When io9 interviewed Danny and Michael Philippou—the siblings behind Speak to Me, the summer time’s scariest film—they described the “mythology bible” they assembled to maintain monitor of the story’s many creepy spirits. Now, it appears additionally they picked up their cameras to create further contextual materials.
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If you happen to’ve seen Speak to Me (and when you haven’t, this isn’t a spoiler), you understand it opens with a scene that foreshadows what’ll occur to the film’s core characters as soon as they arrive into contact with a sure embalmed hand. We see a younger man attempting to trace down his brother, Duckett, who’s been performing very unusual. Virtually like he’s possessed. Then, issues get scary and violent actually quick—setting the tone as Speak to Me segues into its primary story.
Talking to the Hollywood Reporter, Danny Philippou defined there’s already an expanded model of that scene that might see the sunshine of day ultimately: “We really shot a whole Duckett prequel already. It’s instructed completely by the angle of cell phones and social media, so possibly down the road we will launch that.”
He went on to not-so-subtly counsel they’d be greater than able to make a sequel if the chance presents itself, almost repeating what he stated to io9, which was: “Even whereas writing the primary movie, I used to be writing scenes for the second movie; it’s thrilling to really feel like there’s an even bigger world and extra story to inform, which there’s. So if somebody have been to present us funding for a second movie, I might leap on that. I’d love that a lot. It will be wonderful.” (The brothers, who’re connected to a Avenue Fighter film, even have extra unique concepts within the financial institution; as Danny added to THR, “We do have one other horror script known as Deliver Her Again that I’d like to make subsequent.”)
With the film already a success—and a ultimate scene that completely leaves the door open for extra freaky adventures with that excellently harmful hand—right here’s hoping we get an replace on that Speak to Me sequel quickly. And the “prequel” sounds prefer it’d make a nifty particular function as soon as Speak to Me will get its residence launch. For now, it’s nonetheless poised to scare you foolish in theaters.
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