The found-footage superhero movie Chronicle was one of last year’s most surprising hits: a relatively unknown cast, a relatively unknown director, and a relatively unknown screenwriter —Max Landis, son of famed director John Landis—came together to make a little $12 million movie that went on to gross $126 million worldwide. At that point, the announcement of a sequel was one of last year’s least surprising business decisions. The first movie was smart, thrilling, and successful. Of course there would be a Chronicle 2. And it would probably be titled 2hronicle.
The question, though, is who would make it. Chronicle director Josh Trank quickly signed on for a Fantastic Four reboot, but Landis stuck around to work on the 2hronicle screenplay. Alas, yesterday the writer took to Twitter to answer a fan’s question about the status of the project in a series of disappointing tweets:
.@PaulVRea I've been off Chronicle 2 for months now. Fox had a different direction they wanted to take the series, Josh was never attached.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) July 18, 2013
So yeah it's sad that as of right now I'm not involved in the sequel, and don't know what it's about even, but ultimately I can't complain.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) July 18, 2013
Chronicle 2 is still probably happening, just not with my involvement as of now. It's a bummer, but there are no real hard feelings.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) July 18, 2013
They hired new writers on it. I'm sure they'll announce soon. Just hope this answers the questions I've been getting everyday.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) July 18, 2013
Landis also teased his first effort as a feature director, which he says goes into production on Monday.