The Hills Have Eyes 2 began filming in the summer

The Hills Have Eyes 2 began filming in the summer of 2006 in Ouarzazate, Morocco, where the previous movie was filmed.
Writer Wes Craven’s initial inspiration for the film came to being as he was having a casual conversation with producer Peter Locke. Craven envisioned that the previous film’s character, Brenda (Emilie de Ravin), traumatized by the torment of the events in The Hills Have Eyes, would join the National Guard to overcome her fears. Barely through her basic training, Brenda would receive a call from her sergeant, who explains that they are sending a team back to the New Mexico desert to rid of the remaining mutants. Her sergeant and the team need her, for she is the only one left alive who knows the mutant’s location. Because of de Ravin’s involvement in the television show Lost, her schedule was unable to encompass filming for the sequel. Wes Craven replaced her character, but kept with much of the original idea in terms of using National Guard soldiers in training.
A one-minute teaser trailer was released on December 12, 2006. The teaser featured “Insect Eyes,” a song by indie folk recording artist Devendra Banhart. In addition to that, a series of clips with an introduction by Wes Craven and a small gallery can be found on the Fox Atomic website. Also on Fox Atomic is a soundless clip of the mutant Grabber attacking Amber. Recently a full length trailer and two new clips were released to Yahoo! Movies.
Craven originally looked at Michael J. Bassett, the director of Deathwatch, to take over the directing role, but ultimately chose Martin Weisz after scheduling conflicts with Bassett.
Although the original 1977 film had a sequel, this is not a remake of that film.
Box office and reception
The Hills Have Eyes 2 received mostly negative reviews, gaining a 11% freshness rating from review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. The film grossed $37,405,247 worldwide. Overall the film had made over $30 million in Dvd Sales making in total