Bruce Campbell Alert: Bubba Nosferatu
POSTED BY: MalsGirl
UPDATED: Friday, April 14, 2006 13:49
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I saw this over at scifi.com/scifiwire
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Bubba Nosferatu On Track
Director Don Coscarelli told SCI FI Wire that his once-scuttled plans for Bubba Nosferatu, a prequel to his monster-fighting Bubba Ho-tep movie, may be back on track after a series of major setbacks. First, the studio that owned the original title, MGM, was sold; then co-star Ossie Davis died last year. But what started off as a joke in the final frames of the 2002 cult hit may now be resurrected as a reality again, Coscarelli said in an interview.
"I'm putting a big effort into doing Bubba Nosferatu now," said Coscarelli, who wrote and directed the original dark comedy about an elderly Elvis (Bruce Campbell) and black John F. Kennedy (Davis) in a nursing home who fight an ancient Egyptian mummy curse.
"The project has a life of its own," said Coscarelli, who is working on the script in collaboration with writer Joe R. Lansdale, who came up with the original short story. "People seem to want it. We just have to get it finished. The whole idea of Bubba Nosferatu was a joke." The end of Bubba Ho-tep promised a sequel: Bubba Nosferatu: The Curse of the She-Vampire, starring Sebastian Haff, the fictional Elvis impersonator who supposedly switched places with the real Elvis and then wouldn't switch back.
The prequel will show the King in his 30s as he dabbles in the world of black magic and voodoo. "Bruce can't wait to put his Elvis jumpsuit back on again," Coscarelli said. "We hope to shoot this year."
Bubba Ho-tep got great buzz when it debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2002. Coscarelli started taking a follow-up movie seriously and turned the title into a prequel so that Campbell could play a younger Elvis without the prosthetics and hours of makeup required for Bubba Ho-tep.
Coscarelli said he was devastated by Davis' death and was sad he couldn't have the actor reprise his role. But, he promised, "Elvis will have a whole new set of companions as he battles these creatures." (BloodyDisgusting.com reported a rumor that Paul Giamatti is in line to play Elvis' legendary manager, Col. Tom Parker.) Coscarelli also teased that the potential franchise could continue on indefinitely. He's already throwing out a title for the third film, Bubba Sasquatch.
How exciting!
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I would be soooo cool if this were to happen. Fingers crossed....
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*Parks his Delorean*
I just saw it, you guys are gonna love it!
Marty Chrisisall
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Bubba Sasquatch? Surely we should be getting Bubba Werewolf to complete the trilogy? :D
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
*Parks his Delorean*
I just saw it, you guys are gonna love it!
Marty Chrisisall
Wait, what did you just see? You mean Bubba Ho-tep not nosferatu, right? Because yeah, nosferatu doesn't actually exist yet, so yeah dumb question, nevermind. But yeah! Bubba Ho-tep ROCKS! What a weird, great movie, especially for Bruce fans.
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Quote:Uh... Heheheh... The Delorean and Marty references were meant to indicate that Chrisisall just returned from the future... and had seen Bubba Nosferatu...
Originally posted by MalsGirl:Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
*Parks his Delorean*
I just saw it, you guys are gonna love it!
Marty Chrisisall
Wait, what did you just see? You mean Bubba Ho-tep not nosferatu, right? Because yeah, nosferatu doesn't actually exist yet, so yeah dumb question, nevermind. But yeah! Bubba Ho-tep ROCKS! What a weird, great movie, especially for Bruce fans.
(I thought it was hilariously done, Chrisisall.
)Rabit
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Originally posted by MalsGirl:Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
*Parks his Delorean*
I just saw it, you guys are gonna love it!
Marty Chrisisall
Wait, what did you just see? You mean Bubba Ho-tep not nosferatu, right? Because yeah, nosferatu doesn't actually exist yet, so yeah dumb question, nevermind. But yeah! Bubba Ho-tep ROCKS! What a weird, great movie, especially for Bruce fans.
I've found that this is a good movie even for non-Bruce fans! My mom liked it even...
Great movie!!
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Rented "Bubba Ho-Tep" a few months back --
how could I not? Now the
prequel / sequel
I'm waitin' for is...
Are yah ready?....
Bubbenstein!
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Originally posted by Rabit:
The Delorean and Marty references were meant to indicate that Chrisisall just returned from the future... and had seen Bubba Nosferatu...
The ultimate 'sneak' preview...
*Hopes he hasn't altered the timeline or anything*
The Docisall
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Chrisisall,
Why are you dilly-dallying around? Load that thing up and go un-cancel our Big Damn Heroes!
Bubba-BscPantherfan
So who is he?
He's my husband.
Well who in the damn galaxy ain't!
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