Is “Jennifer’s Body” prepared to come off the ice?

The cult horror movie starring Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried and Adam Brody is nearing its 20^th anniversary, however sequel discuss has moved at a gradual clip in the years following its 2009 launch. Seyfried and Brody, in rivalry for Emmy nominations this yr, just lately reunited for a roving “Actors on Actors” conversation the place Selection received necessary updates on the second movie.

“We’re making one other one,” Seyfried advised Brody definitively throughout their chat.

 “I heard, what are you able to inform me?” he requested in return.

In the unique film, “Mamma Mia!” star Seyfried performed Anita “Needy” Lesnicki, the wallflower greatest good friend of dangerous lady Fox (the titular Jennifer). Brody performed Nikolai, lead singer of the aspiring rock band Low Shoulder. When the women head to a neighborhood dive bar to see them play, Brody’s character reveals greater plans for his groupie Jennifer — a ritual sacrifice that may kill her and convey the band huge fame. Some issues come up in the fantastic print and Fox is remodeled right into a flesh-eating demon.

Seyfried let on that the sequel is being spearheaded by producer Mason Novick (“Tully,” “500 Days of Summer time”), who made the unique with Jason Reitman and Daniel Dubiecki. And whereas we don’t need to spoil a 16-year-old film, we really feel protected saying that Brody and Fox’s characters perish in the finish.

“Are you going to do it?” Seyfried requested Brody of the subsequent movie, who stated he hadn’t been contacted about the challenge however famous that his character died.

“However so did Megan, and I’m not doing it with out her,” Seyfried stated, pitching Brody to play the satan this time round. She additionally prompt that unique director Karyn Kusama (“Destroyer,” “The Invitation”) could also be in the combine to return and that the pair had been making an attempt to work collectively once more after the first movie.

Thought-about a flop when the former 20^th Century Fox introduced it to theaters, the unique grossed $31 million at the international field workplace on a $16 million funds. Stress was excessive on Fox, who had damaged massive in Paramount’s “Transformers” franchise. The identical was true for “Jennifer’s Body” screenwriter Diablo Cody, who had simply come off an Oscar win for “Juno.”

However enduring fandom, the introduction of streaming and discovery on platforms like TikTok have given “Jennifer’s Body” a powerful cross-generational viewers base. The film was simply shouted out on Benito Skinner’s coming-of-age comedy “Overcompensating.”

Brody puzzled to Seyfried what the second movie must be known as.

“Needy’s Body,” she stated.