A few weeks ago we learned that Victor Salva will indeed be writing and directing the third entry into the Jeepers Creepers franchise but we were unclear on whether the film would be headed to the theaters or straight to Blu-Ray and DVD. Today we learn that the Creeper will soon once agrain grace our local cinemas....

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This latest installment in MGM's monstrous franchise that Salva created in 2001 and carried through with a sequel subsequently released in 2003 will follow the same basic storyline. Both films introduced audiences to The Creeper, an ancient creature that comes out of hibernation for 23 days to feed.

The initial Jeepers Creepers opened at $13 million, breaking Labor Day weekend box office records at the time. Its follow-up was met with a $15 million bow two years later during a similar holiday release period. Together, the films have pulled in a little over a $100 million, not counting Blu-Ray & DVD sales.

Shooting will begin on the threequel either before he begins production on or after he completes Entity, not to be confused with the Barbara Hershey-starring ghost story of the same name. It's is unclear whether this will be a late 2010 or early 2011 release. Salva has stated on several occasions that Entity is the closest he will ever get to a sequel to his 1995 film Powder - he wrote it shortly after Powder as part of three films he refers to as his "alien trilogy."

Below is an interview with Salva.

"It's tentatively titled 'Jeepers Creeper 3: The Creeper Walks Among Us', It includes a prologue in the Old West and might bring back several characters from the first two films 20 years later. The script and story will be big on scares and give us plenty more of the traditional Creeper creepiness, with a few more bits thrown in about what it might be and where it came from."

"MGM initially suggested that we go direct to video with the third in the trilogy, but we hope that the exciting entity that the new MGM is becoming realizes that both 'Jeepers Creepers' films set [then-] records for their Labor Day weekend box-office openings, before each went on to make over $100 million apiece on DVD,"

"I believe a theatrical release is critical to this kind of success on video. I don’t think you can have one without the other, and it would be a shame not to be able to see what I have planned for 'Jeepers 3' up on the big screen."

Stay tuned for more information as we get it in.

Source: Variety