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@iamkaymichelle.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 8:24 PM

The story of budget being cut from $17M to $4M (that's not small in that era; that's a lot of $, still), which sees Reba unequivocally Nope out & Kevin Bacon 'intrigued,' but not enough to not do Apollo 13, is equal parts hilarious & sad 😅

Underwood an EP. How involved, tho? 🤔

#FilmSky 📽️ #Tremors2

Executive Producers
BRENT MADDOCK
and
RON UNDERWOOD

How often was Underwood coming into the Stampede offices and putting in a day's work? My guess would be, never? Once, for one meeting, maybe? But hey, that's what being an EP is all about, sometimes.

Written By
BRENT MADDOCK
&
S.S. WILSON

What an affectation, if your first two initials are S.S. or you pretend they are. It's like being a ship. The SS Wilson. I'm sure he or she thought that was so cute, and it's definitely a he (Steven Seth). I'm going to call him Steamship Wilson from now on, bc that's the Wikipedia entry that's closest to his and could be most easily confused with his.

Directed By
S.S. WILSON

The maiden voyage of the Steamship Wilson 🫡

Tremors 2: Aftershocks began production in 1993 when MCA Universal (feature films division) liked the script. The film was originally planned to be filmed in Australia on a 17-million-dollar budget, with the proposal that Kevin Bacon and Reba McEntire would both be returning. McEntire declined due to a major tour she had currently been on, and Bacon, while intrigued, ultimately turned it down to do Apollo 13. Due to the lack of star power and the mediocre box-office performance of the first film, the distribution and promotional costs for a theater release were considered too high, and the feature film division lost interest. The film was on the verge of being canceled entirely due to high costs when several actors and effects artists offered to lower their rates or do the jobs for free just to help the film get produced; this included S.S. Wilson, who offered to direct the film for free to save money on hiring another director.

@iamkaymichelle.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 5:49 PM

If we're talking "Reasons to see Tremors 2: Aftershocks," here are 2 big ones right up front. Fred Ward and Michael Gross return from the first #film, and Nfn, fellow #Blankies will know what the 'And' means here (Gross's agent pushed for that)

#FilmSky 📽️ #Tremors2 🧵

Title card (before the cracking; it was hard to get a screenshot after it cracks)

Jesus, lot of extra text on that one. "AND Michael Gross as Burt Gummer," makes me think they *really* felt like they needed him back for this, and more or less let him write his own card 🤣

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