Don’t Expect a ‘Shaun of the Dead’ Sequel, Says Edgar Wright

By Edgar Wright Shaun of the Dead It had its 20th birthday last year, and if you’re wondering if there should be a follow-up, you better hope so.

While promoting his upcoming film running man, polygon asked the British filmmaker if he would ever consider a second film. He politely rejected the idea, explaining that he and longtime creative partner Simon Pegg didn’t think there was any more gas in the tank. Sean Adventure In his eyes, many sequels “don’t really earn their keep because all the stories are told in the first movie. […] Sean goes from being a sad sack to a hero by the end of the movie. So it’s very difficult to start the next movie when there’s no obvious pressure.”

Wright’s filmography shows that he’s not really a sequel guy to begin with—the closest thing he’ll ever get. Crescent Trilogy, or arguably Scott Pilgrim takes off–But the zombie genre is no stranger to continuity. The Walking Dead was Multiple spinoffs and sequel series over the years, and Zombieland, A movie is often compared Shaun of the Dead, Became a mini-franchise with a TV spinoff and sequel film in 2019. It’s not even that we haven’t gotten used to it Sequels decades later Appeared out of the blue, from many of them Disney as of late

as far as Sean’s Concerned, Wright said he’s been approached about doing a sequel “not recently,” which he’s fine with. Peg’s Equally content with leaving Sean Back, May said the film should be left alone entirely, also ruling out any idea of ​​a reboot. To him, Shawn’s arc is wrapped up nicely at the end of the film, and a second “can ruin the original, because when you watch the original again, you’re thinking, ‘Well they’re going to go through this other thing.’ The resolution ceases to have any meaning.”

That being said, Pegg and Wright pitched earlier Comedy sequel Where the characters fight vampires in Edinburgh or do something completely different in an alternate universe. Fun thought exercise, but two are obviously fine with these ideas in mind.

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