Kevin Bacon Will Reprise His TREMORS Role in New TV Series
Kevin Bacon has mentioned a few times recently that he'd be interested in reprising his role in Tremors in some capacity, and considering the relatively recent trend of turning movies into TV shows, it's not too surprising to read EW's report that says Bacon will be doing just that.
According to the report, Universal Cable Television and Blumhouse Productions have hired The Secret Circle writer Andrew Miller to write the script. Now that his Fox series The Following has been cancelled, Bacon will reprise his role as Valentine McKee from the original movie and executive produce the new show. They're currently shopping the idea around to various networks, but there's no word yet on where it might land.
There have been five total films in the Tremors franchise so far (most of them direct-to-video), but Bacon only appeared in the first and only theatrical entry, which hit theaters twenty-five years ago in 1990. Earlier this year, Bacon told IGN:
“I’d love to do something else with Tremors and revisit the character 25 years later. Part of what’s great about that movie is there are next to no digital effects. The monsters are done with puppetry, and it’s still off, funny and scary — it’s a cool accomplishment.”
The new show will return to the Nevada town of Perfection, where the first movie took place. No word yet if co-star Fred Ward will also return to reprise his role of fellow handyman Earl Basset.