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Simon Pegg Once Wrote a Treatment for Sequel ‘From Dusk Till Shaun’
Given how beloved the film and characters quickly became, it’s somewhat surprising that a sequel was never made to 2004’s Shaun of the Dead. Instead, Edgar Wright admirably brought more original ideas to life, subsequently directing Hot Fuzz, The World’s End and most recently, Baby Driver.
But there was at least one point in time where Wright and Shaun star Simon Pegg contemplated making a sequel. One of the proposed titles? From Dusk Till Shaun!
In an extensive oral history piece on EW, Pegg teased what could’ve been.
“I jokingly wrote a treatment for From Dusk Till Shaun, which was a sequel to Shaun of the Dead,” Pegg recalled. “It was all about Shaun and Ed having to go up to Edinburgh, or something. I don’t know. It was ridiculous. And it was a joke. It wasn’t like a serious pitch. Edgar thought it would be funny to do the film again, but with vampires.”
“But it was all just pub talk,” he added.
Wright also laid out another potential sequel plan that was discussed.
“There was a brief idea we had, that we entertained for all of like 72 hours, where I thought you could do an alternate reality sequel,” Wright told EW. “It basically starts with the same movie but then it becomes not about zombies. But these films, they take three years. So, it’s like, if you’re doing another movie, let’s do something completely different.”
At this time, no actual sequel plans seem to be in motion.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s prog rock anthem Karn Evil 9 has inspired a dystopian sci-fi movie that’s now in development, Variety reports today.
What’s more is that it’s found its writer and director.
Isaac Ezban (Párvulos, Evil Eye) is attached to direct the script by Tim Hedrick (Avatar: The Last Airbender).
Per the official synopsis, “When Zak, a brilliant but troubled musical prodigy, is invited to perform at a major music festival simulcast in the world’s most popular video game, he is shocked to discover the game’s mysterious creator may be using him to promote a terrifying new technology. In a harrowing twist, our hero comes to believe that this technology may be of inestimable benefit to humanity, and he is hunted by ruthless, anti-technology mercenaries.”
Karn Evil 9 is being developed by Radar Pictures with the cooperation of Emerson, Lake & Palmer and the band’s management.
“This is, quite literally, a miracle of a movie and just the kind of movie I had always dreamt of directing: It’s both an original and a very epic piece of science fiction that deals with a relevant subject through a completely new lens,” Ezban said in a statement. “This is actually a story where AI might be our biggest ally, and the bad guys are … well, I won´t say more … Hedrick’s magnificent script feels very human, unique, fresh, unpredictable, gripping and deeply touching and beautiful all at the same time … Bringing this story to life with the incredibly gifted team of Radar Pictures is truly a dream come true.”
Ezban’s comments and the plot synopsis bring Disney’s Tron to mind, but with a more mature genre slant.
“I have been obsessed with this music ever since I spotted the iconic H.R. Giger album cover lurking in my cool older cousin’s vinyl collection,” Hedrick added in a statement. “‘Karn Evil 9’ predates ‘The Matrix’ and ‘The Terminator,’ but it anticipates both of those films, as well as our present moment of technological chaos. I can’t wait to explore this world.”
Stay tuned for more.
Emerson Lake & Palmer’s Brain Salad Surgery album cover
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