What is it about Woody Harrelson movies that make people speculate so insanely about their sequel potential? First it’s Defendor, and now we’re talking a Zombieland sequel!
Okay, I freely admit that Zombieland is like an order of magnitude greater in the commercial potential department than Defendor can ever hope to be, but for crying out loud, Zombieland hasn’t even been released yet. To talk about a sequel–as much as we’re all probably going to want one; it’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that this will OWN its weekend–at this stage of the game is wildly premature.
Woody himself says it best:
“I think one key thing for when they want to do a sequel is that the movie is successful. Since this once hasn’t even opened, I don’t think they’re going to talk about sequel yet.”
Exactly. Thank you, Woody. I really hadn’t thought you were this level-headed, what with your hemp nonsense and all, but that’s a QFT if ever I saw one.
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Wow, talk about putting the cart before the horse–this is putting the cart before the invention of the WHEEL. We don’t even have a proper release date yet for the first installation of Woody Harrelson’s offbeat comic book hero romp, and here we are, looking at a sequel.
Now, the interesting part about the tentatively titled Defendors is that it won’t star Harrelson–and might not even have him involved at all–but would rather focus on a group of wanna-be super heroes who revere the Defendor legacy of pursuing Captain Industry, and want to carry on where Arther Poppington left off.
I happen to think that this is fourteen different kinds of awesome stuffed into a five pound sack. Quite literally. I’m eager enough to see Defendor as it is–if they’re already working on a sequel, then maybe I can get a Defendor installment every year, the way I get a Saw sequel.
I suppose that’s probably asking entirely too much, but hey–nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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Hot off her role in Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Kat Dennings is in negotiations to join the cast of Defendor.
She is hoping to join Woody Harrelson and Sandra Oh in the film which tells the story of a regular guy who believes he has a secret superhero identity.
Dennings will play a teenager he befriends. It is being directed by Peter Stebbings; shooting will begin next month.
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Kat Dennings, stars in the film Nick and Norah’s Infinite opened in theaters this weekend and is in third 
place for the Box Office score, is in negotiations to join Woody Harrelson and Sandra Oh in Defendor.
Defendor is scripted by Peter Stebbings and is making his directorial debut. The story focuses on a regular guy (Harrelson) who believes he has a secret superhero identity. Dennings will play a teenager he befriends, while Oh is cast as his psychiatrist – must be the villain.
Filming starts next month in Toronto.
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