Richard Kelly is a filmmaker, whose best work is still Donnie Darko, which was released back in 2001. It looks like Kelly is planning to return to that world for a new sequel that he’s developing. And apparently, S. Darko doesn’t count.
While talking to HMV, Kelly says he’s looking at doing a new film in that universe that is “much bigger” and “more ambitious.” He explains:
“It’s big and expensive and I think there’s time to get to that. I want to make sure we’ve got the budget to do it justice and not to compromise anything. Another story in this world needs resources and we need to have that in place. I need to get my next film out of the gate and then we can go back and look at it.”
It appears that Kelly can’t get any new writing or directing work since his disappointing 2009 film, The Box. He is going back the well of Donnie Darko once again. But even if DD2 succeeds, will anyone still see him as anything other than a one-hit wonder?