While he admits that he once thought it was going to end his career, these days Kevin Bacon looks back on the 1990 creature feature Tremors with nothing but fondness. In fact, Bacon recently reprised the role of Valentine McKee for the pilot episode of a Tremors television series that never got off the ground. And he’s not giving up hope just yet.
Chatting with Esquire for a new interview piece that ran this week, Bacon reflects on the legacy of Tremors, while also noting that he’s still hungry to return to the franchise proper.
“It was one film of mine that I wanted to revisit that character. I don’t look back at all. In fact, Tremors is the only movie of mine that I have rewatched since it’s come out,” Bacon explains.
He continues, “We were around the 25 year anniversary. I went to Blumhouse, and they were totally into the idea. Universal didn’t want to remake it as a feature and also maybe because it didn’t work as a feature the first time. So we put it aside. Then they came back to me and said, ‘What would you think about doing it as a series?’” Alas, that SYFY project never came to be.
“I would still love to do it, believe me. Maybe it needs to be the 30th anniversary or the 35th. We’ll keep going,” Bacon tells Esquire, still very much keeping that hope alive.
With Michael Gross at the helm, the original Tremors franchise just released its seventh installment last year. To date, Bacon has only appeared in the original movie.
source https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3666160/kevin-bacon-still-hungry-return-tremors-franchise/
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