Burt Gummer is coming back… a bit later than we expected.
While Syfy is hard at work casting their “Tremors” TV series (starring Kevin Bacon!), let’s not forget that a sixth installment in the film franchise is also in the works. Filming wrapped earlier this year on director Don Michael Paul’s tentatively titled Tremors 6, and star Michael Gross just provided a bit of an update today.
In a post over on Facebook, Gross noted that Tremors 6 is no longer releasing on January 30, 2018. Instead, it’s headed our way in May of next year.
“Owing to background noise, some of Burt Gummer’s lines could not be salvaged from the original Tremors 6 production track, requiring I do some ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement),” Gross wrote. “I watch the image repeatedly, listening to the original production track on headphones, and re-perform each line to match the wording and lip movement—which can be challenging.”
Gross added, “This next Tremors film is scheduled to arrive in May, 2018.”
In the new film…
“Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) and his son Travis Welker (Jamie Kennedy) find themselves up to their ears in Graboids and Ass-Blasters when they head to Canada to investigate a series of deadly giant-worm attacks. Arriving at a remote research facility in the artic tundra, Burt begins to suspect that Graboids are secretly being weaponized, but before he can prove his theory, he is sidelined by Graboid venom. With just 48 hours to live, the only hope is to create an antidote from fresh venom — but to do that, someone will have to figure out how to milk a Graboid!”
Gross and Kennedy are joined by franchise newcomers Tanya van Graan (Death Race: Inferno), Rob van Vuuren (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom) and Greg Kriek (Momentum).
John Whelpley (Tremors 5: Bloodlines) wrote the script.
