Are You Safe? Here Comes Another 'Quarantine'

I was surprised to learn that Quarantine made over $30 million when it was in theaters last year. But yeah - $31 million and an pretty good $14 million debut, plus a few more million overseas. Maybe that's why we're getting a sequel. Here's the weird thing: According to Bloody Disguting, the sequel may not have very much to do with the original. Quarantine was apparently suspiciously like the Spanish movie [REC], which is getting its own sequel. But Quarantine producers may be going for "a totally original pitch" for round two. Now, $31 million seems like a lot of money to you and me, but even though Quarantine did not have a five-star restaurant price, it wouldn't be considered a great prospect for a franchise by a lot of studios. However, Screen Gems hasn't had too many big successes recently. Outside of Obsessed, there's really nothing in the past few years that's been a runaway smash. By the same token, Screen Gems isn't spending $200 million to make any of its films - the most expensive would probably be the Underworld movies - and Quarantine tripled its budget. That's the name of the game. There are no details about the production at this point, like whether any of the key players from the first one will return and when shooting will begin, but the reports say the film is actively in development, which should mean a fairly quick turnaround.

Comments

[Charcole]

Well everyone died in the first one, so I can't really imagine too many of the key players being in it. I did enjoy the first one. I was getting tired of the video camera thing from Cloverfield and Blair Witch, but Quarantine was pretty creepy. Plus Deb from Dexter is always fun.

[Get The Big Picture]

I was referring primarily to the filmmakers.

[Jay]

Thanks for that spoiler, Charcole - just as well I've seen it ;-b