Thursday, April 30, 2009

Hollywood sequels are going crazy!

This is enough to make anyone crazy. Sequels seem to be all the rage as of late, but the amount of possible sequels in some sort of pre-production over the past week is enough to make anyone go "whoah, if I see one more sequel, I may throw up." You may not say that, but you get the point. Here are some sequels at least being talked about in the movie circles this week.

Star Trek 2...well, 2. J.J. Abrams Star Trek has already greenlight a sequel, and the cast are already signed, so, like it or not, it'll be comin' down the pipes soon enough.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2. This was just announced today in the pre-pre-production. Apparently Robert Zemeckis has a great idea and with new technology looks to push the envelope even farther.
Predators-Robert Rodriguez wants to do a remake, or sequel or prequel, he's not sure yet, but he wants to bring the Predator back to the glory of the first one.
Alien-Ridley Scott wants to come back to the Alien franchise with a prequel, set before Ripley.
TMNT- a new live action movie is planned for 2010, and promises to reignite the turtles to 80's fame.
Wall Street 2- Oliver Stone announced the sequel to the classic starring Michael Douglas. Apparently Douglas and Shiah Lebouf are the popular vote around there, cause Shiah has a bit of experience with old movies being dusted off and ruined (Indiana Jones).
Clueless-I can't make this crap up, but apparently Alicia Silverstone hasn't been famous for awhile, so she needs more money.
Gremlins 3-Yes, Gizmo is coming back, and once again, people will feed him after midnight and spill water on him and his evil friends will rise; evil shennanigans will ensue.
Robocop 4-There is talk of a reboot to the gritty, hardcore 80's slaughterfest. This could be great, with today's technology making a slightly less cheesy action movie.
Remember, it's not a good sequel unless the tagline has "secret of the ooz" or "this time they mean business." The exception is Hot Shots "Part Deux"
I, personally am still waiting for the long promised Dude Where's my car sequel...if Clueless gets the sequel treatment, that can't be far behind.
Stay cool, movie geeks!

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