A modest little filme called The Strangers managed to elude my attention amidst this summer rush of Blockbusters, but it is being hailed as quite the success. The Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman film had a $9 million budget and made about $54million. Score!
So in good Hollywood form, there will be a sequel.
Rogue Pictures has set in motion a sequel to its summer hit “The Strangers” and has set Bryan Bertino to return to write the script.
Bertino wrote the original and made his directing debut on the film; it’s yet to be determined whether he’ll helm the sequel.
The expectation is that Liv Tyler, along with several of the original villains, will return. Production is being slated for early 2009.
I wonder about the sequel stigma affecting this movie. I hadn’t even heard of the first one, and now I imagine with its success the stars would want to see a little more cash for the sequel raising its production costs.
With the exception of some major blockbuster titles, most sequels are not as successful as the first.
But with news of a sequel are you curious to seek out the first one?? I know I suddenly want to check it out.
