Silent Hill 2 Will Be More Accessible to the 'Movie-Going Public'

Three years have already passed since the Silent Hill movie came out, and the second one is well on its way. Still in a project phase and looking for most of the crew, the movie does have some of the concept laid down. The film's producer, Don Carmody, decided his movie could do with a little more coverage, so he was eager to release a few more details about the next installment in the game-based movie series.

The first thing he announced was that the writer of the first movie, Roger Avary, would most likely not be implicated in this sequel. "Well, we have had a bit of a hiccup with Roger," Carmody said in an exclusive Shock Till You Drop interview. "We're just debating whether we can wait for him. He's writing the script for sure." A hiccup is a huge understatement, considering that Avary was sentenced to prison for one year after being found guilty of vehicular manslaughter.

The one person that is guaranteed not to return to Silent Hill 2 is the director of the first movie, Christophe Gans. "I don't think he wants to come back," Carmody said. "He'll have some input for sure. In his mind, I think he wanted to do the first one and for this he's very happy to consult, but I think he wants to direct something new." Maybe the director just didn't approve with the producer's new take on the sequel. Carmody is looking to make the second title of the Silent Hill movie series more accessible to the "movie-going public."

"I think we need to make it a little more accessible to the movie-going public," he said. "Silent Hill is not a blockbuster game like Resident Evil or the other games out there. It's a connoisseurs' game. It has its own, rabid fan base. They're not cheap, these things."

Carmody further added that, "You have to appeal not only to the gamers, you have to appeal to a wider audience. So we have to get some story in there that helps explain a bit more. I think that's all happening. Of course, [the story] is going to happen years later and the main character – without giving too much away – is much older and representative to the movie-going public which is in that age group."