Chuck Russell, the director of the ’90s fantasy comedy starring a major Jim Carrey, The Masks, reveals he could be very happy to take part in a sequel to the hit that catapulted the actor additional into stardom again in 1994. Carrey and Cameron Diaz have beforehand expressed their want to reprise their characters in a sequel, and now Russell joins the duo in saying that he could be delighted to take a seat within the director’s chair once more for a Masks follow-up.
“I might be very completely happy to revisit that if all of us get ourselves organized to do it,” Russell stated to Bleeding Cool throughout an interview to advertise his newest film, Witchboard. The director was requested if he is likely to be desirous about returning to direct a sequel, even when Carrey does not play the lead once more. In his view, The Masks 2 should have Jim Carrey, as he does not imagine {that a} sequel could be as efficient with out the presence of the Ace Ventura star:
“I like the unique Darkish Horse comedian, however I imagine in synchronicity, and on the time, I used to be a giant fan of Jim’s In Dwelling Shade, and was a little bit forward of the curve. He’s a comic book genius, actually like Buster Keaton, nonetheless to at the present time. His skill to do bodily comedy is really distinctive. I stated, ‘This man’s a residing comedian already, let’s make The Masks a little bit extra comedic.’ The unique comedian had very darkish humor, and a few of these scenes are primarily based on the very same factor within the unique comedian.”
In the event you check out Russell’s admirable filmography, he has directed a number of horror hits, just like the massively underrated Bless the Little one, the better-than-its-predecessor remake of The Blob, and the most effective Freddy Krueger sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Avenue 3: Dream Warriors. Russell has a watch for horror, and he acknowledges that his unique imaginative and prescient for The Masks was a lot scarier and extra graphic:
“The unique comedian was splatter punk, and it limits your viewers. The Masks had a large viewers, as a result of I did not do all of the gore. I do not suppose it is a query of gore. There’s an underworld presence within the comedian books of unhealthy guys, gangsters, that is a lot edgier than what I did. I did a little bit little bit of that, however I feel you can go darker, and I personally have executed the entire vary from horror to comedy.”
‘The Masks’ Already Had a Sequel…and You In all probability Want It Did not
After 1994’s The Masks got here out and blew up the field workplace (on the time it turned probably the most profitable movies primarily based on a comic book guide), making a sequel was a no brainer. Initially, Carrey even got here on board to reprise his function as Stanley Ipkiss, earlier than ultimately dropping out. Nonetheless, the producers insisted that the sequel needed to be made with or with out the unique group or their inventive imaginative and prescient. The end result was the catastrophe often known as Son of the Masks, starring Jamie Kennedy.
Broadly considered not simply one of many worst sequels, however one of many worst movies ever made, Son of the Masks felt like an uninspired try and recreate the spirit of the unique film. It isn’t humorous, Kennedy appears trapped inside a horrible script, and the particular results aren’t even near those within the Chuck Russell unique. The sequel was a serious bomb on the field workplace, and at present, it sits at a dismal 6% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Here is hoping, if The Masks 2 does lastly occur, that issues fare much better with Carry and Russell again on the helm.
The Masks
- Launch Date
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July 29, 1994
- Runtime
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101 minutes
- Writers
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Mike Werb
