(L to R): Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried in ‘Jennifer’s Body’. Photo: 20th Century Fox.
Preview:
- Director Karyn Kusama has offered an update on the ‘Jennifer’s Body’ sequel.
- Original writer Diablo Cody is working on a script.
- The 2009 original has become a cult favorite.
While it may not have set the box office alight back in 2009 (partly due to some questionable marketing decisions), horror comedy ‘Jennifer’s Body’, which starred Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried, has become something of a cult classic.
And now its director, Karyn Kusama is confirming previous chatter that a sequel is in the works.
“She’s evil… and not just high school evil.”
Release Date: Sep 18, 2009
Run Time: 1 hr 47 min
Budget: $16,000,000
Talking to Deadline, Kusama revealed that she had spoken to Diablo Cody, who wrote the original and learned some details about the sequel –– more on that below.
She’s also happy that the movie has a following:
“I’m just so grateful that the film managed to find its audience, perhaps on a different timeline than any of us might have expected or hoped for, but I’m just so thankful that the work continues to speak to people. I’m just so satisfied by that.”
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What was the story of ‘Jennifer’s Body’?
Megan Fox in ‘Jennifer’s Body’. Photo: 20th Century Fox.
The 2009 film follows Jennifer Check (Fox), a demonically possessed high school student who kills her male classmates and devours their flesh in order to survive, while her bookworm best friend Anita “Needy” Lesnicki (Seyfried) must find a way to end her killing spree.
What has Karyn Kusama said about the sequel?
Amanda Seyfried in ‘Jennifer’s Body’. Photo: 20th Century Fox.
This was what Kusama had to say about the sequel following Cody saying she was ready to write it and Seyfried had teased the possibility of one:
“I know she’s working on it right now, and I’m very excited to hear what comes of it. I know some of the bones of it, so I’m not going to give anything away, but it sounds fun and crazy like the first film. And I have no doubt that Diablo will do something absolutely incredible with it.”
When will the ‘Jennifer’s Body’ sequel be on screens?
With the movie still at a very nascent stage, there is zero word on when it might start shooting, let alone arrive in theaters.
Megan Fox in ‘Jennifer’s Body’. Photo: 20th Century Fox.
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