A sequel to ‘Scary Stories to Tell within the Dark’ is within the works.
Director André Øvredal is again on board for the second installment of the spooky saga, whereas writers Dan and Kevin Hageman are additionally again on board for the challenge, which is a three way partnership between Paramount and Entertainment One.
The 2019 film was based mostly on an adaptation of Alvin Schwartz’s brief story collections, however with every of the three books that includes 25 to 29 tales and solely a handful used within the first movie, there will probably be loads of materials to attract on for the following installment.
The authentic movie – which took over $105 million worldwide – additionally included Guillermo Del Toro as a producer and author and he admitted he was ”actually excited” when requested to work on the challenge.
He beforehand mentioned: ”When CBS Films approached me about doing this film, I used to be actually excited. They’d carried out two screenplays earlier than, however I mentioned, ‘Let’s begin from scratch’. I’ve this concept that is very related to immediately. It’s an attention-grabbing method to see how tales form who we’re; about how when you launch a narrative, you possibly can’t get it again. Stories are like toothpaste: as soon as it is out, you possibly can’t put it again in. We tried to set it in a related time. A time by which lies, or tales, had been being advised to the USA and we had been engaged in a battle we did not perceive. That’s why we selected 1968 – 1969 as an ideal interval to set the story.”
Guillermo additionally admitted setting the story within the 60s allowed him and André to play with the horror parts of the plot, as trendy applied sciences reminiscent of cell telephones and Google would make the characters much less remoted from the world.
He mentioned: ”I believe there’s an enormous quantity of individuals telling tales about proper now. Huge! But I believe there’s magnificence in holding an indirect mirror. What had been the circumstances like again in 1969? Very completely different, so as an alternative of cellphones, we give them walkie-talkies. They can nonetheless talk, however they can not Google and so they cannot name 911 from the road.”
