Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer - Alex Cox

[DR Herbert West]

‘Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer’ – Alex Cox Planning to Direct a Sequel for the Internet Age

“It’s a mystery… it’s a comedy… it’s a chase… it’s the forces of law against the representatives of discontented youth… against the finest minds in government… and they’re all in pursuit of a ’64 Chevy Malibu from… who knows where,” the original theatrical trailer for 1984’s Repo Man previewed. A fitting description for an oddball cult classic that’s… getting a sequel?!

40 years later, director Alex Cox is returning to the world of Repo Man with sequel Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer, and Indiewire broke the news of the project this week.

According to the site, the upcoming sequel Repo Man 2 will “take place in a world of self-driving cars and an even more pressing threat of global destruction.”

“The advent of incredible technology means, for the repo man, that everything has changed — and nothing has changed,” Cox explained to Indiewire in an email this week.

Kiowa Gordon (Twilight) is taking over the leading role of Otto, which was played by Emilio Estevez in the original 1980s movie.

Indiewire details, “The new movie picks up closely after the events of the 1984 original. Having tracked down the mysterious 1967 Malibu from the original film, a car connected to a recent alien sighting and carrying a toxic substance in its trunk capable of disintegrating anyone who looks inside, Otto has driven off into the infinities of space and time. But, as Cox explains, although the world around him has flashed forward into the present day it’s as if no time has passed for him at all.”

Cox is presenting the project to buyers at the upcoming European Film Market.

[BudBaxter]

I imagine this will be shot against a greenscreen in Cox's basement, on his phone.

But hey, I love the original & I'm always gonna be in for any new Alex Cox weirdness.

Hope they can put this on the soundtrack again:

BURNING SENSATIONS - Pablo Picasso - YouTube

[DR Herbert West]

I guess the rights finally reverted back to him.

[Stanis]

This doesn't bode well... reminds me of the unwise SLC Punk sequel, which was excretable. Alex Cox hasn't made anything worth watching in a while, has he? I dared not watch his Repo Chick

[Ben_C]

Expectations would be pretty low for a sequel, but I’d sure love to see a 4K release of the original. Harry Dean Stanton gives a legendary performance in that one.

[ckmoak]

This will actually be the third Cox sequel across multiple mediums, after Repo Chick (not...very good) and the graphic novel Waldo's Hawaiian Holiday, which was pretty good for what it was. I'll keep an open mind, but I'd really rather this just not exist. The original is unimpeachable and doesn't need sequel bloat.

[unberechenbar]

I didn't know the 2010 film was a remake.

[Monterey Jack]

Cashing in on that lucrative Repo Man IP...!

[Socko]

Off topic, for years and years I always thought that the guy from Airwolf, Alex Cord was the director of Repo Man

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by unberechenbar

I didn't know the 2010 film was a remake.

It's not.

[Foggy]

I love Repo Man but I think I can happily go one pretending this never happened.