LAKE PLACID 2
I know that Fox is all excited about their new line of
direct-to-video B-movies, but surely they could dust off
something better than Lake freakin' Placid, right?
Directed by horror specialist Steve Miner and written by
the horror-deficient David E. Kelley, Lake Placid came
and went in the summer of 1999, thereby proving that
pretty much nobody wanted to see a giant croc horror
flick* starring Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda and Oliver
Platt. (The thing grossed just over $31 million before
apparently selling like hotcakes on DVD; otherwise I
wouldn't be reporting the impending arrival of a DTV
sequel.)
According to Moviehole, Fox is hoping that a giant croc
horror flick starring John Schneider, Cloris Leachman
and Chad Collins will do some solid business. To those
of you who might be worried that this franchise might be
headed in the wrong direction, fret not: The director is
Dave Flores, and after seeing what he did with Boa vs.
Python, I'm 100% certain that he's the guy to helm a
Lake Placid sequel. Shot in Bulgaria, Lake Placid 2 will
(of course) premiere on the Sci-Fi Channel some time
this year before hitting the DVD shelves with an audible
thud. And of course I'll be there to give it a rental.
From Cinematical.com |
