What's the latest on Hatchet 2?
Hatchet 2 is supposed to shoot at the beginning of next year. I shouldn't say, "supposed to." It's definitely going to shoot at the beginning of next year. At this point I have not accepted the offer to come back just yet, but I'm hoping it's going to work out that way. It all depends on scheduling, which has been the problem so far. Because they wanted to do it a month after the first one came out, but I had Spiral to do. I had Grace, I had Frozen. I think we have a good window of time for me to come back and do it. But they have to do it no matter what at this point, and I hope I get to do it but it's going to depend on the TV show.
How might it differ from the first Hatchet? Will we get a similar tone and feel, or are you aiming for something different?
It's hard to say right now because if I don't come back I don't know what it's going to be. But if I come back it's going to start on the same frame [that] the first one ended [on] and just keep going. Kane [Hodder] would be back, Tony Todd would be back, and a couple of other people would be back that you might not expect to see back, which I think would be exciting. It's going to top the first one in terms of gore and bloodshed. One of my stipulations in coming back is that I don't need to get a rating by the MPAA this time, which they have agreed to. So that would be great if I could just do it completely ungraded, cause the first time I went through such a hard time with them over it, so this time I can go crazy and do whatever I want. Hopefully the scheduling works out and I get to do it.
