Tremors 5: The Thunder From Down Under?
The original Tremors is a true cult classic from the early ’90s that has more than its fair share of dedicated fans. You’ve got Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Michael Gross, Victor Wong, and Reba McEntire all in a desert town being stalked by a bunch of underground creatures… what’s not to love? Of course, the magic quickly wore off throughout the three sequels that followed, but I guess that’s to be expected when most of the cast and crew jump ship. Recently we heard rumours that Tremors director Ron Underwood was going to be reteaming with writers S.S. Wilson and Brent Maddock for a new movie called Night Crew. Now this week, Cinema Blend brings us the strange news of yet another possible Tremors sequel.
According to an inside source at Universal, there is a fifth Tremors movie in development with the tentative title Tremors: The Thunder From Down Under. As you can probably guess, it will take place in Australia, but it’s unclear whether Wilson or Maddock will have anything to do with it (the duo took turns directing parts 2, 3 and 4). We all know that Michael Gross is likely to be the only returning cast member, but I just might be interested if they can somehow get Paul Hogan on board! In all seriousness though, this is one situation where a sequel seems kind of pointless — if anything, a reboot makes more sense. A direct-to-DVD Tremors 5 won’t be doing anyone any favours. I just hope this doesn’t mean Night Crew isn’t happening, because I’d much rather see something new from the same team, than a rehash of an old classic. What do the Tremors fans out there have to say about this project?
Comments (47)
The first Tremors is a true classic, and in need of a proper SE release. The sequels, not so much. There’s only so much you can do with that story and at least they tried something slightly different with the western setting of the fourth one but in the end it was basically the same.
Posted by Peking Duck on November 20th, 2008Tremors: One of my all time favorite movies.
Tremors 2: It’s no Tremors 1, but it ain’t bad.
Tremors 3: Even worse, but surprisingly entertaining.
Tremors 4: Blech!
I’m really not interested in another Tremors movie at this point unless they were somehow able to reunite Bacon and Ward. Now that would be something worth talking about.
Posted by Rian on November 20th, 2008Wait… there was a fourth one???
Posted by joe on November 21st, 2008Couldn’t agree more with Rian’s volume break down. I would welcome another sequel over a remake any day. The Western one was pretty bad though. I felt like I was watching a high school play. Hey honey, look at the kids dressed up in old time outfits, ain’t that cute.
Posted by Itchy-finger on November 21st, 2008I PRAY that this is a sequel and not a remake. I’ve loved all four of the Tremors movies–no, they’re not all the first movie, but they all had likeable characters and new twists on the Graboid. I’m dying to see a fifth one but I will have nothing to do with a remake. THAT would be pointless. If the first one was so wonderful–then go rent the first one, don’t remake it without the heart and lovable cast.
Posted by Greg on November 22nd, 2008The original Tremors is high on my list of enjoyable films, but who on earth could truely beleive in the merits of this new idea!
Posted by Dan on November 23rd, 2008Ill only see another tremors if Burt is in it he is all that remains from the original cast.
Posted by rocco on November 25th, 2008Looks like they messed with the wrong God Damn wreck room!!
Posted by ProjectGenesis on November 26th, 2008I loved all the tremors movies I am huge fan even
the tv show was enjoyable until sci-fi canceled it
Tremors 5 the script was already finished but the
time I heard about it Universal said that there not
willing to make another movie steve s wilson and brent
both said that they might get kevin and fred ward and
micheal gross back on board the reason why Kevin was
not Tremors 2 was he was making Apollo 13 and could
not return I am opened for a new place for the Grabiods
to roam around and eat people and the reason the tv
show was anti Tremors fans cough farscape I read a
magzine saying that Farscape the writers and the
creator ran out of idea’s for the show I do not believe
Tremors 5 will be a remake and you got to remember
Tremors 4 was a prequel you learn why the town
of perfection never knew what a graboid was because
Burt Gummer great grand father wanted the town to
keep it a secert and if such secert was known about
the monsters nobody would settle there if you knew
that there was a monsters that were killed in your
town would you live there and I felt that all the
movies should went thru theaters but no they went
straight to video which was not bad but I say bull
crap there no market how many films have I seen
on dvd that straight to dvd tons so if there no market
for films like tremors then why are most skip movie
theaters and went striaght to video hell movie quote
from Tremors Burt Gummer water filterion guygor counter
bomb shelter underground god damn monsters
Posted by josh on November 26th, 2008i really think that they should make the fith tremors it is suppost to be really good. I really want val and earl to come back.
