I had the extreme pleasure of hosting a Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil panel with Alan Tudyk and Tyler Labine this past Friday at HorrorHound Weekend in Cincinnati, Ohio (full disclosure, yours truly is a staff writer at HorrorHound Magazine). I can safely say it was the most fun I’ve ever had hosting a panel in my life. Tudyk and Labine were so open and genial with the crowd, really letting the fans in on the process of making the film, its release and subsequent sequel.

Yep, that’s right. They announced there is a sequel in development! The following clip shows as the surprise announcement unfolded. Essentially, while Tudyk was at SXSW he told an inquiring interviewer that there wouldn’t be a sequel based on what he had heard. Once that interview broke one of the producers contacted him to correct what he had been under the impression of. I will say I was unaware that this announcement was going to be happening during the panel so I was as taken aback as anyone. As you can see in the clip he really did just blurt it out, taking the audience by surprise and elating them.

No details are known just yet, but I personally am waiting intently to hear what Tucker & Dale might get up to this time around!

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One of my favorite films of yours is Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, so I have to ask: is the sequel that’s been discussed on-and-off for years is still a possibility?

Oh, thank you. Yes. We’re working on something right now. I wouldn’t call it a film sequel, but the story is not done being told. I can’t really tell you much, but we’re in development with a couple things right now. Things are looking pretty good. Alan [Tudyk] and I are both still on board, along with Eli [Craig, director/co-writer]. We’re just trying to line up a few pieces. It’s just a matter of timing. We’re going to get something to the fans, because that’s really the only reason we want to do it. No one’s getting rich off this thing. [laughs] Alan and I have always been like, “Whatever we do has to be for the people that stuck with it and made it what it is.” That’s all the fans. Hopefully something will come to fruition.

As one of those fans, that’s very exciting. What do you think it is about the film that has made it stick with people?

I think it was totally fresh. We hadn’t seen a ton of horror comedy - “horromedy,” as I call it - like that that had been executed that well. I think Eli and Morgan [Jurgenson], the writers of the movie, did something that everyone, after they watched it, was like, “Why haven’t I thought of that?” or “Why haven’t I seen that before? That was so obvious and ripe for the picking!” But they did it first. I think it really stands out and has lasted the test of time because it was a very original piece. That makes something timeless.