When I first broke the news on the official Stampede Entertainment fan forum last week someone linked me over to a Q&A Michael Gross did at a screening of Tremors. Someone asked if he was open to doing a Tremors 5 and Michael quite openly replied that there was a script for Tremors 5 by the original writes, like we've known for a while, and that there's been increased interest in it at Universal recently. Even going as far as saying that it could be filmed this September for an early 2015 release. This was a bit contradictory to the statement from Don Michael Paul, as a reboot most likely wouldn't use the script for a sequel, and probably wouldn't include the leading actor of the franchise.
But like I said, today I got a reply from Stampede Entertainment, and they do confirm that there has been "some discussion about Tremors 5 at Universal". They goes on to say that they can't comment any further until they know more, but will post to their site "if/when things become definite". What I find the most interesting here is that despite me asking about a Tremors reboot, they distinctly say that it is a "Tremors 5" that is being talked about. What makes it even more interesting is that the blog post at Don Michael Paul's site describing his plans to reboot the Tremors franchise has been taken down. His blog is still there, but the specific post has been removed, probably due to Universal not yet having green lit the project.
All I have to say is that I am much more excited now. It seems that if this does indeed happen, we might get a Tremors 5, a legit sequel, some time next year rather than a reboot. And it does seem that indeed Stampede Entertainment is involved in at least some capacity, as it seems it is their script that is going to be used. Let's face it, it's going to most likely be all CG and corny one-liners, but at least it will have Burt Gummer and the original writers behind it. And that's a lot better than what we were facing last week.
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