Comic Con Confirms no Shaun of the Dead 2

The 2004 cult hit "Shaun of the Dead" was a horror comedy the likes of which probably haven't been seen since the "Evil Dead" movies. "Shaun" took witty jabs at the horror genre the way the "Scream" movies did, and "Shaun" did it in an outrageously campy style and with an outright hilarious script. Edgar Wright's grand slam of a B movie took in $13.5 million domestic and $16.4 million foreign gross, totaling around $30 million, and finding even more of an audience on DVD as such films often do.

For a long while there has been talk of "Shaun 2," but at Comic-Con this weekend, director Wright declared that he didn't have an interest in trying to cash in on the novelty of "Shaun" by making a sequel. The prospect is officially unlikely, even though it has been rumored to sport such catchy, playful titles as "From Dusk 'Til Shaun." Nick Frost jokingly suggested, "Night of the Living Ed" (Frost played the character of Ed in the film). Shaun himself, Simon Pegg co-wrote the script with Wright, and they are currently in production on another such joint effort.

While the outlook of coming back to "Shaun" is not so good, Pegg and Frost are currently working together with their "Shaun" director Wright on an action/comedy called "Hot Fuzz" (with Timothy Dalton, the James Bond of "License to Kill," and Bill Nighy, one of their "Shaun" co-stars), and the three are looking to do another collaborative project again sometime in the future. Though, as far as "Shaun 2" goes, they will most likely let sleeping zombies lie.