Every few years, Winona Ryder starts talking “Heathers 2” and how the sequel is back on track. Original “Heathers” writer Dan Waters, said two years ago this talk was all nonsense. Obviously, Ryder’s latest comments on the sequel came up again in the press at the beginning of June, sparking interest or hope in the project once more.
Fortunately, her comments are just more crazy talk, “Heathers” director Michael Lehmann confirmed to Movieline this week. Is there any truth to it at all? Nuh-uh.
“No. Winona’s been talking about this for years — she brings it up every once in a while and Dan Waters and I will joke about it, but as far as I know there’s no script and no plans to do the sequel.”
Fortunately the makers of “Heathers” are just not interested because nothing further needs to be said.
“I’m all in favor of people — myself included — going into the same territory if there’s something that can be done with it. But if somebody says, ‘Make a sequel to Heathers,’ I feel like, no, someone should make a good movie that’s a dark, satirical comedy that has that sensibility. So a movie as specific as Heathers, which took place in a specific time and specific place and in which many of the characters got killed off, I never thought it made sense to see a sequel.”
All’s well that ends well.
