It’s been almost two decades(!) since Jennifer’s Body graced theaters, and Diablo Cody is officially writing a sequel.
“It actually is not a typical sequel process, where you’re going, ‘Here’s what we’re going to protect from the first movie.’ It’s more like all the ways in which I was restrained on the first movie, I’m now unleashed,” Cody told Bloody Disgusting. “So it actually is less a feeling of being cautious and more of a feeling of being careless in the best way.”
She added, “Thematically, the whole movie is a response to that rediscovery [of the first film]. Truly, it was an unusual situation where the fans were able to inspire me back. The whole movie is infused with that love and appreciation and discovery. Every movie is about something, other than what it’s about, but this one is not just about Jennifer and Needy, it’s about me. It was really, really cathartic to write. I felt a lot of gratitude in the writing process, because it wouldn’t be happening if people hadn’t shown so much love for the first movie.”
The first film starred Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, and Adam Brody. In it, Fox and Seyfried’s characters — Jennifer and Needy — head to a dive bar to hang with Brody’s character’s rock band. Brody’s character, however, is looking to make a ritual sacrifice; things go awry and Jennifer (Fox) becomes a demon. It’s not clear if any of those actors will be coming back for a variety of reasons (spoiler: some of them die!) but Seyfried has said (via Variety) that she wants to do it but wouldn’t unless Fox comes back as well. Diablo’s quote above also suggests that the sequel will include both Jennifer and Needy.
While Cody has a script she’s excited about, it’s not clear if it’s been picked up yet for production. We’ll have to wait for more news to see if we’ll get a sequel before the twentieth anniversary of the original comes up in 2029.
