Jennifer’s Physique was initially thought of a failure upon its launch in 2009, however over the past sixteen years, the movie has developed a passionate cult following who’re demanding extra. Whereas talking with Deadline, director Karyn Kusama teased that screenwriter Diablo Cody is engaged on a Jennifer’s Physique sequel.
“I do know she’s engaged on it proper now, and I’m very excited to listen to what comes of it,” Kusama stated. “I do know a few of the bones of it, so I’m not going to offer something away, but it surely sounds enjoyable and loopy like the primary movie. And I’ve little doubt that Diablo will do one thing completely unbelievable with it.“
Jennifer’s Physique starred Megan Fox as a newly possessed high-school cheerleader who kills and devours her male classmates, with solely her childhood greatest good friend (Amanda Seyfried) standing in her method. The movie was famously mis-marketed by the studio, which primarily sought to capitalize on Fox’s intercourse enchantment. It did ultimately discover an viewers, and Kusama stated she’s “simply so grateful” for the movie’s new cult standing. “For the a part of me that has a wholesome ego that I attempt to hold in verify, to have Jennifer’s Physique be just like the antidote to a different basic movie that I worship,” she stated. “However the concept that Jennifer’s Physique could be someone’s Godfather, that simply tickles me all the way in which all the way down to my toes.“
Seyfried commented on the poor advertising and marketing earlier this 12 months. “If the critics criticize something, it could be the advertising and marketing,” she stated. “The advertising and marketing sucked. It simply did, and all of us agree…The advertising and marketing crew cheapened it, prefer it was simply, you already know, a romp. A gory romp. I believe they ruined it.“
Seyfried additionally thinks that the studio’s mishandling of Jennifer’s Physique was finally a disservice to each director Karyn Kusama and screenwriter Diablo Cody. “Karyn is a fierce advocate of ladies in storytelling. She is ready to improve the relationships between ladies on movie and TV. She’s capable of mine all the pieces she will, and he or she’s very, very human, and he or she’s very delicate…We have been expressing a sure angst in a really, very particular comedic method, in a really particular style.“
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