After saying he’d love to reprise his role as Valentine McKee from the originalTremorsearlier this year, it looks like it’s happening!Kevin Baconis currently developing a TV series reboot of the popularsci-fi horror franchisefor the small screen. It will be the second timeTremorshas been turned into a TV show. But it will be the first time thatKevin Baconhas returned to the series in any capacity following the debut of the original cult hit in 1990.
Kevin Bacon isn’t just going to star on the show. He’s also executive producing. Blumhouse Productions is teaming up with Universal Cable Productions for this weekly episodic adventure series. It will be based on the original story, which finds two ranch hands battlinggiant killer worms. So far, the franchise has spawned 5 movies, the latest of which, titledTremors 5: Bloodlines, debuted this summer. That movie’s star,Michael Gross, who is the only actor to appear in every iteration of the saga, also starred in a short lived Syfy series based on his characterBurt Gummer. It only survived through 13 episodes before being canceled. All of the movies, except the original, have been direct-to-video projects. It isn’t known at this time if Burt Gummer will return, but we can’t imagine that he’d be left out.
Andrew Miller, best known for his work on the 2011 seriesThe Secret Circle, is writing this small screen adaptation. He is returning the story to the fictional Nevada desert town ofPerfection, where all the action in the first movie took place. The announcement doesn’t come as too much of a surprise. This is whatKevin Baconhad to say about returning to this universe in a previous interview.
“I’d love to do something else with Tremors and revisit the character 25 years later. Part of what’s great about that movie is there are next to no digital effects. The monsters are done with puppetry, and it’s still off, funny and scary - it’s a cool accomplishment.”
Tremorsis currently being shopped to various different networks by UCP and Blumhouse. There are apparently a number of different bidders for the project. Syfy, who aired the original Tremors TV show seems like a natural place to land. But it’s possible that the horror series could wind up on a pay cable channel, just like this fall’sAsh Vs. Evil Dead. That revival of the horror film series is enjoying quite a lot of success, and isn’t hampered by basic cable restrictions. Though, theTremorsseries has never relied too heavily on harsh language and gore. What do you think? Are you excited to see Valentine McKee return?
