When io9 interviewed Danny and Michael Philippou—the siblings behind Discuss to Me, the summer season’s scariest film—they described the “mythology bible” they assembled to maintain observe of the story’s many creepy spirits. Now, it appears additionally they picked up their cameras to create further contextual materials.
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In the event you’ve seen Discuss to Me (and for those who haven’t, this isn’t a spoiler), it opens with a scene that foreshadows what’ll occur to the film’s core characters as soon as they arrive into contact with a sure embalmed hand. We see a younger man attempting to trace down his brother, Duckett, who’s been performing very unusual. Nearly like he’s possessed. Then, issues get scary and violent actually quick—setting the tone as Discuss to Me segues into its predominant story.
Talking to the Hollywood Reporter, Danny Philippou defined there’s already an expanded model of that scene that might see the sunshine of day finally: “We really shot a whole Duckett prequel already. It’s informed completely by means of the angle of cell phones and social media, so perhaps down the road we will launch that.”
He went on to not-so-subtly recommend they’d be greater than able to make a sequel if the chance presents itself, almost repeating what he stated to io9, which was: “Even whereas writing the primary movie, I used to be writing scenes for the second movie; it’s thrilling to really feel like there’s an even bigger world and extra story to inform, which there’s. So if somebody had been to offer us funding for a second movie, I’d bounce on that. I’d love that a lot. It might be wonderful.” (The brothers, who’re hooked up to a Avenue Fighter film, even have extra unique concepts within the financial institution; as Danny added to THR, “We do have one other horror script referred to as Deliver Her Again that I’d like to make subsequent.”)
With the film already a success—and a last scene that completely leaves the door open for extra freaky adventures with that excellently harmful hand—right here’s hoping we get an replace on that Discuss to Me sequel quickly. And the “prequel” sounds prefer it’d make a nifty particular function as soon as Discuss to Me will get its residence launch. For now, it’s nonetheless poised to scare you foolish in theaters.
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