Edgar Wright ​Explains Why ‌a ‘Shaun of the ‌Dead​ 2’ Will Never ⁣Happen

Should ​there be‌ a Shaun of the Dead 2? Not now, not ever, ​director Edgar ​Wright has insisted ⁢- and his description⁢ for why he has such a hard ‍line on it makes perfect sense.

2004’s⁤ Shaun ⁢of ​the Dead, starring Simon Pegg ‍and Nick ‌Frost, is considered​ by many ⁣fans to be the perfect zombie comedy film. ‍it sees Pegg’s washed-up Shaun go from zero ‌to hero as a zombie apocalypse explodes‍ around him and ⁤his friends in ‌the Crouch End‌ area⁢ of London.‍ Many of its ⁢lines are often ‍repeated by fans online (“Let’s go to ‌the Winchester,have‌ a nice cold pint,and wait for⁢ this all to blow over”),and it spawned ‌Wright and Pegg’s Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy,which includes 2007’s‌ Hot Fuzz ‌and 2013’s The World’s End.

Over the ⁣years (21!), fans have wondered whether wright and⁣ Pegg would return to Shaun of the Dead ⁢ for⁤ a sequel. While Pegg has ‍made clear his‌ feelings that⁣ a sequel or reboot should never happen, now Wright​ has added his thoughts.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, he told Polygon ​ he’ll​ never return to make Shaun of the Dead⁤ 2.⁢ why? As ⁣the characters ‌go through their journeys in ‍the first movie,and there’s not ⁣really much left to‌ say.

“We weren’t​ really interested in doing it⁣ because we didn’t think there ‌was any more story to ⁢tell,” Wright said.Apparently, he was asked to ⁣make a sequel‍ after ‍ Shaun ‌of the Dead came out instead of Hot Fuzz, but he refused.

“there are⁤ a lot of ⁤franchises where the sequels don’t really earn‌ their keep ‍because all the story has been ‌told in⁤ the first movie,” Wright ‍added.”When ⁢a character has gone through ⁢a⁢ massive‍ change, its very ‌difficult to have a second installment. Shaun of the ⁢Dead ‍ has him going⁤ from being a kind ⁣of sad sack ‌to being a hero by the​ end of the movie. ⁤So it’s very difficult to start the next movie when there’s no obvious arc. We​ are very happy with it being a one and done.”