Deadgirl writer clears up the rumors regarding the potential sequel

Last Updated on July 23, 2021

Last week we picked up on a story that ran in the Hollywood Reporter regarding a possible DEADGIRL sequel. According to the report, the story would center on a group of females finding an undead naked male, a reverse of the scenario in the first flick…

Well, original writer Trent Haaga has come forward, via his blog, to set the record straight and, in effect, squash the Hollywood Reporter’s story. He also reveals that it doesn’t look like a DEADGIRL 2 is going to happen; if it does, he won’t be a part of it.

Once HWR put that out there, every genre site picked up on the story and then the plot crunch (which was wrong to begin with) started to change due to sloppy “reporting” and the whole thing is rather silly.

Anyone who reads this blog knows that I wrote the DEADGIRL 2 script almost a year ago (HERE’s the post). And although I did write the script in response to some of the accusations of misogyny in the first, it’s NOT about girls finding a dead boy …

… Regardless, if there ever is a DEADGIRL 2, I won’t end up being involved in it (although I suspect that some elements that I introduced may end up getting stolen – if that happens, things will end up getting messy and full of lawyers and I don’t look forward to that) … I don’t want to go into detail here, but there’s been a creative schism in the DEADGIRL partnership and only one of us has the rights to the words DEADGIRL 2 … and since I’m only the writer and the guy who dreamt up the whole thing to begin with, you KNOW that person isn’t me. Personally, at this point, I’d like to see DEADGIRL 2 NEVER happen … I’d prefer to keep the first one the classic it is and move on with my career.

But I can tell you that if I hear that a DEADGIRL 2 is going into production, you’ll be able to come to this blog and download my original un-produced script here for FREE, just like I did with the first one. For now, however, it’s going to stay buried (just like the title character should be) …

So there you have it. Looks like there’s some trouble in the world of the DEADGIRL creative team, so I suppose we shouldn’t expect to see the tale, or a variation of it, get a revisit anytime soon.

“Deadgirl” Jenny Spain