After 16 Years Of Waiting, We’re Finally Getting A Sequel To The Modern Cult Classic

By : Dominic La-Viola

The year was 2009, and horror was starting to peak once more. Following up the remakes of “Halloween” and “Prom Night,” we got remakes of “Last House on the Left” and “The Hills Have Eyes.” 

Then we got the horror comedy that no one saw coming and literally no one asked for, or even really saw for that matter. (Myself excluded. I remember seeing it opening night.) Yet somehow won the Best Kiss award in 2010 at the MTV Movie Awards for the kiss between Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried. 

Which, I remember during the acceptance speech, Seyfried was thanking everyone for voting for them and how excited but surprised she wasthey won, as she knows not a lot of people have seen the movie. 

Now during the time of the film’s release, Fox was in the news, but not for anything good. She was recently fired from the “Transformers” series, which is the very series that made her the “it girl.” 

Despite it underperforming at the box office, since its release on physical media, the film has become a cult classic with a strong following. So with news of a sequel on the way, I believe a lot of people will be happy to hear it, while others may wonder what is “Jennifer’s Body”. 

The sequel is officially in the works. Director Karyn Kusama said  in an interview with Deadline: 

“I know she’s [Cody] working on it right now, and I’m very excited to hear what comes of it. I know some of the bones of it, so I’m not going to give anything away, but it sounds fun and crazy like the first film. And I have no doubt that Diablo will do something absolutely incredible with it.”

Now, with that being said, it’s yet to be confirmed if the studio is even going to greenlight the project at this time. Although it is said that both Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried are excited and willing to return to do a sequel. 

With that being said, it was 20th Century Fox that produced the first film, which means it’s the House of the Mouse that owns the rights now. The question then remains: would they want to risk a potential failure to revive a cult classic? 

Given their track record and their desire to milk IP’s they could very much go for it. I mean, remakes and sequels are still very much profitable, especially in the horror genre. I mean look at the box office so far this year. 9/10 of the highest grossing films are remakes, sequels or reboots. 

Source :Deadline