Wild Things (film series)

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Wild Things
Created byStephen Peters
Owner Sony Pictures Entertainment
Years1998–2010
Films and television
Film(s) Wild Things (1998)
Direct-to-video

Wild Things is an American series of films created by Stephen Peters for Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Contents

Films

FilmU.S. release dateDirector(s)Screenwriter(s)Producer(s)
Wild Things March 20, 1998 John McNaughton Stephen Peters Rodney M. Liber & Steven A. Jones
Wild Things 2 March 6, 2004 Jack Perez Andy Hurst & Ross HelfordMarc Bienstock
Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough February 19, 2005Jay Lowi
Wild Things: Foursome June 1, 2010Andy HurstMonty Featherstone & Howard Zemski

Wild Things (1998)

In south Florida, a high school counselor is accused of rape by a manipulative rich girl and her trailer trash classmate. The cop on the case begins to suspect a conspiracy and dives into an elaborate and devious web of greed and betrayal to find the truth.

Wild Things 2 (2004)

An insurance investigator follows two young women who scheme to inherit millions of dollars.

Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough (2005)

Two young women will stop at nothing for one to gain a $4 million inheritance of two priceless diamonds, while two detectives try to thwart their plans, but find complications abound.

Wild Things: Foursome (2010)

A murdered millionaire's son finds himself tangled up in a game of seduction and murder after a raunchy night with three beautiful women.

Cast and crew

Principal cast

Key

  • A dark gray cell indicates the character was not in the film.
CharactersFilms
Wild Things Wild Things 2 Wild Things:
Diamonds in the Rough
Wild Things:
Foursome
1998200420052010
Sergeant Ray Duquette Kevin Bacon  
Sam Lombardo Matt Dillon  
Suzie Toller Neve Campbell  
Kenneth Bowden Bill Murray  
Kelly Van Ryan Denise Richards  
Brittney Havers  Susan Ward  
Maya King  Leila Arcieri  
Terence Bridge  Isaiah Washington  
Detective Michael Morrison  Linden Ashby  
Niles Dunlap  Anthony John Denison  
Dr. Julian Haynes Joe Michael Burke 
Elena Sandoval  Sandra McCoy  
Marie Clifton Sarah Laine 
Kristen Richards  Dina Meyer  
Jay Clifton  Brad Johnson  
Dr. Chad Johnson Ron Melendez 
Brandi Cox  Jillian Murray
Rachel Thomas  Marnette Patterson
Carson Wheetly  Ashley Parker Angel
Detective Frank Walker  John Schneider
George Stuben Ethan Smith
Linda Dobson Jessie Nickson
Ted Wheetly  Cameron Daddo

Additional crew and production details

Crew/DetailFilm
Wild Things Wild Things 2 Wild Things:
Diamonds in the Rough
Wild Things:
Foursome
1998200420052010
Composer George S. Clinton Andrew Feltenstein
John Nau
Steven M. Stern
Cinematographer Jeffrey L. Kimball Seo MutarevicHubert TaczanowskiJeffrey D. Smith
Editor Elena Maganini Axel HubertAnthony Adler
Distributor Columbia Pictures Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Running time108 minutes95 minutes87 minutes92 minutes

Cancelled sequel

In February 2006, it was reported that Neve Campbell and Denise Richards would appear in Backstabbers, and producers were trying to get more of the original film's cast to star as well. [1] Although Backstabbers would have reportedly reunited members of the cast and crew of Wild Things, it would not have been a sequel. [1] Backstabbers never saw release.

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References

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