Costner says no “Bull Durham” sequel planned
My colleague Cathy Burch talked to Kevin Costner the other day about his band’s new country CD and I forced her to ask him about reported plans for a “Bull Durham” sequel. Here’s what he said:
“I’ve been hearing that and I’ve been asked that before. As it turns out I was with (director Ron) Shelton , Timmy (Tim Robbins) and Sue (Susan Sarandon) about two weeks ago. We were at (Robbins’ 50th) birthday party. … And Shelton and Tim and Sue never said anything to me about this, so if it is happening, I think they’ve cut me out.”
But would you do it if they asked?: “If I liked the writing, I would do it. I’ve never made a sequel, and it’s not that I’m against them, it’s just not in my nature to repeat myself. But if somebody wrote something that I thought had a natural sequel to it like ‘Mr. Brooks,’ which was written as a trilogy, I would do it. But it somehow has to please me. I know it would be pleasing to the bank account. But it would have to please me. … I never start unless I think they have a chance to be great.”
So there you have it. I think we can say conclusively that the “Bull Durham” sequel is not happening. Unless it is.
November 6th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
“I’ve never made a sequel, and it’s not that I’m against them, it’s just not in my nature to repeat myself”
And yet, he sounds and acts exactly the same in every single movie.
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November 6th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
“I never start unless I think they have a chance to be great.”
I’ll give him ‘Dances with Wolves’ and ‘the Untouchables’ and all of his baseball movies. …that leaves a lot of no-chance-to-be-greats that he not only started, but also finished.
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