Max Landis, the screenwriter behind this year’s hit “found footage” tale, Chronicle, signed on back in March to provide a screenplay for a sequel. Today, The Playlist reports that 20th Century Fox isn’t entirely satisfied with Landis’ take. The news arrives, somewhat surprisingly, from the screenwriter’s own father, filmmaker John Landis.
He wrote a sequel and its amazing,” the elder Landis told the outlet, “and the studio read it and said, We want Chronicle again! And he said, No, this is the sequel, its the evolution, and they said No, we want that movie again! So its difficult, were dealing with a difficult business.”
The original film told the story of three high school students who make an incredible discovery, leading to them developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities, and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.
Josh Trank, the director of the first Chronicle, is now attached to helm Fox’s Fantastic Four reboot.
