According to Horror-Movies.ca and the commentary to the UK Hardware DVD, the rights for the unproduced sequel, Ground Zero, are so spread out that it is making it difficult for Richard Stanley to get the project off the ground. However, a new downloadable script for Ground Zero recently popped up on the website Everythingisundercontrol.

The Story

“The Mark-13’s are in mass production. The US government is employing them to patrol the US-Mexican border and deal with illegal aliens. Shades returns to Earth after a series of space flight assignments. Feeling alone in the world, he decides to seek out Jill, who’s now living in a hippie colony in Splendora, Texas. The colony consists of ‘destructuralists’, who beseech the human race to abandon all technology and re-unite with nature. As Shades and his newly-found companion, battle-scarred vet Lyle Maddox arrive to Splendora, they find Jill earnestly believing in the cause, but even she is oblivious to what ultimately lies beneath the peaceful colony. Something big enough to attract a phalanx of Mark-13 droids as well as a Mexican guerilla leader, who thinks he’s channelling the spirit of Emilio Zapata…”

Although this unfortunately means nothing, the prospect of a possible sequel to Hardware is very exciting, and hopefully Stanley will get the chance to make it someday.