The only John Carpenter film to be nominated for an Academy Award was 1984’s Starman, which nabbed Jeff Bridges a Best Actor in a Leading Role nomination. In the sci-fi film, Bridges’ titular “Starman” arrives on Earth and ultimately impregnates a human woman, played by Karen Allen. Talk about sequel potential, am I right?
Like Carpenter’s Halloween, Bridges hopes that Starman someday gets a decades-later sequel, and the actor tells The Wrap that he’d love to return and reunite with Allen for such a film.
“It’s all set up, very much like [Big] Lebowski, like the Little Dude. The Dude in the oven,” Bridges told the site. “In Starman, Karen Allen, she’s got a bun in the oven as well.”
“Karen Allen and I have been jammin’ on different ideas,” he added.
As you may recall, “Stranger Things” producer Shawn Levy was attached to direct a Starman reboot/remake a couple years back. Bridges, to date, hasn’t been contacted to return.
“I was a little disappointed to hear that they’re making a sequel to it already, I think it’s underway… or they’re redoing it or something. … I don’t think we’ve been contacted. I don’t know if John has, but I’d be curious,” Bridges explained to the site.
Levy himself offered up a statement to the site, updating on the status of his Starman.
“Starman is very much in the script development stage still and the timeline for if and when it will go into production is still unclear,” Levy revealed. “As a huge fan of the original film and these incredible actors, I would absolutely do everything in my power to involve them in some meaningful way, should I get the privilege of telling a new version of this amazing and poignant story.”