Sequel Bits: James Wan And Leigh Whannell Back For ‘Insidious 2’, ‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’ On Track To Shoot This Year
AnInsidioussequel has been all but inevitable ever since the film grossed $97 million worldwide on a $1.5 million budget, putting cartoon dollar signs in studio execs' eyes. We got our first sign that the wheels were in motion when Sonylocked downrelated domain names like insidious2movie.com late last year, and now things are officially moving forward. DirectorJames Wanand scribeLeigh Whannellare in talks to return for a newInsidiousfilm, withJason Blumset to produce.Brian Kavanaugh Jones,Oren Peli, andSteven Schneiderwill executive produce.
There’s no word yet on whether starsPatrick WilsonandRose Byrnewill reprise their roles for the sequel. But for what it’s worth, Wilson apparently likes working with Wan — the two are already planning to reunite fora different horror project, formerly titledThe Conjuring. No plot details forInsidious 2(or whatever it’ll be called) have been revealed at this time, though the first film’s ending could easily serve as a setup for a follow-up.
After the jump,Bridget Jones’s Babyhits a speed bump but plans to soldier on.
“Reports that Hugh Grant has exitedBridget Jones’s Babyare untrue,” Bevan said. “We are still working on the script hence the delay to the start of production, but the film is going ahead as planned.”
Script problems aren’t the only snag the project has encountered lately. DirectorPaul FeigdepartedBridget Joneslast fall over creative differences, withThe Full MontyhelmerPeter Cattaneotaking overhis place in late November. It’s unclear how long production will be pushed back, but Firth in particular has a busy schedule that could prove troublesome, withThe Railway Manand Atom Egoyan’sThe Devil’s Knotlined up for his near future.
