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12-12-2015, 12:48 PM
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Overlord
 
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Movie sequels that got made that you never believed would happen
What are some movies that got sequels that you never expected?
1. Star Wars Episode 7 and beyond. This is the big one, because everyone thought Star Wars was done after the prequels. Speculation of an "Episode 7" dates as far back as the 90's and people always joked about, "What if they make a new movie years later when Luke, Han and Leia are really old?" Its shocking that it actually happened. Hell just go back in time 5 years ago and tell people there is going to be an Episode 7-9 as well as spinoff movies every year, nobody would have ever believed you. 2. The X-men film franchise continuing after X3, let alone for 16 years. Everyone thought X-men III: The Last Stand was going to be the last film. Not only because it was part of a trilogy, but also because of poor reviews and we thought the film franchise was finished besides a reboot. Little did we know the same franchise is still going with its original direction for 16 years, and Hugh Jackman is STILL playing Wolverine after all this time. 3. Jurassic Park 4. Again, because of the huge gaps in sequels, I never thought we'd get another one. It wasn't very good, but whatever. 4. Terminator. This franchise just won't stay dead. Its hard to believe we've gotten 3 sequels after T2 now. 5. Toy Story 2 and 3....and 4? A lot of people forget the huge gap in releases after the original and the sequels. Quite surprising. There's probably more I'm forgetting too, yours? |
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12-12-2015, 12:51 PM
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40 Years of TMNT
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I'm not surprised by anything big/popular getting a continuation, even decades later. Money is money.
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12-12-2015, 01:00 PM
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The Hunger Games getting prequels shocked me, I guess.
It's so goddamn sad how companies will keep milking sh*t like this. That new "Harry Potter" movie too. |
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12-12-2015, 01:52 PM
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None of the HP movies were good after 3 anyway.
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12-12-2015, 02:49 PM
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Weekend At Bernie's 2.
I find it hard to believe that the first movie left a ton of lingering, unanswered questions. |
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12-12-2015, 03:43 PM
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
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12-12-2015, 04:05 PM
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A Star Wars movie was going to happen sooner than later since George Lucas mentioned on many interviews post episode III that there would be other SWs movies but that the "saga" was over that it finished with Episode VI, the story of the Skywalker family but if there were other stories to tell there would be other movies, in fact we got a movie after Episode III, did everyone forget Clone Wars was a movie released in the summer with plenty of merchandising/promotion? Not only that but before Lucas sold SW to Disney he had already met with Harrison Ford/Carrie Fisher/Mark Hammil and signed them to star in Ep. VII=IX, when Disney bought the franchise they already had those three signed up for the sequels. Lucas mentioned he was going to get the groundwork started on the sequel trilogy but would leave it to other directors to finish it. So even without the sale we would be getting tons of Star Wars right now.
Jurassic World was a surprise since it had been stuck in development hell for nearly 15 years so when they said it was finally happening it was hard to believe since they had told us that many times before. Of course I knew a sequel/reboot would eventually happen since it had always been Universals highest grossing movie. Toy Story was indeed a surprise both when I saw 2 and 3 announced. X-Men was not a surprise, IIRC they announced X-Men Origins: Magneto and Wolverine not long after X-Men III. The franchise had a lot of problems during that transitional period though so I guess there was some uncertainty after Wolverine was panned and Magneto cancelled while green lighting what looked like a reboot (First Class), but we all saw how that turned out. And Terminator well I wasn't surprised by Salvation but after that bombed it was surprising they announced Genysis but I guess that had more to do with riding the hype of Arnold coming back to cinema since they also greenlighted a new Conan The Barbarian movie but we saw how that turned out. |
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12-12-2015, 04:10 PM
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I was surprised when Ghostbusters 3 was announced.
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12-12-2015, 04:59 PM
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12-12-2015, 05:30 PM
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12-12-2015, 10:18 PM
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I don't think any sequel is really surprising. Once something becomes as popular as these franchises mentioned why would they end forever? Especially Star Wars.
I'm not really a SW fan. I've never seen the prequels and saw the originals a long time ago. I don't have anything against them but come on its freaking Star Wars. Who seriously thought that would end forever?
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12-13-2015, 01:14 PM
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Predators was a complete surprise for me. I hadn't a clue that there were even plans on making it, and one day I just noticed that it's playing in the local theater.
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12-17-2015, 06:56 PM
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As I said, if you were to go back in time 5 years ago and tell everyone there would be new Star Wars movies every year, with Luke/Han/Leia all reprising their roles as "older characters" people would have laughed in your face. |
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Rambo.
Die Hard. Twilight. Hot Tub Time Machine. The Hangover. Zoolander. Editing to add The Pacifier.
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12-18-2015, 10:12 AM
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12-18-2015, 11:58 AM
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12-18-2015, 12:03 PM
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I was surprised that they made an Evil Dead TV show... and Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow.
I was shocked and horrified to learn that there was an Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Jr.
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12-18-2015, 10:06 PM
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