Do not Anticipate a ‘Shaun of the Lifeless’ Sequel, Says Edgar Wright

Edgar Wright’s Shaun of the Dead had its twentieth birthday final 12 months, and in case you’re somebody considering it ought to have a followup, your hopes should stay simply that.

Whereas doing promo for his upcoming movie The Working Man, Polygon requested the British filmmaker if he’d ever thought-about a second movie. He politely declined the notion, explaining that he and longtime artistic companion Simon Pegg don’t really feel like there’s any gasoline within the tank for extra Shaun adventures. In his eyes, numerous sequels “don’t actually earn their hold as a result of all of the story has been advised within the first film. […] Shaun goes from being a type of unhappy sack to being a hero by the tip of the film. So it’s very tough to start out the subsequent film when there’s no apparent arc.”

Wright’s filmography exhibits he’s probably not a sequel man to start with—the closest factor could be his Cornetto trilogy, or debatably Scott Pilgrim Takes Off—however the zombie style’s been no stranger to continuations. The Strolling Lifeless’s had multiple spinoffs and sequel collection through the years, and Zombieland, a film typically in comparison with Shaun of the Lifeless, grew to become a mini-franchise with a TV spinoff and sequel movie again in 2019. It’s additionally not like we haven’t change into used to decades-later sequels showing out of the blue, a lot of them from Disney as of late.

So far as Shaun’s involved, Wright stated he’s “not just lately” been approached with doing a sequel, which he’s simply advantageous with. Pegg’s equally content with leaving Shaun behind, saying in Could the movie must be left alone utterly, additionally quashing any concepts of a reboot. To him, Shaun’s arc wrapped neatly on the movie’s finish, and a second “can find yourself spoiling the unique, as a result of whenever you watch the unique once more, you’re considering, ‘Effectively they’re gonna undergo this different factor.’ The decision stops having any which means.”

That being stated, Pegg and Wright beforehand pitched joke sequels the place the characters struggle vampires up in Edinborough or do one thing utterly totally different in an alternate universe. Enjoyable thought workout routines, however the two are clearly advantageous leaving these concepts of their heads.

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