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Buckaroo Banzai Sequel Novel Announced for August Release ✖ Fans of the cult-classic movie The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension have long anticipated the arrival of its promised sequel, which always seemed like pipedream due to the films financial failures. Screenwriter E.M. Rauch however is finally bringing it to life with Dark Horse announcing the publication of Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League, et al: A Compendium of Evils! Previously teased as the origi...

The 1984 cult classic Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension ended with a promise: “Buckaroo Banzai will return in Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League.” But the first film was a box office flop, and despite its cult status, that sequel never materialized. Until now. (Sort of.) Sadly, Buckaroo and the Hong Kong Cavaliers are not heading back to the big screen any time soon. But their adventures will finally be continued in a new novel written by original screenwriter Earl Mac...

“As the world grapples with democracy and government in our divided age of surveillance, ‘fake news’ and truth decay, the urgency of Orwell’s masterpiece is undeniable," the producer said. "The small screen feels like a natural home for his portrait of a society in which people trust their screens more than the world outside their windows.” 1984 follows Winston Smith, a low-level worker in a grim imagined future surveillance state where propaganda rules and free thought is increasing...