With Michael Gross at the helm, the original Tremors franchise released its seventh installment back in 2020, and all has been quiet on that front for the past few years. Of course, Kevin Bacon is still itching to bring that small screen “Tremors” TV series to life, but we haven’t heard of any forward momentum on that project. So what’s the latest on Tremors?
Daily Dead has done some research and they managed to dig up information on a planned Tremors reboot from director Bill Watterson (Dave Made a Maze) that never came to life.
According to Daily Dead’s Heather Wixson, Universal 1440 Entertainment was behind the cancelled reboot, and Wixson obtained some insights directly from Bill Watterson.
Wixson writes, “While Watterson couldn’t fully elaborate on any exact details surrounding the project due to legal reasons, he did confirm that the project had been greenlit by Universal 1440 Entertainment but was no longer moving forward.”
“Watterson also shared his thoughts on getting to be a part of a new Tremors project, explaining that it was something that he was extremely enthusiastic about doing, that he was proud of the work that he had put into the reboot, and that he knows that Tremors fans would have flipped over what he had planned for this new film,” the Daily Dead article continues.
According to the article, Watterson’s planned Tremors movie was going to push for more practical effects than recent sequels, and the project had at least gotten to the early stage of references videos, breakdowns and a draft deck. Granted, it doesn’t sound like it got too far along in that process, but it’s interesting to hear of the cancelled project’s existence.
We can be pretty sure that it won’t be long before Universal brings the Graboids back to the screen for another adventure, but at this time all is still quiet on that front. Stay tuned…
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