Sequels You Probably Didn’t Know About

Here’s some­thing I got from DenofGeek. Some of the movies here are really good, and I so look for­ward to watch­ing them, while some just makes me go, “Hmmm…?!”

The dom­i­na­tion of sequels in the big sum­mer and win­ter sched­ules con­tin­ues, and if the fol­low­ing — in par­tic­u­lar order — is any­thing to go by, it’s going to carry on for many years to come…

The Brazil­ian Job: the fol­low up to Paramount’s US remake of The Ital­ian Job is still on the cards, and it’s got a 2009 release date marked. Jason Statham, Mos Def, Mark Wahlberg and Char­l­ize Theron are attached, as is direc­tor F Gary Gray.

I, Robot 2: All we know on this one is that it’s in the script­ing stages still, with a poten­tial 2010 release date planned in. No news on Mr Smith’s involvement.

I Am Leg­end 2: Warner’s huge Christ­mas 2007 hit could also have a fol­low up, although it’d be inter­est­ing to see if Will Smith returned to it. A 2010 release date is also being mooted for this one.

Bev­erly Hills Cop 4: If Die Hard can still do it at the box office, why can’t Axel Foley? Er, because the third BHC movie was crap, and a flop. Still, it’s not stopped devel­op­ment work going ahead on num­ber four. No fur­ther news than that, though.

National Trea­sure 3: Not a huge sur­prise, but as the Nic Cage Indi­ana Jones knock off fran­chise has proved to be quite a jug­ger­naut, you’ll only have to wait until 2011 for the third film in the series.

Cars 2: We spot­ted this on Ain­tIt­Cool – is Pixar really look­ing to make a sequel to its weak­est film? Appar­ently so…

Toy Story 3: This one, after lots of umming and ahhing, appears to be a goer. It won’t, as was spec­u­lated, be a straight-to-DVD affair, and Tom Hanks and Tim Allen are both expected back on voic­ing duties. It’ll be out in 2010.

Jeep­ers Creep­ers 3: MGM is run­ning the rule over a poten­tial third instal­ment in the hor­ror fran­chise, with direc­tor Vic­tor Salva still attached. Hmmm.

Shrek 5: The fourth film was a no-brainer after the tepid third out­ing made so much cash. But a fifth instal­ment has also been con­firmed. No won­der: Shrek is the same colour as an Amer­i­can dollar…

Night at the Museum 2: Ben Stiller is return­ing for his most com­mer­cially suc­cess­ful role out­side of the Meet the Par­ents fran­chise. We can wait. No news on the pro­posed Meet The Lit­tle Focker, though.

Crank 2: High Volt­age: This is more like it. Crank is a guilty plea­sure right up there with Snakes on a Plane, and it’s com­ing back for more. Shoot­ing starts next month, for a 2009 release, and Jason Statham returns as Chev Che­lios. As he should.

Trans­porter 3: Statham again. He’s mak­ing this too, and it’s in pre-production. Pre­sum­ably, he’ll go from Crank 2 straight onto this.

Super Troop­ers 2: A sequel nobody asked for! Hur­ray! Expect it in 2010, as it’s in the early writ­ing stages still, we believe.

Silent Hill 2: Sony is look­ing at a fol­low up to the crap-but-popular video game adap­ta­tion. 2010 is the cur­rent slated release date.

The Descent 2: We under­stand that Neil Mar­shall won’t be directed this one, which has the, er, work­ing title of The De2cent. He’s attached as Exec­u­tive Pro­ducer, with Jon Har­ris step­ping behind the cam­era (he edited the first film, as well as the more recent Stardust).

The Grudge 3: Yup, it’s in pre-production now, for release next year. That’ll likely be the scari­est thing about it.

Ice Age 3: 1^st July 2009. That’s the date you’ll need to avoid if you want to miss the next Ice Age movie. Hope­fully it’ll be bet­ter than the sec­ond one…

Ghost Rider 2: A sur­prise hit last year, Mar­vel is devel­op­ing a follow-up to the Nic Cage comic book flick, and ten­ta­tively has 2009 marked for release. No direc­tor is thus far attached.

The Untouch­ables: Capone Ris­ing: A pre­quel to Brian De Palma’s crack­ing pro­hi­bi­tion thriller of, er, twenty years ago. De Palma is back behind the cam­era, and the project is in the pre-production stages now.

The Thomas Crown Affair 2: Weird, this. It’s taken them ages to do a sequel, and then they draft in Paul Ver­ho­even to direct a follow-up to some­one else’s film. Pierce Bros­nan returns, and film­ing starts shortly.

The Peo­ple Under The Stairs 2: No sign of any Wes Craven involve­ment, though, and release may even be this year. Hmmm. We’d wager DVD will be its home.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor: Er, that’s what they’ve called The Mummy 3, which is out on 1^st August. Bren­dan Fraser and Jet Li star.

Pun­isher: War Zone: Ray Steven­son becomes the third per­son to play The Pun­isher on screen. You’ll be able to find out how he did on 12^th Sep­tem­ber this year.

Star­ship Troop­ers 3: Marauder: Casper Van Diem is back, but it’s still going straight to DVD, as the piss-awful sec­ond film did. It’s due out later this year.

Pink Pan­ther 2: Oh dear. And I’m a Steve Mar­tin fan. It’s out on 13^th Feb­ru­ary 2009.

Ace Ven­tura 3: No Jim Car­rey though, and no chance of it see­ing the inside of a cin­ema. Head to Block­buster later in the year if you want to catch it.

War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave: Another straight to DVD sequel, but this one’s of note because it’s directed by Soul Man/Hitcher star C Thomas How­ell. Blimey.

Juras­sic Park 4: It’s taken them ages to sort this out, but the lat­est is that Laura Dern is still attached, and that it’ll be released in 2009. Don’t hold your breath though, as shoot­ing would need to start really very soon…

Scary Movie 5/Saw 5: You could have guessed at these if you didn’t know about them already. Both should see the light before the end of the year. Sadly.

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