Planned Sequels for Movies

[777]

I came across this page with a list of 86 planned movie sequels:

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/405391/updated_86_movie_sequels_currently_in_development.html

Some of them have me scratching my head. I mean, do we really need another Big Momma's House or Mama Mia?

 

[bigdaddy]

Do we really need a 300 2?

Anchorman 2 will most likely never happen.

Ghostbusters 3 will never happen.

Hairspray 2 was recently cancelled.

Jurassic Park 4 will be made, but god knows when.

Taken 2?! Alright!!!

Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2?!?! Really? That's the most not needed movie ever.

 

[DarthPipes]

Taken 2?! Alright!!!

Heheh. They could make a sequel easily dealing with the fallout of all those people Neeson killed in Paris.

 

[bigdaddy]

Taken 2?! Alright!!!

Heheh. They could make a sequel easily dealing with the fallout of all those people Neeson killed in Paris.

What people? He only killed a few.... dozen...

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Bruce vs Frankenstein & Evil Dead IV could both be interesting.

Especially if both involve Bruce Campbell.

 

[Caliburn24]

The Departed 2, really?

The original Departed was based on the film Infernal Affairs, which itself has spawned two sequels. There’s, unsurprisingly, given the commercial and critical success of the first film, some enthusiasm for doing The Departed 2, and the screenwriter of the earlier film, William Monahan, had the project on his slate as late as last year. Not much else has been heard yet, but an outline target date of 2012 is still planned.

I'm not opposed to the idea at all, but how do you make a meaningful sequel when you killed off all the main characters in the first movie?

 

[Harvey]

Point two, how do you make a meaningful sequel when the original already covered (in a very abbreviated fashion) the second and third Infernal Affairs films?

Will this be about Mark Whalberg's character? To what end?

 

[Aragorn]

^ Hmmm... Jack Nicholson's character isn't dead; he's just a vegetable now but he's attached to a supercomputer that's using his brain for evil? And only Mark Wahlberg and Leonardo DiCaprio's clone can stop it?

 

[Shatinator]

My dear Gowd some of these are just atroushes...white chicks 2?!? WTF

 

[Admiral Shran]

300 2 - Without Leonidas, what's the point?

Alien 5 - It's about damn time for them to let us know where the Aliens come from originally.

Avatar 2 - Didn't the first one suck enough?

Ghostbusters 3 - I'd love to see it, but it will never happen.

Good Shepherd 2 - Could be interesting, as long as they left Angelina Jolie out of it.

I Am Legend 2 - Hmmm.... maybe this film can totally miss the point of the novel as well.

Indiana Jones 5 - Oh God, please no! They damn near ruined the franchise with Crystal Skull. They don't deserve another chance.

Jurassic Park 4 - Unless it involves the heros finally wiping out the dinosaurs completely, I'm not interested.

Momma Mia! 2 - Oh dear Lord, why?

Pirates of the Caribbean 4 - Oh for crying out loud! They're rebooting this franchise ALREADY?!

Rambo 5 - Stallone wanted supernatural elements in it? W...T...F!

Saw VII - Enough already!!

Twilight: Breaking Dawn -

Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2 - Ummm.... why? Can we say "unnecessary"?

 

[Admiral_Young]

Remember that list has films that are "planned" and most of them in development hell or have a while before we see them like "Avatar 2 which is happening just Cameron is writing the script. Jurassic Park 4 has been in limo for years now and has seen maybe a half dozen drafts or rewrites. I think that list appeared in the Sci-Fi Forum too because I recognize it from somewhere.

 

[gwencurtis12]

Sherlock Holmes 2 - should have a sequel

 

[Lonemagpie]

Half of those are bullshit and will never get made, and several others are reboots rather than sequels... And at least two, if they ever happen (300 and Cloverfield for starters), would just be "similarly themed" things "from the cast and crew of" rather than actual sequels.

 

[CorporalClegg]

ID4-Ever

 

[Captaindemotion]

The 300 'sequel' is probably just a planned adaptation of Frank Miller's forthcoming graphic novel set in the same universe as the original. I think it may feature Xerses. He's long said that he wanted to explore that world a bit further,maybe even do a tale where the Spartans were the villains.

It's not going to be 'Leonidas: Dead and Loving It', by any means.

 

[bigdaddy]

The 300 'sequel' is probably just a planned adaptation of Frank Miller's forthcoming graphic novel set in the same universe as the original. I think it may feature Xerses. He's long said that he wanted to explore that world a bit further,maybe even do a tale where the Spartans were the villains.

That is exactly the plan.

JP4 was supposedly canceled after some deaths and no one getting a script that was decent. However this plan for another trilogy is interesting and I have never heard of that before. I'm a huge Jurassic Park fan.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

The only ones that really catch my attention are 28 Months Later, Mad Max 4, and the obvious Batman, Iron Man, and Sherlocke Holmes movies.

I honestly can't see what they would do for a 300 sequel (and I'm someone who finds the Persian Wars fascinating). If they were looking for a lesser known story, there's Xenophon's Anabasis (March of the 10,000). Basically, a bunch of Greek mercenaries work for a Persian rival to the throne, march towards Persepolis, get betrayed, and have to battle their way out to the Black Sea. Good excuse for mindless killing in an action movie.

 

[Caliburn24]

There is plenty of good material for a 300 2, although that name would be silly to use.

The Battle of the Straits of Salamis leading later into the Battle of Plataea(the big battle seen briefly at the end of 300) would be great.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Rather than a 300 sequel or something else from the Millerverse, I'd rather see a 'straight', less OTT-telling of the same siege. I don't know if anyone here has read Steven Pressfield's Gates of Fire, an historical novel about it. It's a fantastic read. I don't know how accurate it is, but it certainly creates a very detailed and credible setting for the whole incident.

There was talk of it being filmed by Michael Mann after Gladiator made hack & slash, swords & sandals trendy but sadly this came to naught. With a suitable gap, told in a totally different fashion from 300, it could also be a hit - there's room for two totally different tellings of the tale, IMHO.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

There is plenty of good material for a 300 2, although that name would be silly to use.

The Battle of the Straits of Salamis leading later into the Battle of Plataea(the big battle seen briefly at the end of 300) would be great.

I'd argue the battle of salamis has too much political entanglements and Athenian talk for a 300 style movie, which, although visually appealing, does its best to avoid depth at all costs. Certainly what the Athenian general (drawing a blank on his name) did was courageous and impressive (he convinced his citizens to let the city burn to the ground), it's not a 300-style slice em up.