[4] During an interview at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016, Jodorowsky announced his plans to finally make The Son of El Topo as soon as financial backing is obtained.
After a nuclear apocalypse, the whole landscape is a desert ruin, except for a small island paradise where El Topo is buried.
[9] Originally Sons of El Topo was to star Marilyn Manson and Johnny Depp, but the funding never materialized and Jodorowsky shortly abandoned the project.
[10] Jodorowsky next attempted to make a "metaphysical gangster film" entitled King Shot, which was to be produced by David Lynch and star Marilyn Manson and Nick Nolte.
In a November 2009 interview with The Guardian, Jodorowsky revealed that he had stopped trying to make King Shot, but had finally been given financing for the sequel to El Topo by some "Russian producers" who own Parallel Media films.