Fox Not Happy With Max Landis’ Script For ‘Chronicle 2′
Chronicle was one of this year’s surprise hits, and deservedly so. It’s a really fun movie that announced several major new talents like director Josh Trank who will be helming the upcoming Fantastic Four (with the talented Jeremy Slater steering the script). Other talented people who got a career boost out of the film include Dane Dehaan, Michael B. Jordan and Australian actor Alex Russell (the latter of whom is rumored to be returning for Chronicle 2).
Then there’s the credited writer, Max Landis. I’m not sure exactly how much of the film’s success he’s responsible for – Trank seemed to be the powerhouse there – but he’s certainly been enjoying a high profile since its release. Fox kept him onboard to draft Chronicle 2 and they don’t seem too happy with the results. The Playlist was speaking to John Landis (An American Werewolf In London, Blues Brothers) about his own film troubles when he decided to discuss his son’s recent problems. ““He wrote a sequel, and it’s amazing, and the studio read it and said, ‘We want ‘Chronicle’ again!’ And he said, ‘No, this is the sequel, it’s the evolution, and they said ‘No, we want that movie again!’ So it’s difficult, we’re dealing with a difficult business.”
I read a post on Collider that expressed some disappointment in Fox for being “unwilling to take risks with the sequel.” I also hate when studios refuse to take risks but, in this case, I’m guessing that they just didn’t like it. If you’ve seen Landis speak at conventions he doesn’t seem big on listening, which can complicate things when working with a studio.
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i really liked CHRONICLE too but if they just want to redo the movie we already saw then it’s disappointing to hear this. they NEED to branch out. i could have sworn i read something about others (maybe the military i think) being exposed to the meteor thing or something like that.
I bet you 600$ the script was fuckin solid, and prob violent, fox doesn’t want this, they just need a rehash of what we already had. And why do we need that, we want to see more ? not the same. I say max and and tank take this script with their own cash and get it made. Fuck studios they don’t know shit about making films neither does hollywood. I am so grateful when studios pick up very good creative ideas instead of remakes and rehash shit.
Now this is a movie I would love to see branch out and have more ideas. The way they just want to rehash it is just stupid imo.
Typical of a studio. Wants the same shit over and over again. Time to fight for a CONTINUATION of the story and not the same movie with different characters!