It appears that The Butterfly Effect 3 has begun production… before I figured out that a second one even existed. We get the news this morning, from our friends at the moviehole:
A second straight-to-video sequel to the Ashton Kutcher/Time-Travel Mindfuck “The Butterfly Effect” is in the works.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, “The Butterfly Effect 3” (two points to the geniuses in the title department!), will actually get a short theatrical release (After Dark Films, which will distribute it theatrically in the U.S. as part of its After Dark Horrorfest “8 Films to Die For” series) before it goes wide at, er, Blockbuster.
I didn’t think The Butterfly Effect would be a film that would have a sequel at all, never mind a deuce. I suppose the film had a big enough audience to warrant the direct to DVD spinoffs, otherwise they wouldn’t happen; but I wouldn’t have guessed it. I am interested at the number crunching that goes into a direct to DVD film; how a film is selected for a direct to DVD launch would be a cool thing to find out
The glut of direct to DVD films will eventually give us some gold – but it’s going to take a lot of mining through garbage.
I think it is high time I went to the grocery store and looked in the bargain bin for some discount DVD gems.
