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Cabin in the Woods 2 incoming? Lionsgate hopes so!

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WordAssassin

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As reported by Bloody Disgusting:

The critically acclaimed 2012 meta horror film The Cabin in the Woods ended on a rather final note. For those who’ve seen it, you know that the events that transpired in the last few moments pretty much guaranteed that there wouldn’t be a sequel. And yet, Lionsgate has approached director Drew Goddard for precisely that.
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More at the link!

What's interesting to me is, in this report, Drew Goddard talks about how they never planned for a sequel and he doesn't know quite how they'd do one (and that they'd only do it if they came up with an idea that made them laugh). But if anyone's read the Cabin in the Woods art book, they actually had a bunch of ideas for a sequel?
The intern was the only one that survived and he became the "ruler" of the new world.
Maybe they scrapped that idea but it's weird to see him talk about it like they've never considered it.

What do y'all think? I personally LOVE Cabin in the Woods and would really like to see what kind of new ideas and twists they could pull with such a wide clean slate for the sequel. Maybe they could take the genre-spoofing from pure horror to post-apocolyptic films? Make it so all the events of CitW were actually all part of the plan for an even larger-scale "cult"?

Lock me in the cellar if old
 
The Lamonster

The Lamonster

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I think CitW had an excellent creative team and it would be fun to see the series stick with the ending that the first film set up, and go in a new direction - kind of like Army of Darkness.
 
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teiresias

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I don't know how they'd do a sequel, but I'm sure they'd get around having to show any of the
Ancient Ones
to any extent, though I'd hope they'd at least give us some look at an awesome CGI
Cthulhu variant as an homage
.

Actually, they should just buy the rights to
Cthulhu Saves the World
, place it in the CiTW metaverse, tweak a few things, and boom, comedic gold.
 
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family_guy

Member
Wouldn't mind some prequels or stories that happened in parallel to the first movie. Of course you know they will never have a happy ending, but I don't see a problem with that.
 
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Platy

Member
Loved the movie ... but they would have to spoof other stuff in the sequel .... not sure it would work in the spirit of the first movie
 
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kewlmyc

Member
As pointed out in the OP, the movie ended pretty conclusively. Let's not ruin it. Unless it's a prequel, which would be literally every horror movie ever made.
 
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Not Spaceghost

Spaceghost
I watched this on saturday and thought it was a lot of fun but a sequel would kind of be pointless right?

I mean the point of the movie was to poke at the tropes and be a meta horror movie, the only way you could do this with a sequel would be if it makes fun of sequel tropes? Otherwise a straight up sequel is just gonna feel devoid of what made the first one special.

It could work but it'd be likely to fall flat on its face.
 
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InfiniteBento

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The Lamonster said:
I think CitW had an excellent creative team and it would be fun to see the series stick with the ending that the first film set up, and go in a new direction - kind of like Army of Darkness.
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This. I loved the first one but a direct follow up to it wouldn't work imo especially with that ending.
 
poppabk

poppabk

Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Really hard to imagine how they could pull this off. They literally have nowhere to go, and they fully explored the original idea.
 
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SpaceWolf

Banned
Was literally trying to think a couple of days ago of successful moves that would be flat-out impossible to make sequels for. This was the only movie that sprang to mind for me. Weird.

I do distinctly remember thinking however that in terms of prequels, this movie would be a total gold-mine, That was one detailed white-board after all.
 
Grizzlyjin

Grizzlyjin

Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Yeah, I think the only way you make it work is a prequel. Probably focusing more on the facility. I liked the first movie, but I honestly don't see the point in this.
 
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PSqueak

Banned
Sequels could work, kinda, if it's the same movie but with the characters choosing a different monster and a different survivor to the end along the "virgin".

I seriously just would love to see some of the other monsters in action.
 
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WordAssassin

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Not Spaceghost said:
I watched this on saturday and thought it was a lot of fun but a sequel would kind of be pointless right?

I mean the point of the movie was to poke at the tropes and be a meta horror movie, the only way you could do this with a sequel would be if it makes fun of sequel tropes? Otherwise a straight up sequel is just gonna feel devoid of what made the first one special.

It could work but it'd be likely to fall flat on its face.
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22 Jump Street already did the meta sequel thing flawlessly though ):

But I could see them doing that, too. I gotta find the art book so I can get their exact quotes on their old sequel ideas but they definitely had some.

Drilbit777 said:
Who would a sequel even work considering
the entire world was destroyed at the end...

Obviously it has to be a prequel.
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The answer to your question is in the spoiler tag because I didn't want to ruin the end of the first movie for those who hadn't seen it yet.
 
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Drilbit777

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Who would a sequel even work considering
the entire world was destroyed at the end...

Obviously it has to be a prequel.
 
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1044

Member
I can imagine either a prequel that would be pretty similar to the first movie.

