Yahoo Movies Simon Pegg rules out a Shaun of the Dead sequel
Simon Pegg has ruled out a sequel to Shaun of the Dead.
The classic comedy was released 20 years ago, and forms the first part of the Cornetto Trilogy, which also comprises separate movies Hot Fuzz and The World's End.
While a direct follow-up to Shaun of the Dead has never materialised, Pegg has admitted that it won't be happening still as there is no further "story to tell".
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Asked if a sequel could ever materialise, the actor told The Hollywood Reporter: "I mean, Universal [Pictures] owns it. If they choose to reboot it, then they can if they want I guess. Although [director] Edgar [Wright] and I would be incensed. (Laughs.)"
Pegg admitted that the movie is "incredibly personal", saying a reboot "would be a cynical and exploitative exercise".
"I would hope that people are in love with our Shaun enough to resist a reboot," he said.
"I’m a big fan of sequels," Pegg went on to explain. "Some of my favorite films are sequels: Empire Strikes Back, Aliens.
"I’m in a couple of film franchises which repeat and reboot, and it’s not that I decry sequels in any way, but I think some stories end. Some stories have a beginning, a middle and an end.
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"If you were to see Shaun again, if the zombies came back, there’s just not a story to tell it," he added.
"We’d have to reset everything that we created in Shaun of the Dead, the journey that Shaun goes on and completes. He becomes a new person, but we’d have to then dismantle that in order to give him a new arc. Why?
"The best thing we can do with cinema is to challenge people and get them to see things they haven’t seen before and experience new things. Entertainment is the most overrated function of art."
This isn’t the first time that Pegg has spoken out against a Shaun of the Dead sequel, the star telling The Guardian last year that people on social media often express a desire to see a follow-up.
"And I'm like, 'No, you don’t f**king need Shaun of the Dead 2! The last thing you need is Shaun of the Dead 2! It's done. Move on!'" he added.
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