Friday, May 09, 2008

Happy April Fool's Day!

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I mean... this is a joke right? Via here:

"Donnie Darko sequel S. Darko starts shooting May 18

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)...

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." "

I mean... I refuse to take this as a legitimate story. REFUSE. I found this link via Cinematical and they seem to be trusting the story, but I just... nope. Not gonna do it. Look away; nothing to see here. La la la...
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5 comments:

FDot said...

Sadly, a number of places have appeared to pick up on this story. They all say basically the same thing, that's it's a sequel, theroad trip and it starts shooting on May 18th. Hopefully, on the 19th, it will be revealed as a hoax.

J.D. said...

Daveigh in a lead role, J.D., just focus on that, Daveigh in a lead role...

*fetal position*

Glenn said...

But fdot, in today's world if one place runs a story then so does everywhere and, especially if there are the exact same details in every piece about it then it's definitely something to not judge entirely.

This just sounds... ridiculous. Is anybody apart from Chase involved with this movie? Even the production studio is different, right?

Why couldn't they just ditch the Donnie aspect? Sounds perfectly mediocre teen horror/thriller then.

Herbaliscous said...

Yikes!. I know they aren't hugely reliable but Wikipedia have a stub on it. It includes some film artwork as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._Darko

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