in taking over the role of Elvis. Due to the amount of time that had passed since the release of Bubba Ho-Tep, Coscarelli and Giamatti had trouble raising funding for the film and the movie went back into development hell. However Giamatti reported that they were still trying to get the film made and that they had plans to create a franchise that would include plot lines such as Elvis battling aliens. In 2013 Giamatti confirmed that a script has been written and that it was "really great", and that he hoped that they would be able to eventually make the film. Ultimately, Lansdale developed ideas discussed for the follow-up movie into a novella, "Bubba and the Cosmic Bloodsuckers", published in 2017. This story took place earlier in Elvis's life, during a period in which he worked for Colonel Parker battling monsters prior to exchanging identities with Sebastian Haff. In 2018, IDW Publishing released a five-issue limited series adaptation of the novella, retitled Bubba Ho-Tep and the Cosmic Blood-Suckers. The series was supervised by Lansdale, written by Joshua Jabcuga, and illustrated by Tadd Galusha. In 2019, Dynamite Entertainment published a four-issue crossover miniseries, Army of Darkness/Bubba Ho-Tep'', which followed up the original story and saw Elvis team up with Ash Williams, another character portrayed by Bruce Campbell. References External links 2002 films 2002 comedy horror films 2002 independent films American comedy horror films Ancient Egypt in fiction Cultural depictions of Elvis Presley Films about Elvis Presley Films about John F. Kennedy Films about old age Films based on American novels Films directed by Don Coscarelli Films scored by Brian Tyler Films set in Texas Mummy films Vitagraph Studios films Works by Joe R. Lansdale 2002 comedy films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films