During an interview with Collider, Matthew Vaughn talked about the concept he had for sequel to Stardust, the 2007 fantasy film starring Charlie Cox.
The Big Picture Sixteen years after the release of Stardust, Matthew Vaughn is still thinking about the concept he had come up with for the development of a potential sequel. While the original adaptation's box office performance convinced the studio that working on a second film would be a bad idea, the filmmaker was excited to explore more adventures set in a different time from what was seen on the big screen.
It was such a, you know this concept I’d done. The bottom line of it, you said you’re a big fan, it’s the death of Tristan and the vein and he throws off, he throws the necklace off, the necklace lances in 1960s London. So you have these crazy characters running around 1960s London but fitting in because it was a crazy time.
Vaughn also revealed that he and Paramount Pictures had opposing views regarding how the film should be sold.
Fortunately for Vaughn, Stardust went on to earn $137 million at the worldwide box office, and while it wasn't a financial success for the studio, the project became the highest grossing movie of the director's career up until that point: "And they would not listen to me. So then in England, they went do what you want, and we called it the fairytale that won’t behave. And it was my biggest grossing movie at that time.
Why A 'Stardust' Sequel Hasn't Been Made The Stardust film adaptation was released during a time when fantasy blockbusters weren't successful enough to guarantee the production of a sequel. Titles such as Eragon featured elaborate visual effects and elevated budgets, only to receive a disappointing reception at the box office by the time they premiered.
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