Screen Daily News is reporting that a
Donnie Darko sequel entitled
S. Darko is going into production on May 18th without Richard Kelly's involvement. The film will be produced and distributed through the UK based company Velvet Octopus and Chris Fisher will direct it. His previous films include
Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders and
Nightstalker.
Daviegh Chase is set to return as Donnie's younger sister. The story picks up seven years after Donnie's death, with his little sister Samantha and a friend traveling to Los Angeles where they experience a plaque of bizarre visions. Also joining the cast are Ed Westwick, Briana Evigan, and Justin Chatwin.
Fisher stated, "I am a great admirer of Richard Kelly's film and hope to create a similar world of blurred fantasy and reality." Velvet Octopus' Simon Crowe said of the project, "I think there is a new generation of cinema-goers who will be very excited to see this film. Donnie's not in it but there are meteorites and rabbits."
Production is set to begin on May 18th, 2008. Let the bitching begin...
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You all seemed to be pissed off and when you read what they've tried to do, including make the last 20 pages to the original copyrighted script disappear from the Copyright office, you're going to be REALLY pissed. But alas, the truth ALWAYS comes out. Iraq was noting more that a business beal and "Donnie Darko" is based on a real persons autobiography that was stolen. I couldn't say this unless it was true or they'd sue me and they're not!!
Read the site and you'll understand "Grandma Death," "traveling in God's channel" and "Frank." You'll also understand YOURSELF and everyone else around you! You'll also understand what "SouthLand Tales" was REALLY about, if you saw it, and will understand what "S DARKO" is GOING to be about even before you see it.
I'm initiating a class action lawsuit on behalf of every viewer of "Donnie Darko" and "Donnie Darko the Directors Cut." I need to stop the film 95 times or once every 80 seconds of film to explain it. The US government obstructed justice by causing the disappearance of the last 20 pages of the original script to "Donnie Darko" and by refusing to look at the evidence I presented. Read about "The Donnie Darko Scandal Conspiracy Cover Up and MURDER?" at
http://www.therealdonniedarko.com
Peace and Love
Eat A DICK!!
sincerly,
me
Eat A DICK!!
sincerly,
me
However, I will be open to this. The original cannot be topped and I won't be looking for as deep and complex of a plot as Donnie Darko had. But it looks like Frank is back (in some form) and that's a big enough incentive for me to at least rent the film out of curiosity.
This is shit, promise.
Oh, and CelluloidDreams, your analyzation of Richard Kelly is fucking retarded.
Best Films:
Zodiac
The Good Girl
Jarhead
October Sky
Proof
Moonlight Mile
Worst Films:
The Day After Tomorrow
Brokeback Mountain
Rendition
Donnie Darko
Highway
Bubble Boy
If your really a great admirer of Richard Kelly's work then don't do this sequel, walk away, sneak out in the middle of the night and we'll just forget this was ever mentioned.
...this is how good films get fucked up with shitty sequals
I am with Bean this is bullshit