Kevin Bacon is still looking for a theatrical sequel to one of the most iconic monster horror films of the ’90s.
After a fan continued to rave Twitter On Friday, wanting to see a follow-up film to Tremors that won’t be shipping direct to DVD, Bacon swooped in to reaffirm his fondness for the popular horror comedy franchise.
“Seeing this in the SHAZAM trailer makes me REALLY want to see a new TREAMORS movie that isn’t straight to DVD @kevinbacon is making that happen,” the Twitter user wrote.
The actor, who told Esquire two years ago he’d like to star in a sequel to Tremors when it hits the big screen, shared that he’s still “fully on board” for a reboot of the cult classic.
“Just waiting for the call…” Bacon wrote in a quote tweet alongside a matching worm emoji.
In 1990, Bacon starred in Tremors, the first installment in the Tremors franchise, with giant man-eating worms called Graboids.
Tremors was followed by several direct-to-video sequels, a short-lived TV series, and a prequel, including Tremors 2: Aftershocks, Tremors 3: Back to Perfection, Tremors 4: The Legend Begins, ” Tremors 5: Bloodlines, Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell, and Tremors: Shrieker Island.
Tremors, which was released almost 33 years ago, follows natives in the small town of Perfection, Nevada, as they “fend off strange subterranean creatures who kill them one by one,” according to the film’s synopsis.
Directed by Ron Underwood, the original film also stars Bacon, Reba McEntire, Fred Ward and Michael Gross.
In 2021, Bacon told Esquire that Universal tapped him years ago to double down on more films in the franchise; however, they would have been direct-to-video.
“We were around the 25th anniversary. I went to Blumhouse and they absolutely loved the idea,” Bacon said at the time. “Universal didn’t want to remake it as a feature and maybe because it didn’t work as a feature the first time. So let’s put it aside. Then they came back to me and said, ‘What would you think about doing it as a series?’”
In 2018, Deadline reported that the 1990 film’s TV reboot would not see the light of day after SyFy turned down the series despite an “amazing pilot,” Bacon said in an Instagram post.