Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh says he has written a sequel to his 1989 breakthrough effort “Sex, Lies, and Videotape” and plans to get it made.
Speaking on Flaviar’s NightCap Live YouTube series, Soderbergh told host Dan Dunn that he has written three screenplays during the coronavirus shutdown. One of those is a sequel to the Cannes Palme d’Or winner.
He adds that the project is “an idea that had been circling for a while, and I felt like I came up with the way to get back in, and so I wrote it, and I want to make it.””
Soderbergh says over the first 6-7 weeks of the lockdown he finished three screenplays – one a rewrite, one an adaptation of a novel and one was this project. He didn’t go on to explain details of the other two films.
In the same interview, Soderbergh also revealed he played a key part in helping “Bill & Ted Face the Music” go into production:
“My role was more as cheerleader than anything. The companies that own the rights to make a sequel, I called them up and said, ‘This script’s hilarious, why aren’t we doing this?’ We found a fantastic director, Dean Parisot, who I’ve known for a long time… I’ve seen it, it’s really good, and we’re almost done, and I feel like it’s the perfect movie for people who want to feel better about what’s happening right now.”
That film’s first trailer is expected to arrive soon, no details as yet if the film will still go to cinemas or opt for a PVOD launch. You can see the full interview below:
