The 2017 holiday horror zombie musical Anna and the Apocalypse was a seriously enjoyable film to watch. It’s become one of those movies that I watch every year around Christmas to get into the spirit of the holidays!
I’ve wondered if we’d ever see a sequel for the movie that would continue the story in some way, or expand on the world. Well, director John McPhail recently teased that there have been some talks with the other filmmakers involved to return to that world in some capacity and play around in that sandbox again.
During an interview with CB, when asked if fans could anticipate any continuation of the film McPhail shared: “Yeah, 100%. We’ve talked about things like this. And more and more recently, we’ve got something. So we’re not there, but we’ll get there. We’ll get there.”
When pressed for additional details, the director teased: “Well, it’s just because it’s so early, that … Yeah, we do want it. We are all best friends. We’re all the best of friends, and we would love to do something again in that world with who knows what.”
So, while they have been talking about revisiting this world with a possible sequel, it’s so early in talking about it that it’s going to take years before we see another Anna and the Apocalypse movie.
In the first movie: “A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven — at Christmas — forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash, and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other…”
While we wait, McPhail has a new film coming out titled Dear David, which is described as follows: “Shortly after comic artist Adam (Augustus Prew) responds to internet trolls, he begins experiencing sleep paralysis — while an empty rocking chair moves in the corner of his apartment. As he chronicles increasingly malevolent occurrences in a series of tweets, Adam begins to believe he is being haunted by the ghost of a dead child named David. Encouraged by his boss to continue the ‘Dear David’ thread, Adam starts to lose his grip on what is online…and what is real. Based on the viral Twitter thread by BuzzFeed comic artist Adam Ellis.”
Dear David hits theaters, On Demand, and Digital HD on October 13th.