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'S. Darko' to Change What Happened in 'Donnie Darko'?
Published 6/22/2008 at RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines
MTV caught up with Briana Evigan , the recent star of Step Up 2 and upcoming star of S. Darko , the follow-up to Richard Kelly's cult-classic Donnie Darko , which is moving forward without any participation from the first film's creator. As someone that really didn't like Donnie Darko I don't really care about the sequel or how much it craps on the original, but I can understand why the die-hard fans of the original would be upset, and I don't think the quotes MTV recently got from Evigan are going to help as much as they are going to fuel the flames of hatred. ...

S.Darko changes Donnie Darko
Published 6/23/2008 at Filmstalker
... trip to Los Angeles. Samantha was going to be plagued by similar hallucinations to her brother, after her car breaks down and a meteorite hits while they are stranded in a small town. On board yet, I'm not. Well it's about to get worse, the sequel seems to be changing a few details from the first. Cast member Briana Evigan who plays the best friend of Samantha has been talking about the sequel, turns out she's going to have the same time travelling powers as the younger Darko. On MTV through ...

Donnie Darko Sequel Star Promises Not To Screw It Up
Published 6/24/2008 at Cinema Blend News
... already come out. But Briana Evigan is in the unfortunate position of sticking up for a movie that everyone hates, even though it hasn’t even finished filming yet. That movie is the ever-dreaded S. Darko , a sequel to 2001’s Donnie Darko that the original director, Richard Kelly, has officially disowned. Only one original cast member, Daveigh Chase, is returning, and Evigan is in the unenviable position of being a co-star. On the red carpet for the MTV Movie Awards, Evigan told MTV.com “We've got new people working on it. We have a great cast, a great director, a great ...