It’s a sad day around The Movie Blog studios my friends. For years now I’ve been pumped and excited about any notion that a sequel to the amazing Bubba Ho-Tep may be in development. The film itself is indeed in development, but it will not have the man who made it what it was… Bruce Campbell.
Bruce has now come out 100% to confirm that he has turned down Bubba Nosferatu and the Curse of the She Vampires, and that he’s not going to change his mind. My heart just broke a little bit. The folks over at Fangoria talked to Bruce and reported the following:
“[BUBBA NOSFERATU] is dead to me,” Campbell said flatly. “It sleeps with the fishes. Don Coscarelli is a very passionate filmmaker. We got to a few points [developing the screenplay] that we couldn’t reconcile. I want to keep our friendship, so we parted ways. So I’m not part of that project.” So will BUBBA NOSFERATU move forward without Campbell? Coscarelli told Fango that he is considering recasting the film with another actor whom the fans would embrace, but he admits that it will be a tall order to fill Campbell’s shoes.
I’m not going to lie to you folks… this is nothing short of shattering to me. I respect Bruce for turning the roll down, instead of accepting it and then fighting with the director… but still… Why Bruce Why????
It’s no secret that I think any actor is replaceable… that just because one actor played a part once, doesn’t mean another actor can’t step in an also play the part. I still think that. However, it will be tough as hell to do that with THIS role. A part of Elvis in the first Bubba movie was very much Bruce. The movie was sort of shaped around Bruce… and part of the insane following it got on DVD afterwards was due to Bruce. Can another Bubba film be done without Bruce? Yes… it is possible… but it will be one tall order to fill… even with Paul Giamatti in it.
