We know for sure that Danny and Michael Philippou, the sibling directing duo behind the Australian horror filmTalk to Me(read our review atTHIS LINK, watch our interview with the directors in the embed above) are going to be making a sequel to that movie. The film not only racked up over $90 million at the global box office, it also earned praise from the likes of Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Jordan Peele, George Miller, and Ari Aster… so it was no surprise when A24announcedthey had given a greenlight to the a follow-up, titledTalk 2 Me. But two years have passed and there’s no sign of the sequel going into production any time soon, as the Philippous have been busy with a different horror project, Bring Her Back (which reaches theatres on May 30th). Now, the directors have revealed that they actually have two different Talk 2 Me scripts to choose between – but they’re not sure it’s going to be their next movie.
Talk to Memarked the feature directorial debut of the Philippou brothers, who havea following of almost 7 million subscribers on their YouTube channelRackaRacka. The film has the following synopsis:When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.Danny Philippou wrote the screenplay forTalk to Mewith Bill Hinzman, who just happens to share a name with the late actor who played the Cemetery Ghoul in George A. Romero’sNight of the Living Deadand later made his own zombie movie withFleshEater. Danny Philippou and this non-ghoulish Hinzman have been working on the scripts forTalk 2 Me, and the Philippou brothers will be directing the sequel together.
Speaking with our friends at Bloody Disgusting, the Philippous said, “We have two versions of the script for Talk to Me 2 that are focusing on two different sets of characters that are in two different places. (We’re) equally excited about both. There’s one scene in one of them that (we) think will be one of the best things (we) ever shoot. It’s so horrific.” The brothers are already trying to figure out how they’re going to be able to shoot this horrific moment practically. “So those conversations are happening, but it’s about stepping away from the world and then coming back into it super reinvigorated. So that’s why we didn’t do that next.” And it still might not be next, because Danny Philippou is “writing another horror movie at the moment, which I adore so much. And it feels like it’s huge. So there’s that. And then I think would be Talk to Me 2.“
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Source: Bloody Disgusting
Tags: aith, Arrow in the head, Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou, Talk to Me
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