Liv Tyler Returns For 'The Strangers 2'

It looks like movement on "The Strangers 2" is starting to begin again after shooting, which was supposed to take place in September of last year, never actually got started. Bloody Disgusting is reporting that Liv Tyler is a "lock" to return, reprising her role as Kristen McKay. Those who have seen the first may find that surprising.

It's been two years since the original's release, and in that time we've managed to almost completely forget about it. That's not to say it doesn't have its fans, but this writer in particular found it had an absence of thrills. The call for a sequel makes sense from a business standpoint. The first was made on the cheap for $10 million, and ended up earning over $80 million worldwide. But, from a story standpoint though, "The Strangers" doesn't exactly scream franchise.

The original writer and director Bryan Bertino has returned as only a scribe for the sequel. Laurent Briet is taking over direction on the picture, with very little experience to rely on. He has one short film under his belt, as well as a video for Aphex Twin's "Nannou" (see below). An early draft of the script places the killers from the original film in some sort of down-and-out trailer park. A new director and locale could bode well for the picture, but with ours and others' reviews of the first film hanging heavy on the negative end we aren't expecting any miracles. -- Eric T. Voigt