According to the ever reliable Ryan Rotten at ShockTilYou’reUnsteadyOnYourFeet, it’s official: Corey Haim will return as Sam Emerson in The Lost Boys 2: The Tribe. This is glorious news indeed; it wouldn’t be a twenty-years-too-late, direct-to-DVD sequel without him. But will he hop in a bathtub and croon along to Clarence “Frogman” Henry?
The product of the home entertainment dream team of director P.J. Pesce (Sniper 3, From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter, the short-lived Tremors TV series) and screenwriter Hans Rodinoff (Man-Thing, The Skulls 2, A Man for All Seasons), Lost Boys 2 was thought to be wrapped until this cryptic message turned up on star Corey Feldman’s blog:
“Speaking of secrets, it does appear we will be doing some additional photography for LB2 next week. All signs still positive on that front. I will try to sneak you a few more photos in the coming weeks…”
Come to think of it, that’s not cryptic at all. In any event, what he failed to insinuate is that the purpose of the additional photography is to reinsert a number of cut scenes from Rodinoff’s script that feature one Sam Emerson. Why were they cut in the first place? I don’t know, and I’m not going to go a-Googlin’ to find out either. All that matters is that there will be at least a modicum of Sam in this sequel I’ll probably never watch. Also returning is Jamison Newlander, whose career kinda stalled after his indelible debut as Alan Frog. Now, all they’ve got to do is find that musclebound dude with the saxophone, and they’ll have all the inessential elements of The Lost Boys back in play.
Jason Patric could not be reached for comment, but he could be felt brooding.
Rejected headline: “Haim the Conquering Hero”.
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The last two lines are the best thing ever, Beaks.
That musclebound dude with the saxophone? That's Tim Capello. Better recognize, he was part of Ringo's All-Star Band.
Smith, you're a rock star. To answer your question about Capello – Rodionoff told us the sax player has a bit part in the sequel. There's going to be a cover of "Cry Little Sister," too. And I know Devin is crossing his fingers in hope that Fallout Boy is doing it: http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=4040
Seconding the love for the last two lines.
Am I alone in my belief that Sam Emerson is one of the great glbt characters of 80's cinema?
I wonder what made them change their minds and add Haim back into the mix. I distinctly remember seeing a clip of that gawd-awful Two Coreys show on E!'s The Soup and I remember Haim throwing a crying hissy-fit because Feldman got a call asking for him to come back and that the invite wasn't extended to Haim.
Either way, I probably won't be watching this one anyway. I'd have to shower for hours afterwards to wash the Feldog off me.
Haim is Canadian. They shot principle photography in Vancouver and he can't return to Canada for some reason so he was forced to drop out.
If "LB2" is a success, I might just hang my Rob Lowe poster back up.
Dastardly Vamps!! Did anyone actually read that text in the image? heh. So I assume this means Haim has kicked his crippling meth addiction?
It looks as though they have changed a lot of the script. Way back in August I logged on to the IMDB board and viewed the LB2 info. It looks looks like they have changed a bunch of the characters in it! In addition, it also looks like they did a casting call down at the local strip club! "Hey, we don't have a lot of money to spend! Which one of you girls wants to be a big star?! All you have to do is have a big orgy with the entire crew and we will put you on! Woo Hoo!"
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