affected by his sacrafice that ultimately saved her life? Why wouldn't there be a reason for her life to have some further meaning? Personally, I'll probably wait and see about this movie... I didn't really like Donnie Darko and thought there were way too many loose ends left dangling by the end of the film. As much as I did get, I still thought alot was left undone.

bastardson
5:57am, May 11, 2008

what a fucking lame idea! donnie does not need a sequel its perfect! why dontyou get of ur fat lazt hollywood asses & come up with somethign original for a change instead of remakes & sequels!

blacknumber
12:56am, May 12, 2008

it could be alright. we just have to wait and see.


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Donnie Darko: Director's Cut

STARRING: Jake Gyllenhaal Maggie Gyllenhaa Patrick Swayze Daveigh Chase Jena Malone Drew Barrymore
DIRECTOR: Richard Kelly
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