Hatchet 4 Idea… Setting the Record Straight
Earlier today we ran a story in which Adam Green discussed a possible idea he had for a Hatchet sequel. Immediately the Internet lit up with nonsense. Before we get to that, though… let’s look at the quote from “The Movie Crypt” podcast where all this hoopla began.
While interviewing Patrick Lussier (director of Drive Angry, editor on Wes Craven’s New Nightmare, and so much more), Green stated the following about his aforementioned possible idea:
“It plays with the idea of Victor Crowley actually being a real thing – I lied and said I made it up but I really stole the story and now he’s coming to get everybody who worked on the movie,” Green explains, revealing his Hatchet sequel idea. “But he doesn’t really look like he did in the three — he’s really scary; it’s a little more paranormal. I just figured to go out with a bang and make it real and make it grounded and make him terrifying and not campy would have been really cool.”
The original article posted on Bloody Disgusting went on to suggest that Dark Sky turned down the story “because [they] didn’t want there to be an ending to the series.”
Here’s where all the ridiculousness started. Immediately other sites started picking up the story and twisting it into something that it’s not. Headlines hit the interwebs on sites ranging from “Adam Green wanted to rip off New Nightmare” to “Dark Sky passes on Adam Green’s Hatchet 4 pitch.”
There’s just one problem… none of that actually happened. In fact, this wasn’t even a pitch for Hatchet 4, it was an idea he had around the time of Hatchet 2. During the episode with Lussier from which all this originated, Adam brought up this idea because Lussier edited New Nightmare and then said why it didn’t happen. In fact, it’s nearly the very next line after Adam said what he did above. “Because of New Nightmare, I just didn’t want to do it. I just won’t do it. Everyone’s gonna say, ‘Oh, this is New Nightmare’.”
As for Dark Sky passing on the idea, they did no such thing. Adam continued, “I remember pitching that idea to Dark Sky, and they said, ‘If you do that, that’s the end. There’s nowhere left to go,” giving their opinion, but NOT passing on the idea. The bottom line is the Hatchet movies are Adam Green’s baby; if he wanted to end it that way, he would have ended it that way.
So really, guys, calm down. All is still well in the land Victor Crowley, and there are no failures to speak about. Just setting the record straight as you know Hatchet is one of our favorite franchises around these parts. Will Victor Crowley ever return? If he does, you’ll get the straight dope right here.
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