The hit 2009 horror movie The Collector gave genre fans a new horror icon to appreciate. The titular villain returned for The Collection in 2012, and an additional sequel began production in 2019. Unfortunately, several rights issues stopped the long-anticipated third movie from happening – until now. Director Marcus Dunstan confirms that The Collected AKA The Collector 3 is finally back on track.
Dunstan revealed as much while speaking in a new interview. Fans have been waiting years for a positive development on the film, and Dunstan was quite happy to finally give one out. According to Dunstan, the legal issues were finally settled just this month.
Here’s what he shared to The Direct:
“As of about four days ago, the legal elements holding it back were all alleviated. And it is coming back, I can tell you. Shout it loud and proud: The Collector is coming back. It is free. It is going to be a barreling freight train for your mind of fear. Yes, we can do it right!”
However, they’re still only in the beginning stages of getting this third Collector entry off the ground:
“I’ll give you the full confession. So, now that we’ve got this miracle that’s taken five years to happen, now we have to be strategic about when to dole out parcels like that. So I would say it’s too early to tell you something. But, like, if it was coming out in two weeks. Yeah, I’d tell you… Right away, I want to say, courtesy of a gentleman named Todd, who’s spent five years getting these rights all sorted out, It’s coming back.”
Fortunately, they have been planning out how to make the third film even better than its predecessors during all of this time.
“And we’re not bringing it back until it’s something that we feel is the best one. And that we feel is in honor of the time we’ve been waiting because we haven’t been waiting on the bench just staring at the sky. We’ve been conceiving and concocting. Yeah, here it comes. And we want to honor this opportunity with something great.”
As such, any other details for The Collected at this time are obviously being kept under wraps. Stay tuned to ScreenGeek for any additional news regarding The Collected as we have it. Fans have certainly waited a long time for the sequel to get off the ground, as have those involved with making the movie, and it seems like they’re ready to deliver on what we’ve all been waiting for.