Posted by gemma on December 23rd, 2008I enjoyed all 4 tremors movies and all 13 episodes of the series, and have been ready for the next movie since 4 was released. There great entertainment!
Posted by Bruce on January 4th, 2009I hope they do but probaly won’t happen because they cancelled the series which was dumb but if they do the only man that would return is michael gross but it would be cool if Steven spielberg could do the movie because all of his movies were hits and they could bring on robert shaw
Posted by Joey on January 17th, 2009plus some of the storie could be kev,fred,and michael running into each other like somewhere in a store and if they make tremors 5 it would probaly get a C+ or below cause after 4 it went downhill
Posted by Joey on January 17th, 2009I enjoyed the movies, not so much the 4th one, and am a strong supporter of a fifth movie as long as they don’t mess it up.
although about what Joey said about stephen spielberg, With all due respect I disagree, he could’ve made his work much better. example: Jurrasic park was my favorite movie growing up, but after reading the novel by Michael Crichton (rest in peace) I became disappointed and a little angry with Spielburgs JP movie.
Posted by kyle on January 23rd, 2009It`s outdoors!! What more does anyone want???? Some more soap opera in the city crap?!!!!! Or even better yet ,another cop movie???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If they made ten more of these movies i`de buy every one of them !
Posted by Dave on January 26th, 2009Tremors (PART 1) BRILLIANT!!! 9.5/10
Posted by Julio Garcia on January 31st, 2009Tremors 2 GOOD 7.8/10
Tremors 3 NOT SO GOOD 6.8/10
Tremors 4 REMAKE 100 YEARS BEFORE. NOT SO GOOD 6.2/10
Tremors The Series - VERY POOR - 4.2/10
Tremors 5 - I want to heard about the plot before make my mind.
SORRY - TREMORS (PART 1) is 8.5/10 not 9.5/10 (That is for EXCELLENT MOVIES) like 2001: A SPACE ODDYSSEY (9.5/10); CITIZEN KANE (9.8/10); SHAWSHANK REDENTION (9.7/10); THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (9.7/10); THE GOODFHATHER I (9.7/10) AND II (9.7/10); THE USUAL SUSPECTS (9.7/10); DR. STRANGELOVE (9.5/10); PULP FICTION (9.5/10); THE FIGHT CLUB (9.3/10); SEVEN (9.6/10); SCHINDLER’S LIST (9.5/10); THE LORD OF THE RINGS (FIRST (9.5/10) AND SECOND (9.6/10); RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (9.5/10); MATRIX (9.5/10); MEMENTO (9.5/10); 12 ANGRY MEN (1957)(9.5/10); APOCALYPSE NOW (9.5/10); THE SEVEN SAMURAI (9.6/10); RAGING BULL (9.5/10); AMADEUS (9.7/10); THE STING (9.7/10); FULL METAL JACKET (9.4/10); BLADE RUNNER (9.6/10); STAR WARS (9.5/10); RAN (9.5/10); PLATOON (9.5/10); GANDHI (9.7/10; GROUNDHOG DAY; THE THING (9.4/10); THE SHINING (9.6/10); ALIENS (9.5/10); NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (9.5/10); MILLION DOLLAR BABY (9.2/10)
Posted by Julio Garcia on January 31st, 2009Opinions…are like…you know…!Some like Tremors and some don’t. I’m against a remake…but I damn sure would watch it.Too bad Keven Bacon couldn’t be in the rest of them as well as all the first cast.
I have two sons, 5 & 4 and they always want to watch the “WORM” Movie. Now they know the name Tremors by heart. I bought the Series DVD from Wally World and will wear them out watching it.
But here’s a twist. Get the cast back together…and also cast Kyra Sedgewick. I think that would be a fine addition to the crowd.
And…about Tremors 4.Hmmm….well, you do realize don’t you that movies make MONEY! I don’t think ANYONE involved in the making of Tremors had a clue that this movie would go cult! Look at Star Wars! Holy Shit!
