There are a few staples of the movie and television genres that will simply never go out of style, even with the natural ebbs and flows of various genres and themes in Hollywood. Vampires are most assuredly in that evergreen category, even with all of the various versions we’ve seen over the years. That said, there’s one particularly underrated Netflix 2022 vampire movie that absolutely deserves a sequel, and not only does its stunt legend director want it to happen, but he wants it to be a trilogy, and even revealed a major star addition if it happens.
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The stunt legend we’re talking about is director J.J. Perry, who also directed the awesome 2022 vampire action film Day Shift for Netflix. Perry recently teamed up with Dave Bautista on the new action-adventure film Afterburn, and when ComicBook had the chance to speak to Perry and Bautista about the new film, he not only revealed his ideas for a Day Shift trilogy, but also that he wants Bautista in the next film.
A Shift Trilogy and New Vampire Hunter
When I asked if he would ever want to return to Day Shift’s world for a sequel, Perry was 100% down for it, and even revealed the names of the next two films. “I would love to, brother. I’d love to. We’d call it Night Shift, and the third one, we’d call it Graveyard Shift,” Perry said. “And you could be looking at one of the vampire hunters right there. You could be looking at the new, you know, right there as Dave Bautista. Love it.”
Bautista didn’t hesitate to jump in, and it turns out that despite all the films he’s worked on so far, Bautista hasn’t had the chance to check a vampire movie off his list, though that might now be solved.
“I haven’t gotten my vampire movie yet, so if you go back and track my conversations, for years I’ve been saying I wanted to get into that space, and I haven’t found it. So I’m, I’m in,” Bautista said.
A Vampire Action Comedy
Day Shift stars Jamie Foxx as Bud, who works at night as a pool cleaner and during the day makes money by hunting vampires, all in order to provide for his daughter Paige (Zion Broadnax) and keep his estranged wife Jocelyn (Meagan Good) from moving them both out of town.
Then there’s Seth (Dave Franco), who accompanies Bud on his vampire hunting missions and is the complete opposite of smooth and composed in the field. Seth is at the center of many of the film’s most comedic moments, and while the pairing starts out a bit hostile, the two develop a unique partnership by the film’s end. Oh, and then there’s the hip hop icon Snoop Dogg, who plays the vampire-hunting cowboy known as Big John Elliott, and he’s as awesome as he sounds.
While there are plenty of hilarious moments, the film also features some brutal moments of action that are as impressive as they are disturbing. Whether you’re dealing with some big chase sequences or close-quarters combat, Day Shift has it all in spades, and we even get Big John Elliott wielding a silver-bullet Gatling gun. C’mon, that’s just awesome, and knowing that we could then get a Bautista-starring sequel? Fingers crossed this actually happens, because it could be fantastic.
While we wait for Night Shift, you can watch Perry and Bautista’s brand new film Afterburn in theaters on September 19.
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