Kevin Bacon is starring in ‘Tremors’ TV series on Syfy because nothing makes sense

…or does everything make sense? I don’t know. I do know that Kevin Bacon is coming back to the Tremors franchise as part of a Syfy TV series.

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It’s been nearly two years since we’ve heard any updates about the Tremors TV show based on the cult classic sci-fi/horror monster movie, but now its star and executive producer has revealed that the project is not only still in the works, but it has finally found a cable network partner. Kevin Bacon, who starred in the original movie back in 1990 and will appear in the new TV sequel, says the pilot is heading to Syfy.

ScreenDaily spoke with Bacon, who revealed the Syfy connection and said he’d be reprising his role of Valentine McKee in the new show, which picks up 25 years after the events of the first film:

“It’s the only character I’ve ever played that I was interested in exploring 25 years later. [Tremors] is a really good movie. I don’t go back and watch my movies but because we were doing this one, I had to go back and look at it. It’s just the idea of this loser who is living a very ordinary life and has an extraordinary experience with these monsters and becomes, for a moment, a hero.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Bacon praised the high-quality writing that’s moved from films to television over the past few years, and explained why this new Tremors project, which was first pitched as a movie reboot, is now being developed as a show instead:

“Audiences are now used to more character development. They want to see Cersei Lannister (in Game Of Thrones) over numerous episodes, having different hair. They want to experience that. It has put a lot of pressure on filmmakers to be able to deliver character development in one hour and 45 minutes or two hours.”

I would not have expected Bacon to give a shout-out to Cersei’s hair in an interview about a new Tremors show, but here we are.