The bizarre film Donnie Darko was released in 2001, and was a Box Office bomb – but quickly became a cult classic. Starring a young Jake Gyllenhaal, it chronicled the mental health issues of a teenager who has visions of Frank, a six-foot rabbit who prophesies the end of the world.
Yeah. Strange. Nevertheless, its cult status was cemented, and fans to this day still hope for a sequel. (2009’s S. Darko, focusing on Donnie’s sister Sam, is dismissed by most fans, as it had no involvement from director Richard Kelly.)
However, on the occasion of the release of the 2-disc, 4K blu-ray special edition of the film, Kelly offers hope that a sequel may still happen. He tells HMV:
“I think there’s something much bigger and more ambitious to do in that universe. It’s big and expensive and I think there’s time to get to that. I want to make sure we’ve got the budget to do it justice and not to compromise anything. Another story in this world needs resources and we need to have that in place. I need to get my next film out of the gate, and then we can go back and look at it.”
The new special edition of Donnie Darko is currently only available in the UK. However, it can be played on region-free blu-ray players.
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Source: HMV