The Belko Experiment, arguably the scrappy underdog of 2016’s film selection, proved to be a rare cinematic treat – Office Space meets Battle Royale, as our own Matt Donato so aptly put it.
Sandwiched between Guardians of the Galaxy and its rip-roaring sequel, The Belko Experiment also lent James Gunn the chance to write and produce a tight-knit thriller, the likes of which we haven’t seen from the filmmaker since his days on Slither. He’s about to circle back to the genre thanks to his plum horror gig with Universal and Elizabeth Banks, but what about the chances of a true sequel to The Belko Experiment?
That very question was posed to Gunn’s younger brother, Sean Gunn (Marty Espenscheid in Tbe), during a recent interview with Screen Geek, to which he replied:
I don’t know. The movie was, I guess, a little bit of a success, but...
Sandwiched between Guardians of the Galaxy and its rip-roaring sequel, The Belko Experiment also lent James Gunn the chance to write and produce a tight-knit thriller, the likes of which we haven’t seen from the filmmaker since his days on Slither. He’s about to circle back to the genre thanks to his plum horror gig with Universal and Elizabeth Banks, but what about the chances of a true sequel to The Belko Experiment?
That very question was posed to Gunn’s younger brother, Sean Gunn (Marty Espenscheid in Tbe), during a recent interview with Screen Geek, to which he replied:
I don’t know. The movie was, I guess, a little bit of a success, but...
- 3/21/2018
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
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