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Danielle Harris on the Future of the ‘Hatchet’ Franchise; “There’s Supposed to Be Two More”
Beginning with Hatchet II, horror icon Danielle Harris took over the role of Marybeth Dunstan in Adam Green‘s throwback slasher franchise, and she reprised the role in both Hatchet III and the more recent sequel Victor Crowley. Of course, Harris only made a brief cameo appearance at the end of Crowley, teasing a likely return as the main character in a future sequel.
Or future sequels, perhaps…
Harris was asked about the future of the Hatchet franchise at Monster Mania 44 earlier this month, and the actress suggested that we may be seeing two more sequels in the near future.
“There’s supposed to be two more,” Harris told the convention’s attendees.
She continued, “I know the rumor Adam told me is they’re going to shoot them at the same time. I have not read a script or done anything, I just know that he always makes me do really stupid shit. And a lot of it. So hopefully I’m not going to be handcuffed an entire movie this time, or covered in… It’s completely insane, what he has me do. But I know there’s supposed to be two more, which is great.”
Last September, Green himself had noted that Victor Crowley‘s success was likely to result in more Hatchet sequels in the future, so we’ll keep you posted if/when we learn more!
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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