Max Landis No Longer Writing CHRONICLE 2

A lot of people have been asking Chronicle writer Max Landis what's going on with the sequel. He had an idea for it, and he wrote a script, but apparently he and 20th Century Fox just couldn't agree on where they should take the story. According to Landis, the studio liked his script, but it was too dark for them. As you know, Fox doesn't like to make dark movies, so they decided to move on, and according to Landis, via his Twitter, they've hired new writers to work on the project.

Here's a collection of tweets from the writer discussing the project and what happened: 

"I've been off 'Chronicle 2' for months now. Fox had a different direction they wanted to take the series. Ultimately, I'm just very grateful to Fox for making a film as close to my original script as 'Chronicle' was. For making the film at all. 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. The truth is, when you're successful as a screenwriter, you have to just take everything in stride. That's like more than half the job.
'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. They hired new writers on it. I'm sure they'll announce soon. Just hope this answers the questions I've been getting everyday."

The first Chronicle was really cool, and I hope they are able to make a decent sequel. It sucks that they ditched Landis, I would have liked to see his version of the sequel. After all, it was his creation. Are you looking forward to Chronicle 2 regardless of who is writing it?

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