Caffeinated Clint
Writer talks potential sequel
More sequel scuttlebutt…
Apparently this “Behind the Mask” movie is already winning fans – a buddy over at JoBlo was telling me it was quite a good little movie, too – so the writer’s chomping at the bit to offer up seconds.
Penner David J.Stieve tells Icons of Fright, “Obviously the focus of that or the metaphor involved there, as it happened with Nathan as an actor or Scott as a director, or me as a writer, it’s how do you handle that ‘freshman phenom/rookie of the year’ type thing!” Stieve poses. “That’s the symbolism at play; how does Leslie handle his success? And of course you have the whole genre-specific constructions and conventions of a horror sequel. There’s specific conventions involved with every killer that comes back. How the town reacts, who the people are that survive, and who fills what role coming around again…so there are all these very specific genre expectations for a sequel that are ripe for the picking but there’s obviously the metaphor of how does Leslie as the ‘artist’ handle his fame, does he handle it well, does he burn out too quick, keep himself in check, does he do it right? There’s a very rich soil to till from a storytelling standpoint.”
So, um, yeah…
And, of course, I don’t know what the heck he’s talking about… having not seen the film.
