Scary Movie is Turning Into the Land Before Time
Filed under: Comedy, Horror, RumorMonger, Scripts, Remakes and Sequels
I was in a Suncoast Video store not very long ago, and I saw a collector's edition of the Land Before Time movies. The box, which contained every
LBT film made thus far, was roughly the size of a Hummer. The big one, not the new H2. I believe David Zucker and company (who have taken over the franchise from the
Wayans) are trying to match that feat with the Scary Movie
line. Part 4 has yet to hit the theaters (it'll be there on the 14th of this month) and Zucker has already announced
his intentions to create a 5th.
Zucker told Sci Fi Wire that it will
be a while before script writing will officially start, however, because ... well ... they need to wait for more films
to parody. Zucker said he and his team wait to see the audience reaction to any given horror film, and only include
those that do well. The Ring 2, for instance, will not be
lampooned by the Scary Movie franchise. And of course, Zucker is also hard at work on a Superhero!
spoof film, which will take any possibly scary superhero film moments out of contention for inclusion in the Scary
Movie line.
Honestly, I have yet to see any of the Scary Movie films, and I think I'll be
rather content to keep it that way. Not that I dislike Zucker (I rather enjoy his work, in fact), I just don't watch
hardly any horror flicks, so most of the spoof hilarity would be lost on me. Now the Superhero film will
likely be a different story...
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4-14-2006 @ 3:11AM
Jon Blake said...
It's funny to run into this short look at the series, mainly due to the fact that I am currently working on a piece on parodies and how the subgenre (of comedy) has become a growing trend in the film industry; in it, I make an argument of why it's a bad trend, and will approach other staff members about their thoughts on my surmise. Funny comparison; I can't wait until Scary Movie 13! *sarcasm*
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