{"id":488,"date":"2007-04-13T22:10:20","date_gmt":"2007-04-14T02:10:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-12-26T00:05:25","modified_gmt":"2008-12-26T00:05:25","slug":"quaid-and-mcbride-reteam-for-jerry-lee-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/quaid-and-mcbride-reteam-for-jerry-lee-l\/","title":{"rendered":"Quaid and McBride Reteam for “Killer” Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOLLYWOOD – Unnamed sources are reporting that actor Dennis Quaid<\/strong> and director Jim McBride<\/strong> have reteamed to begin planning a sequel to their 1989 biopic Great Balls of Fire<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“It’s a darker vision of ‘The Killer’s’ life in the years that follow the first film,” says a producer who has seen early drafts of the as-yet-untitled script. <\/p>\n

Like its subject’s life, the end is not yet written. A well-known screenwriter who contributed to an early draft says it’s a matter of timing. “Dennis and Jim have seen the success music biopics like Ray<\/em> and I Walk the Line<\/em> have enjoyed. The commonality they’ve noticed is that the subject has recently died.”<\/p>\n

As a result, says the screenwriter, the team is allowing the script to gestate slowly. Comparing it to the writing of a New York Times<\/em> obituary, the sourse says “They’ll have it ready to shoot within hours of Jerry’s eventual death.”<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Mr. Quaid would not comment on these reports.