Exclusive: Zac Efron to Star in ‘Firestarter’ Remake from Blumhouse, ‘Borat 2’ to Premiere on Amazon Prime Video in October, Timed to Election Day, It’s the Circle of Huh? A gargantuan klown marionette, Jojo the Klownzilla, descends from the ceiling, breaks free from its strings, and attacks the group.

The sequel was stuck in development hell. With Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, John Vernon. We wondered, should we do a sequel to the first one or do we do a remake? Narrowly escaping, Mike and Debbie travel to the police station to report the incident to Debbie's ex-boyfriend, Deputy Dave Hanson, and his curmudgeonly partner, Deputy Curtis Mooney. It’s also about freaking time we got a sequel. In October 2018, SyFy was in talks to produce a sequel but the talks failed as they couldn't acquire the rights as in November 2019, it turns out 20th Century Fox secretly bought the rights to the film and refused to sell it to SyFy. [5], The proposed title for the first sequel to the original film is Return of the Killer Klowns from Outer Space in 3D. The title song "Killer Klowns" was written and performed by the American punk rock band the Dickies and was released on their album Killer Klowns from Outer Space in 1988. I’m not about to be out here in public with a take like, “Forget Contagion, Killer Klowns from Outer Space Is the Must-Watch Movie of These Trying Times” because holy crap could you imagine? We came up with a 'requel' – it's a sequel and a remake. [29] FilmJerk publisher Edward Havens announced in September 2020 that he will be devoting an episode of his FilmJerk podcast to the movie, including a remembrance from one of the actors who played a Killer Klown during location shooting in Santa Cruz. I recently revisited Killer Klowns from Outer Space and not only does hold up in its commitment to B-movie shoddiness, but it also left me with a bunch of genuinely intriguing questions, presented here in descending order of importance: The natural, understandable instinct is that explaining more might ruin the fun, and that there’s no way the Chiodo Brothers—or anyone, really—could capture that extremely specific candy-colored lightning in a bottle twice. 20th Century Fox intended on creating the sequel, but its acquisition by the Disney Company blocked Fox's involvement in the project since Disney refused to let Fox create a Killer Klowns movie. © 2020 Collider Cryptomedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. (Venom isn’t really a cult movie, but Hardy’s performance belongs in one.)

Our editorial content is not influenced by any commissions we receive. [7], The Chiodo Brothers wanted to cast comedian Soupy Sales as the security guard killed by the clowns' acidic pies, as he was known for receiving pies in the face on his children's television show Lunch with Soupy Sales. Trying to Not Hate Disney

Stephen Chiodo in particular had tried to make a sequel for many years but it never got off the ground as every network he went to turned down the chance to materialize his project. Stephen Chiodo in particular had tried to make a sequel for many years but it never got off the ground as every network he went to turned down the chance to materialize his project. Soon after, a klown arrives at the station and Mooney arrests it, believing it to be a teen prankster. Back in town, the klowns arrive and begin capturing townspeople in cocoons using rayguns that resemble toys.