Asfugen Heigen A Sphotzfier, Harry here and I seem to be having a bit of a problem with the concept of a prequel to LOST BOYS set in Victorian San Francisco.... and then a HITCHER sequel or prequel just doesn't sound good either... One of the things that made both of these films cool was that they were stand alones. Single stories in time.... a film that told a story that could be told in a single film... I hate it when sequels are being made for sequel's sake when there was no need to continue the tale... Do we really care what happens to C Thomas Howell at the end of THE HITCHER... do we need to know where he goes next, or how this screws him up in 15 years? Do you really want to see a LOST BOYS set in the pre-San Francisco Earthquake period... Set in the King Vidor... SAN FRANCISCO... same as it always been... SAN FRANCISCO? I don't know... well, JoBlo's Arrow In The Head tackled screenwriter Eric Red and questioned him about these projects and more... enjoy...
Hey Harer!
Now I'm not sure if you remember this dude or not, but our man Arrow from "Arrow in the Head" (Found Here) recently had the opportunity to talk at length with screenwriter/director Eric Red, the man behind THE HITCHER, NEAR DARK, BAD MOON and a few other ditties.
The whole interview can be found here (it's quite long!): Click Here To Read The Entire Interview
Anyway, the interview is pretty comprehensive of his entire career, but also touches on rumors/facts of THE HITCHER 2 and THE LOST BOYS 2 and FLATLINERS 2 and VINDICATOR, his "superhero" project coming up. Here are somes sound-bytes:
HITCHER 2 news:
ERIC RED: There’s been an attempt to get a sequel to "The Hitcher" going but the rights to the projects have gone back and forth between Charlie Meeker, who was one of the producers on the original, Steve White and I think Fred Heber for quite some time. But virtually over ten years it’s been a subject of lawsuits and the project has not developed in any kind of organized fashion. I think they might have gotten a script done.
ARROW: You didn’t write it?
ERIC RED: No, as a matter of fact I was never approached.
ARROW: What???
ERID RED: I had the contractual rights of first refusal on the script and for whatever reason back in 1993, I relinquished those rights. I was doing other projects and really didn’t want to cover the same ground again. I didn’t think a sequel would be as good as the first one and I still don’t. But in retrospect, I should’ve maintained those rights so I would’ve been able to assert some control over the development of the sequel. The process has proceeded in such a disorganized fashion and so much time has gone by, I don’t think it’s in the best interest to make a franchise out of it. LOST BOYS 2 & FLATLINERS 2 news:
ARROW: Did you really write a "Lost Boys 2" script?
ERIC RED: I did.
ARROW: And were you hired by Warner Brothers to write it?
ERIC RED: Joel Schumacher actually hired me. I did "Lost Boys 2" and "Flatliners 2".
ARROW: Was "Lost Boys 2" a prequel?
ERIC RED: Yes, it was a prequel set at the turn of the century in San Francisco about a vampire that comes from middle Europe and meets the five kids who eventually become the vampires in "The Lost Boys". It was about how they become involved with this sort of Dracula, Vlad the Impaler character, and each one by one become vampires. It was great fun, a real period spectacle and it ended with the big earthquake.
ARROW: "Lost Boys 2" been buzzing for years, how come it never came through?
ERIC RED: I don’t know. But it’s a good script full of action scenes and it was a great deal of fun to write.
FUTURE PROJECTS:
ARROW: When are you coming back to the genre? I’ve been hearing "Vindicator"!
ERIC RED: "Vindicator" is a project I’ve developed with “Dark Horse” entertainment. We’re putting the financing together for it right now. It’s a superhero flick, not a horror flick. It’s a fairly realistic superhero picture about a comic book artist in New York City, sort of like Jack Kirby or Neil Adams or somebody like that. He’s badly assaulted in his apartment and his child is killed in the process. The man goes over the edge and decides to become a super hero himself, he dons a home made suit and starts going out at night.
ARROW: It sounds fairly dark.
ERIC RED: Yeah, it’s dark and exciting. The starting idea I had I guess was sort of like the Batman: Dark Knight thing where if somebody would really be a superhero, they’d be insane. I thought it was really interesting to create a character that’s both heroic on one hand but also part nuts on the other. The film is also about his confrontation with a group of police officers who are the bad guys in the picture. Adios moochachos!!
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