What we know about the completion of television David Zasslav was killed

If there is one thing that can be guaranteed, it is almost certain as the sun will rise in the morning, it is that Hollywood will make a complement to a successful horror movie. Heck, sometimes they will make a sequence of films that were not successful in the first place just because the horror is very cheap for its production. ((See just “Leprechaun” and many of its followersUnfortunately, it does not always work in this way. If that happens, we will have a supplement for “Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil” now. It turns out, we Be able to You had a supplement, if David Zasslav did not have the CEO of Warner Bruce Discovery.

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I had the opportunity recently to speak with Director Elie Craig in honor of his new movie, “The Clown in the Corn Field”. During the conversation, we touched on attempts to have a complement to his classic worship “Tucker and Dale” made over the years. Although he was under development at different points, he never started from the ground.

“Frankly,” Taker and Dail 2 “died on the death of more than the kids of the college in” Taker and Dale “,” Craig mocked. “We had many versions that have almost came out of their feet or, for one reason or another, were killed. We really re -looked at the box office, the actual box office, for the film.”

For those who may need to be activated, the original films centered on a pair of fake hills called Tucker (Alan Tudyk) and Dale (Tyler Labine) who spend leave in the mountainous junior cabin when they make mistakes by a group of university children. Hadam is bloody and funny. Speak further, Craig revealed that they were This is close To get a supplement made for cable TV before pulling the zaslav plug:

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“It was always a struggle, and then when we prepare it, and we collect all the pieces together, it is killed in one way or another. We almost made a TV program that was on TNT/TBS, and you will be happy to know that David Zaslav, Slayer of all cinema (laughs), and came in the final nail in the tucker and Dale.

Although we do not have time to go to Zasslav as an executive director, as head of the discovery of Warner Bruce, He has unloaded billions of dollars from film and television projects in recent years. The most famous, the movie “Batgirl” has already eliminated to remove a tax, and the company did the same for “Scoob! Holiday Hold”. Zaslav tried to do so again “Coyote Vs. Acme,” only for Ketchup Entertainment to save the movie After months.

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The main thing to be understood is that zaslav is brutal like any executive official when it comes to killing projects, regardless of their whereabouts. For what it deserves, Craig officially started Development of a copy of “Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil 2” in 2014. In the end, this turned into a small screen copy after several years. Craig also told me how the show was, and it seemed very useful for fans of these characters:

“The TV program was more like – it will not exist anymore – but it was more like Tucker and Delil, but the investigators. The investigator Takr and Del, like, trying to know what is happening in a world where they always make mistakes and people around them die (…) It was Alan and Tyler, and it was … yes (procession) what can he say?”

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In fact, he would have got Tudyk and Labine to restore their roles in this TV version. It also seems to be a great way to expand these characters with a TV friend. It seems that it is not different from what the SyFY and USA network did with “Chucky”, which has turned largelyAccording to the general consensus.

As for why Zasslav decided to kill the offer? Craig has not entered the details, but these things always reach dollars and cents. Cable TV is a more difficult work than ever in the era of broadcasting and cutting rope, With viewers ’drop every year. With Warner Bros. concentration. Discovery on money saving, maybe they have been seen as an investment that has been very risky to justify it.

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To the previous point of Crigue, “Tucker and Dale” was not at all success at the box office, but it is taken in its own life over the past decade and changed it on DVD, Blu-ray and broadcast. It is a real classic horror comedyAnd the box office numbers alone are not a good representation of the potential audience for the completion of this movie. However, the director told the fans to keep hope alive:

“I have gone through a lot of deaths. There is a part of me who thinks it can be the first and last movie that I do at all. Maybe I will move on pedestrians with Tucker and Dale and we love,” We are doing this! “I did not completely give up the idea.

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You can hear the full interview in today’s episode of The /Film Daily Podcast:

“Clown in the Corn Field” in theaters now.