Kevin Bacon shared some bad news this weekend for all of the Tremors fans out there who were excited about his upcoming television series based on the franchise: Syfy has decided to pass on the series- which was set to take place 25 years after the events of the original film- after a pilot episode was produced. Bacon took to his Instagram account to explain the news to his fans:
Via Variety, Blumhouse Pictures is cooking up something scary with Kevin Bacon to produce and star in the horror-thriller You Should Have Left with David Koepp as director from his own script for Jason Blum’s namesake company, Blumhouse Productions.
Based on Daniel Kehlmann’s 2017 novel of the same name, the story centers on a screenwriter in a remote house in the Alps working on the follow-up to his hit film. The main character starts to lose his bearings due to unexplained occurrences.
Bacon initiated the project by bringing it to Koepp and the duo optioned the project to Blumhouse.
If you’ve felt some rumbling beneath your feet in the last few days, it may not be just those pesky earthquakes that seem to be more prevalent around the globe. On Tuesday Universal Pictures released the first official trailer for the next installment in the Tremors timeline Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell, which will be the fifth sequel to the 1990 cult favorite. The release was announced by actor Michael Gross on his main Facebook page, complete with link (see below.)
The Tremors 6 project was initially announced back in September of 2016, again on Gross’ Facebook page. Also included in the cast and joining Gross’ mainstay lead character Burt Gummer is Scream‘s Jamie Kennedy and Lost Boys: The Thirst star Tanya van Graan. In this installment, Gummer and his son Travis Welker (Kennedy) travel to Canada to investigate a series of giant worm attacks which have confounded locals. Tremors 6 was directed by Don Michael Paul, who was also involved in the most recent sequel, Tremors 5: Bloodlines.
The Tremors franchise continues to roll. With an early 2018 release for the sixth installment in the film series, Syfy’s upcoming Tremors television series is making news as well. According to Deadline, the show (which will star Hollywood heavyweight and film veteran Kevin Bacon) has signed on John Ellison Conlee (Medium, Boardwalk Empire) to the cast. He will join a project that already features Shiloh Fernandez (Evil Dead), Toks Olagundoye (Castle) and, of course, Bacon.
Conlee will play Harlan Maylor, who is the best friend of Valentine McKee (Bacon) and his closest ally in the battle against the mutant sand creatures. Living a healthy and positive lifestyle, Harlan will be a productive counter-balance to McKee’s alcoholic haze of guns and depression as they risk their lives to secure the town of Perfection Valley, Nevada from the killer worms. Conlee brings a background of theater acting to the show as well, having starred on Broadway in the stage productions of The Full Monty and 1776, among others. SyFy is really classing up this horror-comedy franchise!
Kevin Bacon has been talking about wanting to return to the world of Tremors in the form of a television series for over a year. Based on his recent, comments it sounds like this dream will soon become reality! He recently told Screen that Syfy has ordered a pilot episode for a planned eight episode series to be produced by Bacon and Jason Blum (Insidious, Split, Whiplash).
Here’s what Bacon had to say about the development:
“We are going to do a pilot for Syfy… It’s the only character I’ve ever played that I was interested in exploring 25 years later. It is a really good movie… I don’t go back and watch my movies but because we were doing this one, I had to go back and look at it. It’s just the idea of this loser who is living a very ordinary life and has an extraordinary experience with these monsters and becomes, for a moment, a hero.”
For the legions of fans of the horror movie franchise Tremors, we at HNN have some terrific news for you. Not one, but TWO big projects are currently in pre-production that will continue the story arc for the Tremors universe. As has been rumored for some time now, there will be a Tremors 6 and it will begin shooting shortly. Michael Gross, the Family Ties alum who plays hero Burt Gummer in the movie series, confirmed this news on his Facebook page on Tuesday, September 20th. This announcement was music to the ears of all hardcore followers of the campy monster movie franchise.
In an interview with Collider’s Christina Radish, Kevin Bacon reported that the long-rumored Television adaptation of Tremors is in development at Amazon. No timetable or production update was offered, but the announcement gives fans of the sand worn cult classic hope that the series will eventually “come up for air” on the streaming service.
Bacon discussed the unlikely home video and cable hit, marveling that “It did become a real classic. It was also at a time when the VHS was exploding. Movies took on a life of their own. The last thing you wanted, in that point in our industry, was to have a movie go straight to VHS. Tremors did not perform at the box office, but it did great on VHS.”
Check out this terrifying clip of THE DARKNESS:
Directed by Greg McLean
Written by Greg McLean, Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause
Starring Kevin Bacon, Radha Mitchell, David Mazouz, Lucy Fry, Matt Walsh and Jennifer Morrison
Produced by Jason Blum, Bianca Martino and Matt Kaplan
THE DARKNESS will open in theaters Friday, May 13, 2016
Watch the trailer:
From the director of the cult classic, WOLF CREEK, Greg McLean, comes the supernatural thriller THE DARKNESS, opening nationwide ?May 13th, 2016. As a family returns home from vacation at the Grand Canyon, they innocently bring home a supernatural force that preys off their own fears and vulnerabilities, threatening to destroy them from within, while consuming their lives with terrifying consequences.
From the director of the cult classic, WOLF CREEK, Greg McLean, comes the supernatural thriller THE DARKNESS, opening nationwide May 13th, 2016. As a family returns home from vacation at the Grand Canyon, they innocently bring home a supernatural force that preys off their own fears and vulnerabilities, threatening to destroy them from within, while consuming their lives with terrifying consequences.
https://youtu.be/5GJl4QVzFT8
Directed by Greg McLean
Written by Greg McLean, Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause
Blumhouse Tilt Presents THE DARKNESS, Starring Kevin Bacon – Watch the Trailer!
https://youtu.be/FDhoqY1grJY
Directed by Greg McLean
Written by Greg McLean, Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause
Starring Kevin Bacon, Radha Mitchell, David Mazouz, Lucy Fry, Matt Walsh and Jennifer Morrison
Produced by Jason Blum, Bianca Martino and Matt Kaplan
v
From the director of the cult classic, WOLF CREEK, Greg McLean, comes the supernatural thriller THE DARKNESS, opening nationwide May 13th, 2016. As a family returns home from vacation at the Grand Canyon, they innocently bring home a supernatural force that preys off their own fears and vulnerabilities, threatening to destroy them from within, while consuming their lives with terrifying consequences.