Sequel weirdness...

Yep. The script exists. There is a long, drawn out, involved production history, as there often is with movies that "almost' happened. Roger Watkins was heavily involved with the process and was going to direct it before his untimely passing. We were looking for the financing when that happened. I had written the script, Toe tag pictures were producing and doing effects, Roger was directing again, there was debate on weather or not he would act in it again. that was never totally addressed. A few horror names were approached about roles but never finalized as the budget was not in place when Roger passed. Once he passed the directorial reigns were shifted around several times, eventually decided to land in my lap. We worked for quite a few more months on it before it collapsed completely.

The script is easily the darkest thing I have ever written and will probably remain that way. It may end up rewritten as something else down the road, or maybe get made. Who knows at this point. This project collapsing was one of the biggest, most bitter disappointments of my filmmaking careers, next to Roger dying, which was horrible in and of itself.

The "silence" on the project was simply because we didn't want to be premature and announce something without financing, and as it turned out, for good reason. As for the speculation of VanBebber's Involvement, he had nothing whatsoever to do with this project at all.

So this is the story from the horses mouth. I've heard rumors of other filmmakers trying to make LHODES2 but ours was the official deal, sanctioned by the man himself. the only reason I even wrote it in the first place was to give him back the many things that time took away from him on the first film, such as the original title and a lot of the subtext he felt got lost along the way.

Godspeed Roger Watkins. I do indeed miss you.

Andy Copp