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Cult Monster Movie Tremors Set for TV Reboot, Kevin Bacon to Return

Bringing home the Bacon.

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One of the most fondly remembered cult movies of the early '90s is Tremors, the comedy horror starring Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward. It has now been announced that the movie is to be rebooted as a TV show, with Bacon returning to the franchise for the first time.

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Entertainment Weekly have reported that the Tremors show is being developed by Universal Cable Productions and Blumhouse, the production company responsible for such big screen horror hits such as The Purge and the Paranormal Activity series. The project is currently being shopped around to various networks, and EW have been told that "multiple bidders" are interested.

The original movie, which saw Bacon and Ward fighting giant sand worms in the Nevada desert, spawned four straight-to-video sequels, plus a short-lived TV series in 2003. Bacon has not appeared in any of the franchise beyond the first film, but he will return to this new series as both an actor and executive producer.

In an interview with the Metro newspaper earlier this year, Bacon stated that he would be interested in returning to the property. "I'd love to do something else with Tremors and revisit the character 25 years later," he said, via IGN. "Part of what's great about that movie is there are next to no digital effects. The monsters are done with puppetry, and it's still off, funny and scary--it's a cool accomplishment."

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