If you’re already missing the sandworms of Dune or Beetlejuice, the third most iconic movie sandworm is suddenly prepped to make a bizarre comeback. Although there were several direct-to-video sequels to the 1990 film Tremors, the makers of the original are poised to throw out all that continuity and utterly reboot the franchise with a new sequel. It’s been a long time coming, but it appears that after 34 years, Tremors fans are about to return to Perfection, Nevada. The only question now is, will Kevin Bacon return as Val McKee? Because if he does, a Tremors reboot could end up being the best legacy sequel of the modern age.
According to Fangoria original screenwriters of Tremors, S.S. Wilson and Brent Maddock, have, after a long battle, regained the copyright to the first film in the franchise. Speaking at a Tremors convention called TremorsFest, Wilson said: “What we have now, just got, are the rights to our original screenplay. That’s good, we can remake [Tremors] if we want to.”
