Bubba Nosferatu On Track
Director Don Coscarelli told SCI FI Wire that his
once-scuttled plans for Bubba Nosferatu, a prequel to his
monster-fighting Bubba Ho-tep movie, may be back on track
after a series of major setbacks. First, the studio that
owned the original title, MGM, was sold; then co-star Ossie
Davis died last year. But what started off as a joke in the
final frames of the 2002 cult hit may now be resurrected as a
reality again, Coscarelli said in an interview.
"I'm putting a big effort into doing Bubba Nosferatu now,"
said Coscarelli, who wrote and directed the original dark
comedy about an elderly Elvis
(Bruce Campbell) and black John F. Kennedy (Davis) in a
nursing home who fight an ancient Egyptian mummy curse.
"The project has a life of its own," said Coscarelli, who is
working on the script in collaboration with writer Joe R.
Lansdale, who came up with the original short story. "People
seem to want it. We just have to get it finished. The whole
idea of Bubba Nosferatu was a joke." The end of Bubba Ho-tep
promised a sequel: Bubba Nosferatu: The Curse of the
She-Vampire, starring Sebastian Haff, the fictional Elvis
impersonator who supposedly switched places with the real
Elvis and then wouldn't switch back.
The prequel will show the King in his 30s as he dabbles in
the world of black magic and voodoo. "Bruce can't wait to put
his Elvis jumpsuit back on again," Coscarelli said. "We hope
to shoot this year."
Bubba Ho-tep got great buzz when it debuted at the Toronto
International Film Festival in 2002. Coscarelli started
taking a follow-up movie seriously and turned the title into
a prequel so that Campbell could play a younger Elvis without
the prosthetics and hours of makeup required for Bubba
Ho-tep.
Coscarelli said he was devastated by Davis' death and was sad
he couldn't have the actor reprise his role. But, he
promised, "Elvis will have a whole new set of companions as
he battles these creatures." (BloodyDisgusting.com reported a
rumor that Paul Giamatti is in line to play Elvis' legendary
manager, Col. Tom Parker.) Coscarelli also teased that the
potential franchise could continue on indefinitely. He's
already throwing out a title for the third film, Bubba
Sasquatch. -Mike Szymanski
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