Posted by BUZ on February 1st, 2009“SORRY - TREMORS (PART 1) is 8.5/10 not 9.5/10 (That is for EXCELLENT MOVIES) like 2001: A SPACE ODDYSSEY (9.5/10); CITIZEN KANE (9.8/10); SHAWSHANK REDENTION (9.7/10); THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (9.7/10);”
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh man, thank you for making my day. Putting Tremors 1 point away from thes classic movies as if it’s even in the same stratosphere let alone league… man… that’s the funniest thing I’ve heard in a while. Is it that you really think Tremors is THAT good, or that 1 point makes an incredibly huge difference?
“Hey John, what are you doing today?”
“Oooh, I think I’m gonna watch a few classic films. You know, Citizen Kane… Seven Samurai… Tremors… Shindler’s List”
LOL!
Posted by me on February 6th, 2009i love the tremors movies. i love the first 3 the same and the fourth i thought was pretty good. i would love to see a new tremors movie. i think the cast from the first 3 should come back. i’m not going to name everyone but the survivors at the end of the first, second and third should meet up and take on the graboids, shriekers, ass blasters and another mutation possibly really big above ground creatures like maybe 6 feel tall and it should take place in las vegas b/c at the end of the 3rd they sold the surviving ass blaster to siegfried and roy. that’s what i would want to happen.
Posted by Jared on February 9th, 2009also i would call it Tremors 4: The Reunion or What Happens In Vegas Stays in Vegas or make that the tagline.
Posted by Jared on February 9th, 2009The first Tremors movie was a classic and is awesome. Tremors 2: Aftershocks added up to be a great sequel that you probably could not beat. Tremors 3: Back to Perfection was good but was not as good as the first two. Tremors 4: The Legend Begins was not a very good prequel but was a alright movie. Now all I have to say is that I hope that they will bring the franchise back with Tremors: The Thunder from Down Under and make it a great movie rather than what the last one was like.
Posted by Jonathan Ferguson on February 13th, 2009Awesome
Posted by Jonathan Ferguson on February 13th, 2009dude i love the tremor movies and the tv show, and i will love to see the fith movies. bue will val and earl back to help this time?
Posted by ben harrison on February 14th, 2009I loved all the tremors films! There is one problem i have with Tremors 3 though, Burt never gets to kill an ass blaster with an actual gun!!! But it was still pretty good. Now, about this Tremors 5, i think it should still take place in Perfection because who wants to watch a Tremors film with all new characters. I would love another Tremors film but only if it takes place in Perfection and it has to have more action than Tremors #.
Posted by Burt on February 21st, 2009I loved the first three movies, the first one obviously takes the cake but the other two were enjoyable. I didn’t like the fourth one. It was very boring and I didn’t like how Michael Gross’s character was opposite his role the other three films. I just downloaded and watched the series and I liked it. The mix-master idea kind of allowed for new ideas to develop. I really would like to see a fifth movie. I would see it opening day for sure. I hope Val and Earl are in it as well as maybe some of the TV series characters like Rosalita or Tyler. It is a cult classic anyways there is no harm in making a fifth movie.
Posted by Tommy on February 22nd, 2009I’ll support the Tremors fans. I would like to see tremors 5, 6, 7. so i would want the directors of tremors have tremors 5 made by between 2009-2010-2011
Posted by Tremors fan on March 7th, 2009to make it and come on dvd & blue ray. but i would like to see a Tremors 5 something new to watch and i am a big fan of tremors. I have seen tremors 1,2,3,4, and tremors the series but i would like to see another Tremors series
woooo! go tremors 5 woooo! tremors 5 tremors 5 tremors 5 tremors 5 tremors 5 tremors tremors 5 GO TREMORS 5 wooo COME ON tremors fans make tremors 5 come on do it do it NOW what are you waiting for come on do it do it now!
Posted by Beavis Love machine on March 7th, 2009wa ha ha ha ha wa ha ha! i am the million dollar man and i will by Tremors 5 wa ha ha ha! i will by tremors 5 jus to make pple happy. so tremors 5 will be bought wa ha ha ha!
Posted by MillionDollar Man on March 7th, 2009I’d like to see the guy who wrote post 19 try and write a screenplay half as tight as Tremors.
Posted by Bloefeld on April 2nd, 2009tremors 5 would rock
Posted by rk on April 7th, 2009TREMORS- 5star
TREMORS2- 4 star
TREMORS3- 3 star
TREMORS4- 4 star
tremors 3 was my least favourite because there wasn’t enough graboids although i suppose the ass-blasters were an o.k. idea
I think tremors 5 should have graboids that live under water
i agee with that guy who said graboids should live under water!
that’s could be a fine idea!
