We just lately celebrated the 22-year anniversary of Neil Marshall’s Canine Troopers right here on Bloody Disgusting, a fan-favorite werewolf film that’s nonetheless with out a sequel. Whereas a promising replace on the anticipated sequel would quickly comply with, the filmmaker took to Instagram this afternoon with disappointing information.
Canine Troopers pit troopers up in opposition to werewolves within the Scotland wilderness, and a trilogy of movies was the unique plan. In truth, it had been introduced again in 2004 that Canine Troopers: Recent Meat was within the works. In fact, that by no means ended up coming to fruition.
Whereas Marshall was arduous at work attempting to get the sequel greenlit, it appears as if all plans have fallen by means of. The director shared a fanmade poster for the sequel on social media and detailed that, regardless of valiant efforts, Canine Troopers 2 is now not within the works.
“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I have to announce that this teaser poster might be as shut as we’ll ever get to a Canine Troopers sequel. Since so many followers maintain asking, I figured I couldn’t maintain the disappointing information to myself any longer. Your unwavering loyalty deserves higher. For the previous 6 years myself and authentic UK producer of Canine Troopers, Christopher Figg, have been working tirelessly to barter for the rights to make a sequel with the US Producer/rights holder David E. Allen and his firm Sprint. 6 years!! That’s so long as it took to write down and make the primary film. Sadly these negotiations got here to a sudden and sudden halt when, earlier this 12 months, we had been resulting from finalize and signal the agreements and….they disappeared. Vanished. Lower off all communication. Refuse to reply emails or calls. Why, you ask. I don’t know why. That’s the purpose. We merely don’t know what occurred or why, however the finish result’s that we don’t have the rights to make a sequel with out this deal in place, thus rendering it successfully useless. I’m sorry. We tried. We actually did. And in Chris Figg’s case spent some huge cash on authorized charges doing so. We needed this for you. For all of the numerous followers who’ve requested for it. However ultimately, maybe it’s simply not meant to be. The unique movie was lightning in a bottle, and maybe lightning doesn’t, and in some circumstances shouldn’t, strike twice,” Marshall wrote on Instagram.
Within the 2002 movie, “A gaggle of troopers, within the Scottish Highlands on a particular coaching expedition, encounters a severely injured Captain Richard Ryan – the one survivor of a Particular Ops squad that was torn to items. Ryan refuses to reveal his mission, despite the fact that it’s obvious that no matter attacked his males was extremely vicious and intensely harmful. An area lady, Megan, shelters the lads in an remoted farmhouse deep within the woods. The troopers quickly notice that they’re surrounded by a pack of blood-lusting werewolves, and that they’re about to face the battle of their lives.”
Kevin McKidd (Trainspotting), Sean Pertwee (Occasion Horizon), Emma Cleasby (Doomsday) and Liam Cunningham (Sport of Thrones) starred.
Paul Le wrote right here on BD earlier this 12 months, “The unbelievable highs of werewolf horror make up for the various, many lows. And after twenty-plus years, Canine Troopers stays a benchmark.”