If they make an actual sequel, it would have to be pretty different. If I remember correctly,
every center around the world failed their ritual and it was up to the Japanese and US centers as the last hope, and they both failed. Meaning the ancient ones waking affects the whole world, not just the one area where the cabin is, right?

I assume every horror center is built on-top of an ancient one's slumber location, or is there only 1 god and the US one happened to be located there?
 
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WordAssassin

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1044 said:
I can imagine either a prequel that would be pretty similar to the first movie.

If they make an actual sequel, it would have to be pretty different. If I remember correctly,
every center around the world failed their ritual and it was up to the Japanese and US centers as the last hope, and they both failed. Meaning the ancient ones waking affects the whole world, not just the one area where the cabin is, right?

I assume every horror center is built on-top of an ancient one's slumber location, or is there only 1 god and the US one happened to be located there?
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I believe it's set up so that the gods (plural) are slumbering in the center of the earth, and all the different locations just go deep, deep under ground so they're all technically "on top" of the Ancient Ones. But yes everyone failing affected the entire world, not just the US.
 
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W-00

Member
I... actually could see how this could work, but it would necessitate a genre switch. Instead of being a commentary on horror movies, it would be
a more subtle commentary on kaiju/end of the world films. Since there wouldn't be anyone to brainwash the people responding to the return of the ancient ones, the governments of the world would react sensibly, the military wouldn't behave like idiots, and the magical threat would be put down through pure firepower rather than appeasement or some magic ritual.

But I doubt they'd go that way.
 
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evilromero

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Love the first movie but I'm wondering how they can make a sequel that stays within the world of the first. They may just have to Evil Dead 2 it and kind of do another approach with some new ideas within the same framework.
 
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E the Shaggy

Junior Member
I always imagined a sequel would start with the Old Gods standing over a flaming world, bored.

"Shit. Want to start over again?"

Recreates humanity.
 
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Nuke Soda

Member
Liked Cabin in the Woods a lot, but I don't need anymore.
Besides isn't technically every horror film a part of its universe?
 
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FlowersisBritish

fleurs n'est pas britannique
A sequel to a meta comedy of my favorite genre? Normally, I'd be all for it. But I think this kind of thing has been done best by 22 Jump street, and its really tough for me to imagine it ever being done better.
 
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evilromero

Member
Nuke Soda said:
Liked Cabin in the Woods a lot, but I don't need anymore.
Besides isn't technically every horror film a part of its universe?
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It seems like a prequel would be the easy way out. Most likely earlier problems where the system goes awry but without the same consequences as seen in the first.
 
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Parallax

best seen in the classic "Shadow of the Beast"
TheLostBigBoss said:
The old gods awaken and start crashing through the Earth.

Good things do not happen when old gods come crashing up from the Earth
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Id imagine the old gods would try to entertain themselves in the standard horror trope ways.
 
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zeemumu

Member
Wasn't the ending to the first one pretty definitive? Are we gonna have a sequel about
the last remnant of humanity hiding from the old gods as well as whatever horrors survived when they woke up?
 
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TwEE-N-Toast

Banned
Loved the movie but I don't want a prequel retreading the same ground, showing us how one of the other sites failed. Would be boring and I could see them milking that for even more sequels.

I'm up for a direct sequel playing on other post
apocalypse/hell on earth/invasion
tropes or turn the franchise into a horror anthology series.
 
SoldnerKei

SoldnerKei

Member
the sequel could be something along the lines of "put the
Ancient Ones back to slumber
" maybe?

I really liked the first one, the twist was pretty cool, reminded me of the SCP Foundation.
 
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Katori

Member
First movie is an instant classic so I'd watch a sequel (esp. from Goddard) sight unseen. Almost certainly won't be as good as the first.

Honestly I'd prefer a subtitled movie/spinoff to a "2" though.
 
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Qasiel

Member
They could do an Evil Dead and just remake it using a slightly different tone and ending calling it Cabin In The Woods 2. People might go for that.
 
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atr0cious

Member
The Lamonster said:
I think CitW had an excellent creative team and it would be fun to see the series stick with the ending that the first film set up, and go in a new direction - kind of like Army of Darkness.
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This direction is what ruined the prestige of the first Scary Movie, so I hope they find a way to not just become rote winks and nudges.
 
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Sesuadra

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W-00 said:
I... actually could see how this could work, but it would necessitate a genre switch. Instead of being a commentary on horror movies, it would be
a more subtle commentary on kaiju/end of the world films. Since there wouldn't be anyone to brainwash the people responding to the return of the ancient ones, the governments of the world would react sensibly, the military wouldn't behave like idiots, and the magical threat would be put down through pure firepower rather than appeasement or some magic ritual.

But I doubt they'd go that way.
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Great now I want that movie
 
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