One of our favorite post-apocalyptic genre films is Turbo Kid, the 2015 festival hit in which a comic book fan adopts the persona of his favorite hero to save his enthusiastic friend and fight a tyrannical overlord.
Following its successful release, directors Yoann-Karl Whissell, Anouk Whissell, and François Simard quickly revealed that they were developing a sequel, which would take place immediately after the events in the first film.
It’s been three years now, but the filmmakers are still hoping to get back behind the camera for a sequel.
“Well look, that’s been a long time coming,” producer Ant Timpson told Bloody Disgusting’s Boo Crew Podcast while out promoting his directorial debut, Come to Daddy, which opens in select theaters, VOD, and Digital on February 7, 2020.
“There’s a script for Turbo Kid 2. We want to make it, that’s all I can say,” he continues. “It’s really a case of finding the backers [financiers] because it’s way more ambitious. It’s kind of like Road Warrior‘s step up from Mad Max. It’s sort of that kind of ambition…you need a little bit more money than we had for the first film. They want to make that a dream project.”
It’s unclear if Munro Chambers and Laurence Leboeuf will be reprising their roles as “The Kid” and Apple, respectively, although it seems likely as they’re the first film’s main characters.
Check out the full Boo Crew interview with Timpson and Come to Daddy‘s star and producer Elijah Wood below. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, RSS.