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“Donnie Darko” has a sequel on the way, called “S. Darko” (S for Samantha, Donnie’s sister, which actually makes the movie a spin-off rather than a sequel). But Richard Kelly, “Donnie Darko”s writer-director want to make one thing perfectly clear: he has nothing to do with this movie, which starts pre-sales in the upcoming Cannes market (damn the buyers that will pour money what seems on the outset as a blasphemous and disrespectful project) and begins shooting May 18th. In fact he holds no rights on the Donnie Darko franchise. Here is Richard Kelly’s blog post from today, where he also adds a riddle concerning his upcoming movie, “The Box”, now in post-production:

Over the last couple of days, a few people have asked me what’s up with “this Donnie Darko sequel.” So to set the record straight, here’s a few facts I’d like to share with you all - I haven’t read this script. I have absolutely no involvement with this production, nor will I ever be involved. I have no control over the rights from our original film, and neither I nor my producing partner Sean McKittrick stand to make any money from this film.
Now . . . I will leave you with some good news!
The last few months have been an amazing time for us on the editing of The Box. We’re starting to work with a very famous band who is honoring us with being the first fillmmakers they’ve ever scored a film with.
Hopefully there will be an announcement soon about who it is!

Anyone wants to guess who that band is? I say it’s Radiohead. What do you think?

Monday afternoon update: I’m hearing now it’s Arcade Fire.