For those waiting for a sequel to CHRONICLE, I'm sure you're going to get one just don't expect to see Max Landis back on as scribe. Here's what Landis had to say on the split via Twitter:
.@PaulVRea I've been off Chronicle 2 for months now. Fox had a different direction they wanted to take the series, Josh was never attached.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) July 18, 2013
Ultimately, I'm just very grateful to Fox for making a film as close to my original script as Chronicle was. For making the film at all.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) July 18, 2013
So yeah it's sad that as of right now I'm not involved in the sequel, and don't know what it's about even, but ultimately I can't complain.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) July 18, 2013
As a screenwriter, I've been incredibly lucky so far. And hell, I start directing my first feature on Monday, so it's like…I don't know.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) July 18, 2013
The truth is, when you're successful as a screenwriter, you have to just take everything in stride. That's like more than half the job.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) July 18, 2013
Chronicle 2 is still probably happening, just not with my involvement as of now. It's a bummer, but there are no real hard feelings.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) July 18, 2013
They hired new writers on it. I'm sure they'll announce soon. Just hope this answers the questions I've been getting everyday.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) July 18, 2013
Landis was actually incredibly humble about everything. He wanted to take the script one place and they didn't want to do that. It seems that Max's dad, John Landis let the chain of events spill when he spoke about the trouble last Fall: “He wrote a sequel, and it’s amazing, and the studio read it and said, ‘We want ‘Chronicle’ again!’ And he said, ‘No, this is the sequel, it’s the evolution, and they said ‘No, we want that movie again!’ So it’s difficult, we’re dealing with a difficult business." After hearing about the remarks, Max Landis said that it was not his Father's place to talk about what had went on between his son and Fox.
I'd like to know what Landis had in store for a sequel but turns out we'll never know. Wonder who they got to replace him, and what the studio thought would be a good follow-up.
