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The crazy horror film from actor and filmmaker Zach Cregger Barbarian has been a sleeper hit at the box office and fans are already asking for a sequel. Barbarian follows a young woman (Georgina Campbell) who rents an Airbnb and discovers that it is double booked, with a strange man (Bill Skarsgård) already there. What follows are dark comedic and gory twists, some of which are so absurd that viewers compare Barbarian to James Wan’s 2021 hit, malicious.
barbarians shocking mid-movie twist and ending leaves the door open for a prequel or sequel, but sadly, director Zach Cregger isn’t in the mood to direct them. Cregger agrees that a great idea might tempt him to make a sequel, but for now it’s not in the cards and probably won’t happen in the future, he said. Comicbook.com recently.
“So there’s a big turn around 40 minutes and I’m always eagerly waiting for that moment. It’s my favorite moment. Barbarian 2, not for me. Not going to happen to me. Never say never, I could have a great idea tomorrow and go to the races, but I doubt it.”
about the Barbarian prequel, Cregger told The Hollywood Reporter:
“I don’t think I’m necessarily interested in a prequel right now. I think it should tell Frank’s story [Richard Brake], and I’m personally not interested in making a movie about a man who kidnaps women. I’m more than happy that that’s the setting for another story like Barbarian is, but I don’t want to look at that man for an hour and a half. I could be all wrong about it. Maybe I’ll change my tune, but not right now. There’s a sequel that I joke about and would love to see, which is The Mother who survives her shot and has to integrate into society. She could go to community college and get her student license and get a Tinder profile. That would be nice. I would watch that movie. I don’t know if I’d make it, but I’d love to see it.”
Zach Cregger Aims For A ‘Batman Adjacent’ Movie
Zach Cregger is primarily associated with the comedy genre, both as an actor and as a filmmaker. He is best known for the sketch comedy show The whitest kids you know. But now that Barbarian catapulted him into the bustling filmmakers’ club, Cregger plans to raise the stakes in his next film. “I’m writing a horror [movie] right now,” Cregger told Bloody Disgusting. “It’s much more ambitious than Barbarian. It’s much weirder…and I don’t know if I’m going to make it.”
Cregger also has ideas for a DC Universe movie, which he hopes to make one day. It’s not exactly a superhero movie, but is set in a superhero story. Cregger describes it as a “Batman-adjacent thing.” With the way WB is handling the DC Films division right now, it’s unlikely Cregger’s vision will ever come true, but it would certainly be an unconventional take on Batman.
In the meantime, be sure to take a look Barbarian, is currently playing in cinemas. The film also stars Justin Long, Kate Bosworth, Sara Paxton, Matthew Patrick Davis, Richard Brake, Kurt Braunohler and Jaymes Butler.
The official plot synopsis for Barbarian is reading:
“A young woman traveling to Detroit for a job interview books a rental house. But when she arrives late at night, she discovers that the house is doubly booked and that a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgment, she ends the evening but soon discovers there’s a lot more to fear than just an unexpected house guest.”