It is a shame, but it looks like Corey Haim is indeed out of Lost Boys 2: The Tribe as Warner Bros. made the official production announcement today and his name was not included. The only mention of the original Frog brothers is of Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander of Edgar and Alan Frog, respectively, along with Tad Hilgenbrink, Autumn Reeser and Angus Sutherland.
Principal photography began in late August on location in Vancouver, under the direction of P.J. Pesce and word is that Haim was unable to be included due to visa issues.
This sequel takes us to the shady surf city of Luna Bay, California, where vampires quickly dispatch anyone who crosses their path. Into this dark world arrive Chris Emerson (Hilgenbrink) and his younger sister, Nicole (Reeser). Having just lost their parents in a car accident, the siblings move in with their eccentric Aunt Jillian and become new prey for the locals’ way of life. When Nicole unwittingly falls for a local vampire, Chris must locate and destroy the gang’s lifeline before his sister’s transformation is complete; to do this Chris finds himself relying on the expertise of none other than Edgar Frog (Feldman). Subtle references to characters from the original film, and cameos from returning actors offer homage to the Lost Boys legend and set a sinister tone of impending doom.
While Feldman and Newlander reprise their original roles of Edgar and Alan Frog, Reeser stars as Nicole, a teenager who moves to Northern California and finds herself entangled with a gang of vampires; Hilgenbrink portrays Nicole’s brother, Chris, who – along with his sister – falls in with the dangerous gang of vampires; Sutherland, half-brother of Lost Boys star Kiefer Sutherland, stars as the leader of the gang of surfing vampires, echoing Kiefer’s ‘David’ from the original film.
The film was written by Hans Rodionoff.
No Haim? No big deal… We get Reeser, check her out below and you will forget Corey ever existed.
