Donnie Darko Gets an Official Sequel Book That Aims to Kickstart a Franchise

Filmmaker Richard Kelly is authoring an official Donnie Darko sequel as a book, The Philosophy of Time Travel: The Epic Sequel to the Motion Picture Donnie Darko, which takes place immediately after the film and follows 14 months after Donnie’s death through found documents and multiple perspectives; Kelly hopes the novel will spark future film sequels and potentially launch a multi‑movie franchise, with the cast potentially reuniting in the process, and pre-orders available via Variety.