Fred Ward returned for the first sequel as did Michael Gross, who's been in every "Tremors" film, but Bacon nixed the idea, until now. "I was like -- why would I make a sequel of a bomb? That makes no sense to me. I am not going to make another movie that's not going to do well at the box office. That is not a good career move," he told Screen Daily.
But now that the TV landscape has changed, he and producer Jason Blum are shooting a pilot for SyFy. He originally approached the Blumhouse CEO about reviving the franchise as a feature film, but it evolved into an 8-episode TV series.
There was a TV spinoff that ran briefly on Sci-Fi Channel (as SyFy used to be called) in 2003, but was quickly canceled. Michael Gross starred as gung-ho survivalist Burt Gummer.
We don't know yet if Gross, Ward or original star Reba McEntire will be back, but it seems like Gross has never said no to a "Tremors" project yet. Someone call Finn Carter (who played grad student Rhonda) and Ariana Richards (also of "Jurassic Park" fame), who returned for "Tremors 3: Back to Perfection."
