Kevin Bacon Interested In Tremors Reboot/Sequel For Cinema?

It's been a while now since we last heard anything about the alleged Tremors reboot/sequel, last we heard Don Michael Paul was on his way to South Africa, where the film was rumoured to film. But now there's word, from the horse's mouth, that Kevin Bacon might be interested in a follow-up as well.

It was brought to my attention by the author of Seeking Perfection: The Unofficial Guide to Tremors, Jonathan Melville, that Kevin Bacon talked about wanting to revisit the Tremors universe in an interview with the Huffington Post. He goes on to say:

I have a real dream right now, which is to reboot [Tremors] and see the character twenty five years down the line, and see what that guy may have become.

He also talks about how he at the point of filming Tremors felt it was the lowpoint of his career, but that after recently watching the film again found it to be quite fun and entertaining. But what's perhaps most interesting is that what Kevin Bacon is talking about in his quote is a sequel, yet using the term reboot. Which was also done by Don Michael Paul in his now-deleted blog post where he first talked about doing Tremors. The concept Bacon comes up with here is quite different from what Stampede has talked about before, though, which is a film just about Burt Gummer in Australia, with no one else from previous installments present. But perhaps this is what the alleged rewrites were about? Making room for Valentine McKee to return in some capacity. Perhaps he lives in Australia?

Could Kevin Bacon have been in talks with Universal about a Tremors sequel/reboot? Unlikely, at least for this currently rumoured production, but it does seem awfully coincidental that Bacon is talking about it just around the same time. It might also further explain a certain part of Don Michael Paul's tweet about going to South Africa.

The quest begins!!!! London to Johanessburg in search of the illusive silver nitrate dream!!!!
— Don Michael Paul (@donmichaelpaul) August 11, 2014

I initially thought that "illusive silver nitrate dream" was just a reference to that silver nitrate is used in photography, but I also played with the thought that it could be a reference to "the silver screen" which the cinema is often called. Why would Don Michael Paul be in the search of the "illusive silver nitrate dream" if he just means directing a film, he's already directed quite a few home releases. I also doubt that Kevin Bacon would come back for a film that goes straight to home release, or rather that Universal would waste him on such a release. Is Tremors coming back to the big screen? Probably not, but it's fun to speculate.

You can watch the interview below:

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