Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer's upcoming remake of Stephen King's PET SEMATARY held its World Premiere at SXSW last weekend and is all set to hit a theater near you like an Orinoco truck next weekend. And today we already have word that another film might be in the works. No not another PET SEMATARY TWO, although I'd love it. No, this time the powers that be behind the scenes are thinking that the best way to go is with a prequel… because that worked out so well for STAR WARS.
Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura:
I generally don’t start thinking about [sequels] until they’re a success. I think if there’s anything here, there’s a prequel. I think if you look at the book, we didn’t cover all that stuff that happens before the Creed family moves in. So, I think there’s a movie there, and I think I’d be particularly interested in doing that, because, again, it’s the source material and you are going toward something that also has a lot of crazy, creepy feelings about it.
I can only hope that Bonaventura is hinting at a movie based around the Timmy Baterman subplot from King's novel and Mary Lambert's original film. But maybe not. Maybe he means something more in line with a Wendigo flick. Shrugs. Maybe we'll find out one of these days.
Directed by Kolsch and Widmyer, PET SEMATARY stars Jason Clarke as Louis Creed, Amy Seimetz as Rachel Creed, Hugo and Lucas Lavoie as Gage Creed, Jeté Laurence as Ellie Creed, Obssa Ahmed as Victor Pascow, Alyssa Brooke Levine as Zelda, and Lithgow as Jud.
Based on the seminal horror novel by Stephen King, Pet Sematary follows Dr. Louis Creed (Jason Clarke), who, after relocating with his wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz) and their two young children from Boston to rural Maine, discovers a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near the family’s new home. When tragedy strikes, Louis turns to his unusual neighbor, Jud Crandall (John Lithgow), setting off a perilous chain reaction that unleashes an unfathomable evil with horrific consequences.
King wrote the screenplay adaptation for the '89 film himself. This time the script was written by Jeff Buhler, who previously wrote the Clive Barker adaptation THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN, developed the George R.R. Martin story Nightflyers into a television series, and wrote a remake of JACOB'S LADDER that has yet to be released. We'll let you know once we hear more on the remake but until then let us know what you think thus far below!
The remake has been slapped with an R-rating via the MPAA for "horror violence, bloody images, and some language." PET SEMATARY opens in theaters near us on April 5th. Don't forget to check out our set visit HERE and our review HERE.