Richard Kelly Talks Donnie Darko 2

A couple days ago we gave you the exclusive first look at the Donnie Darko 2 poster aka S.Darko. Now in doing so we kind of wondered what sort of response you as fans would have since its a sequel and more importantly Richard Kelly is NOT involved in the project. Our friends at Slashfilm talked to Richard Kelly who made it VERY clear they have nothing to do with the sequel and the only reason its being made is they did not retain the rights to the orginal film. Although its not a good thing that Richard Kelly is not involved many sequels go on without the creative mind behind the first one so I am not quite ready to write off S.Darko.

This next chapter of the Darko saga picks up with Samantha, Donnie’s  younger sister, who, in the wake of his death, has found herself at 17  with a broken family, mired in feelings of insignificance, and with no  aspirations for the future.  The archetypal character study and genre   mixing of Donnie Darko is reprised, but with a fresh spin on the roles  within the Tangent Universe that warrants the telling of this darker,  more jaded tale of tragedy, second chances, sacrifice and rebirth.