‘Skyline 2’ Is Already In Development
By Germain Lussier/Oct. 28, 2010 6:00 pm EST
So it’s no surprise to report that, with the film just weeks away from its November 12 release date, the confident Strause Brothers are already working on the sequel. Details after the jump.
Film School Rejects did an interview with Colin and Greg Strause who said they have a 45 page treatment ready to go on a sequel to Skyline and that, if the film makes a “tenth” of what a normal event movie does, it’ll be deemed profitable enough to move ahead with. That’s not to say that there’s a guarantee Skyline 2 will happen, but, it’s in the works.
So let’s say a normal event film ends up making $300 million, which is roughly what Iron Man 2 made this year. A tenth of that is $30 million. With the amount of marketing Universal is putting into Skyline -I can’t walk around the block without seeing a billboard or flip a channel without seeing the commercial – it’s almost certain to make that, if not in the first weekend. Is roughly $30 million what the film cost, though? No one has gone on record with a budget.
What has been put on record is the fact that Sony, who used Hydraulx to do effects for Battle: Los Angeles – scheduled for March 2011 release – accused the company of stealing effects and using them in Skyline. After all, both films are about the alien destruction of the City of Angels. Depending on what happens with that, maybe some of the Skyline profits will end up going to legal fees before the sequel gets the green light. That’s speculative though and more information will certainly become available once Skyline opens on November 12.
Are you guys excited for Skyline? Do you think the marketing is working? And does the story of the Strause brothers making this movie inspire you as a filmmaker?
