Adam Green brings back Victor Crowley in “Hatchet 3″
Hot on the heels of the successful VOD and DVD release of Hatchet 2, Dark Sky Films announced it has given the green light to the production of Hatchet 3. The film, centered once again on the genre’s most fearsome new villain, Victor Crowley, will be produced by ArieScope Pictures and Dark Sky Films, a subsidiary of leading independent producer and distributor MPI Media Group.
Writer-director Adam Green said: “We already had a possible story-line for Hatchet 3 worked out before we began shooting Hatchet 2, so my cast, crew and I are beyond excited to see that the story and legacy of Victor Crowley will indeed continue. For a little indie movie that I dreamt up when I was just eight years old, it has been absolutely surreal to watch it turn into a modern-day slasher franchise.”
“It has been our intention from the beginning to make the Hatchet story an episodic one. Adam Green created a horror icon in Victor Crowley, and we’re pleased that Crowley will live on in future installments of the franchise.” added Greg Newman, Executive Vice President of Dark Sky Films.
Hatchet 3 will continue the saga of Crowley, the “Bayou Butcher,” who first made his gruesome mark in 2007’s groundbreaking Hatchet. Adam Green’s Hatchet 2 sequel became the first unrated independent horror film to be exhibited by a major chain (AMC Theatres) in more than 25 years when it opened last fall. Strong early sales from Hatchet 2’s new DVD and blu-ray release have further solidified the franchise’s enduring appeal.
With cast and other production details to be announced shortly, Hatchet 3 will continue where the story left off in Hatchet 2, as a young woman sought revenge on the malevolent monster that killed her family while they were fishing in Louisiana swamp country. The film will be produced by ArieScope’s Cory Neal, producer of the previous two hits. In addition to the Hatchet films, ArieScope’s other productions include Frozen, Spiral and Grace.
The franchises producer Cory Neal is excited for the project, “We are thrilled to again work with Dark Sky, the company that has been so instrumental in the success of this growing franchise.”
HATCHET 3? Youve got to be joking. The original rocked & its predecessor was horrid. Had they actually cared enough to bring back the surviving star for its sequel, I would pay another 25 bucks for it, but when you insult the viewer’s intelligence & give us some girl who CANNOT act & goes all ‘nasal’ everytime she misses her daddy w/ atrocious acting & a bad script, then count me out. Maybe we can get another laughable Crowley mask & another bald mma/wrasslin dude to throw w/ the Hatchetman again! Maybe go for the real Tank Abbott this time? Hate to say that I am not in the majority when I say it sucked! We all had to pay to see it one way or other, Mr. Green. Didnt know that was translated as box office success. Its a shame because the story had promise, but what do I know? I stopped at SAW 5. I’ll save my cash for CRITERION, CODE RED, MIDNIGHT LEGACY & BU.
I liked the sequel better than the original. I had the complete opposite opinion that you did.