Like many of us,Diablo Codyis simply looking for someone to toss “a billion dollars” her way. Unlike many of us, it isn’t to pay off student debt and bills — it’s for a much nobler cause. During an appearance on Bloody Disgusting’sBoo Crew Podcast, the writer and director revealed that she would love to reincarnateJennifer’s Bodyfor a sequel. “I wanna do a sequel,” the woman behind such hits asJunoandThe United States of Tarasaid. “I am not done withJennifer’s Body. I just need to find… I need to partner with people who believe in it as much as I do and that hasn’t really happened yet. I need someone to believe in it who has a billion dollars.” If only a call to action like that worked so easily.
Easily one of the most classic horror flicks of the last two decades,Jennifer’s BodystarsMegan Fox(Transformers) as the titular teen who becomes demonically possessed after an out-of-town rock band (fronted byThe O.C.’sAdam Brody) uses her as a sacrifice to make it big. The film —which featured some beyond gross-out kills and tons of black goo— also boasted a co-leading performance fromAmanda Seyfried(The Dropout) with an ensemble filled out byJohnny Simmons(Scott Pilgrim vs. the World),J.K. Simmons(Juno),Amy Sedaris(Strangers with Candy), and an early-ish performance fromKyle Gallnerwho, through recent roles inScream(2022) andSmile, has begun his journey toscream king status.
Diablo Cody Is Grateful for the Film’s Cult Following — Even if They’re a Little Late to the Party
While we now recognize it for themagic piece of cinema that it is, it wasn’t always that way forJennifer’s Body. As Cody puts it, “It was a critical, commercial failure. I was pretty humiliated to be perfectly honest with you.” For whatever reason, the film was mostly a miss at the box office, butas word of mouth spread, so did its popularity. “I mean it’s gotten progressively happier for me,” Cody says of the wave she’s been riding since the movie first hit theaters in 2009.
“At first I was like, I was excited about it obviously, but I was also a little bit salty because I remember thinking, well where was this audience when the movie came out… It was a rough experience having that movie come out. It was rough for me, it was rough for Megan [Fox]… [then] people started suddenly talking about it like it was a good movie, which I had thought all along.At first, I just thought, oh where was this audience when I needed it, and then I realized they were like… seven. And then some people who maybe didn’t appreciate it at the time have come around, and now I’m just like, there’s no saltiness, now I’m just happy.”
As far as we know, no one has tossed Cody a casual billion dollars to pick up her pen and get to writing a sequel toJennifer’s Body,but we will be the first to let you know when the time (hopefully) comes. In the meantime, Cody’s latest script will rise from the dead whenLisa Frankensteinstompsinto theaters on February 9— check out the trailer below and streamJennifer’s Bodyon Max.
Jennifer’s Body
A newly-possessed high-school cheerleader turns into a succubus who specializes in killing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?
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