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Sadly, itвЂ™s probably much more likely that somebody will buy the rights and do a remake full of twentysomething actors from the CW. So Buckaroo fans probably shouldnвЂ™t hold out hope for Crime League, assuming any of them still doing so are after nearly 30 freakinвЂ™ years. We try to keep the franchise and the brand alive, anyway, because we never know when somebody is going to say, вЂYeah, make something else.вЂ™ Technically, we have not violated our promise to the audience. So we will never see Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League? And even if they are enthusiastic about doing a sequel, theyвЂ™ll say, вЂour legal department is saying we donвЂ™t have a clear chain of title here, so weвЂ™re not going to stick our heads up, invest money, and then discover that some guy says, вЂњOh, by the way, I have all the international rights.'вЂќ And then, finally, youвЂ™re sitting at a studio that you found out purchased part of someoneвЂ™s library and they are reluctant to do anything with the title because they donвЂ™t know for a fact that David, who was a notorious double dealer, might not have sold the international rights in perpetuity to some guy in Bangkok. PolyGram sold it to MGM as a big bundle - all these films move around. wants to do an adult animated version of Buckaroo. The other big insanity for Buckaroo is that the paper trail for the rights is almost impossible to follow. I believe MGM owns the theatrical rights. We found some of the negatives but not a work print where you could say, вЂthatвЂ™s how we cut it.вЂ™ ThereвЂ™s a lot of that film in a vault somewhere and itвЂ™s in pristine condition - the negative - but you canвЂ™t get at it. We couldnвЂ™t put it in the DVD because we couldnвЂ™t find the footage because Begelman didnвЂ™t run a normal studio. You know, maybe another Jeff Goldblum moment that they are deprived of now. But it was constantly wacky stuff like, вЂYou can put on that choreographed ending, but, you know, I donвЂ™t really believe in this movie.вЂ™ So, I have to say that people want to see this work print because they just think that they are going to get a few more treats.

Then he committed suicide, verifying our feeling that he was insane. But is the strangest person IвЂ™ve worked with. (How could it not be when Peter Weller, as Buckaroo. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is a complete hoot and a joyous movie-watching experience.

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But again, if the movie had gone out to make a fortune, we would have made it. As a product of mid-1980s filmmaking, Buckaroo Banzai is a mostly white-centered tale, but the movie does make room for diversity, even if only at the edges of the frame.

That seems like a real cheat, to put it there and not make the movie. Richter reportedly laughs when asked about the sequel, and continues: вЂњHe was the guy who said, вЂGo ahead, you can make this movie,вЂ™вЂќ recalls Richter, вЂњbut he never got it on any level.вЂќ Pretty cheeky, then, to announce a sequel in the movieвЂ™s end credits, even if it was at least partly a joke. Buckaroo certainly wasnвЂ™t a huge financial hit (with a reported box office of around six million dollars, against a budget of seventeen million), but the production was working uphill from the get-go, allegedly courtesy of producer David Begelman, who Richter says was a thorn in BuckarooвЂ™s side from the get-go.