Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

The Descent: Part 2
8/26/08 - The sequel to the 2005 horror film The Descent has been officially titled The Descent: Part 2 and will be released in the U.S. in 2009.  The first film, directed by Neil Marshall, followed a group of six women on a spelunking trip through an underground cave inhabited by hostile humanoid creatures. Jon Harris takes over from Marshall as director of the sequel, which picks up where the first film left off. Shauna Macdonald returns in the lead role of Sarah, who has suffered psychological damage and is unable to speak due to her traumatic experiences. She returns to the cave with a rescue team, but things quickly take a sinister turn.  Lionsgate now has domestic rights to the film and will likely release it in the U.S. sometime in 2009.

05/02/08 - The independent British production company Celador Films is reuniting with French-owned and U.K.-based Pathe on a sequel to Neil Marshall's low-budget SF horror hit The Descent.  Produced by Marshall and Christian Colson, Descent 2 marks the directorial debut for its predecessor's editor, Jon Harris.  The stars of the original film, Shauna MacDonald and Natalie Mendoza, will reprise their roles, alongside Gavan O'Herlihy, Joshua Dallas, Anna Skellern, Douglas Hodge and Krysten Cummings.  The script sees the survivor forced back into the system of caves she battled her way out of in the first film in a bid to locate the rest of her group, who were assailed by blind man-eating mutant cave dwellers.

AlienAlmanac.com    2008