TREMORS 1 - 10/10
TREMORS 2 - 9.5/10
TREMORS 3 - 10/10
TREMORS 4 - 9.5/10
TREMORS 5 - I’ll give an eleven if graboids start to be smarter and go underwater, attaking soviets and these guys
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Posted by André F. G. Gabriel on April 9th, 2009Ariana Richards should appear again, such as in JPIV!
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Posted by André F. G. Gabriel on April 9th, 2009i found a website from the people who worked on the tremors crew and they said that there is a 99.99% chance there will be no tremors 5 because sci-fi and universal think it is basically a waste of time because sci-fi checked the numbers and the series rated like 3 or 4 percent under the line they wanted so they decided to stop the whole franchise. posibly permanently
Posted by galexion on April 24th, 2009Love tremors
Posted by Matt on May 4th, 2009The 1st tremors movie is a classic. It really never got the amount of attention it deserved, but I’m very pleased that it has a strong cult following. Tremors 2 is a great movie. Depending on the mood I am in, I would go as far to say that the 2nd movie is better than the original. Tremors 3 is not a great movie, but it is good, somewhere in the realm of an 7.5-8/10. A solid movie. The fourth tremors is a movie that you will enjoy to an extent if your a fan of the series, however if your not a fan of the series its pretty lackluster. I was very surprised that they went with a prequel and a rather corny one at that.
I would absolutely love to see another Tremors. Those dicks at SciFi really know how to let go of quality shows. If not for GhostHunters I would have nothing to do with that show. Bring on Tremors 5. my mail is emswilerm@yahoo.com. I love BSing with anyone about the Tremors Franchise.
GET EM BURT!!!
Posted by Matt on May 4th, 2009I’d love to see a fifth installment. Burt Gummer is really the only dharecter that can’t be easily replaced. Ther other charecters are really just templates. Besides Burt is by far the most popular one.
Posted by Alan on May 4th, 2009Tremors 5… i cant wait! but i would alos like it if they remade or add to the old tremors the series
Posted by jack on May 5th, 2009tremors 5 should be great, i agree with majority crowd, bring val and earl back! tremors 1 and 2 are the best, 3 alright, 4th was terrible, 5 should be awsome!
Posted by nny on May 20th, 2009tremors: one of my fav’s.
tremors 2: same.
tremors 3: retarded.
tremors 4: blech!!!, just that horrible.
i would probably love a 5th one if kevin bacon and/or fred ward is in it.
Posted by wolfy on May 30th, 2009i liked all the movies and series i hope they make a tremors 5 and dont cancle productions like some other movies
Posted by Jacob on June 2nd, 2009Tremors 2
Tremors
Tremors 4
Tremors 3
Thats the order i like them in.
I liked the 4th one. alot better then the third one. the third was good but i like the fourth better. probibly because i live guns from the 1850’s-’80’s era. i would love for a part five. one idea i had a few years ago was tremors in the future. but that was quickly tossed out. i think it would be cool to have a shreaker attack at Earl and Grady’s Monster World and Val read about it in a newspaper or something. idk know how that would tie in with an actual plot but i would like it.
Posted by Trainwreck246 on June 6th, 2009I really hope they make a Tremors 5. I loved 1-4 and the 13 episodes. Even if each movie did get a little worse each time, it still means they’re good. I just hope they bring back Burt (with a mini-gun), and I also hope they leave out those two stupid hill-billies from the first on and Mindy’s annoying mom. Also waiting on Jurassic Park 4 and Rambo 5.
BURT: You little turd!
Posted by Ryan on June 15th, 2009They can bring back the other hill-billy, just not Valentine.
Posted by Ryan on June 15th, 2009Ok guys just sitting around stating our oppinions and trying to disprove other peoples opinions isnt going to get us anywhere. I say we make a type of petition that expresses our wants for a tremors 5 or more tv epispdes!!!!!
Posted by garrett on June 18th, 2009what are u kitting me tremors 1 is the all time favorite for me the rest suck and keep sucking a 5 would be awesome if it had the technology that we have today in 2009 thx
Posted by abraham on June 22nd, 2009omfg are you kidding me tremors 5 is gona be sick id rather they dump the other movie metioned and make 5 man and i thought they were all great
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