The Chiodo Brothers (Stephen, Charles and Edward) have been talking about a potential Killer Klowns from Outer Space sequel for many, many years, hopeful to either make a new movie or a television series based on the 1988 horror-comedy cult classic. At one point, it seemed Syfy was working on a follow-up film, though it appears that project never materialized.
What I’ve gathered based on speaking to the brothers over the years is that MGM just hadn’t been very interested in the Klowns property, which would probably explain why they spent so many years doing absolutely nothing with it. But the good news is that the Killer Klowns property has been revived in some pretty fun ways in recent years, with the film spawning its own haunted house at Halloween Horror Nights and even a line of toys from Funko.
With Killer Klowns from Outer Space now streaming on Netflix, ComicBook.com caught up with producer/co-writer Edward Chiodo to see if he’s got any new updates to share.
Chiodo told the site, “We’re really just working with MGM on a way to make [something] happen. They’re eager to make something happen. I can’t say anything is active right now, especially in light of what’s going on with the [coronavirus pandemic], but we’re scheduled to have some conversations with them when we get through our projects right now.”
“[A reboot from different filmmakers is] certainly part of the conversation,” Chiodo continued. “Not that we claim to know everything, we do have a pretty unique understanding of how the Klowns operate and what that universe is. We’ve always worked with other filmmakers, other creative people, so we’d welcome the right opportunity to make that happen. There’s a lot of fun to be had with the concept. Like our ‘Trilogy in Four Parts,’ it’s very fun. There’s a certain dark comedy to the original that we were playing with. We love the genre, we’re having fun with the genre, we’re making fun of it, but not because we want to make fun of it, but because we love it and are embracing it. People are responding to that.”
He added, “Hopefully we get the opportunity to play with our ideas, but it would be really interesting…seeing some of the fan art, how they’ve taken it to a new vision, a new direction, maybe a little more visceral than we would ever take it…I think there is a great opportunity to take it to a new level and still honor the original and make it something that resonates with today’s audiences.”
How can you help make this happen? Well, streaming Killer Klowns from Outer Space on Netflix sure wouldn’t hurt. If the numbers are huge, perhaps Netflix will get an idea or two…
