A Second 'Butterfly Effect' Is In The Works

FilmEngine has approved a pitch for a sequel to The Butterfly Effect, the 2004 New Line hit that studio plans to distribute, reports Variety.

The movie will have all new characters, meaning the original's star, Ashton Kutcher, is not expected to be involved. The film is on a fast track, with casting set to start as soon as a script is delivered. Producers hope to start shooting by the fall.

Veteran D.P.D.P. John Leonetti, who directed Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, has been tapped to helm from a script being written by Michael Weiss.

The story will follow a new character who, like Kutcher in the first, finds he can travel through time. As he changes past events, though, they have unexpected consequences in the present.