Donnie Darko: New Sequel Novel Lays Groundwork for Animated and Live-Action Return
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Filmmaker Richard Kelly is writing Donnie Darko: The Philosophy of Time Travel, an ~800-page sequel novel set in 1988 after the original film, with plans to adapt it first into an animated/motion-capture film and later into a live-action sequel, published by Range Literary Publishing and aimed for a late-2026 release as the starting point for a broader return of the saga.
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