• FaceDeer
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      I’m also surprised that the Terminator series never got a third instalment. Or Aliens, for that matter.

      • @sbv@sh.itjust.works
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        281 year ago

        I was really sad about the Aliens franchise ending after two movies. I was really looking forward to seeing what Newt, Ripley, and Hicks got up to in the next installment.

    • BigFig
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      191 year ago

      “Not like this” intensifies with every sequel

  • @hactar42@lemmy.world
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    The Fifth Element

    I’m glad it didn’t get a sequel because it is such a good stand alone movie. I’m just shocked the studio didn’t try to milk it for everything it had.

  • Edge of Tomorrow. Not a huge Tom Cruise fan, but that one really gets me. Emily Blunt is awesome in it. Went in not expecting much, but I was blown away.

    Watched it last year and immediately searched to see if there was sequel in the pipe. Development hell.

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        In the book there are some references to Rita (Emily Blunt) fighting in various places and I think her getting her start in South America. Might be remembering that one wrong, but a prequel with her learning how to fight the monsters would have been good if they stuck more to the book.

  • BananaPeal
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    781 year ago

    Still waiting on Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money

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      I liked Rick Moranis’s idea for it, Spaceballs III: The Search for Spaceballs II.

      I feel like you can modify it to include both ideas Spaceballs III: The Search for Spaceballs II: The Search for More Money

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        Thanks-killing did that, skipped a sequal and the third film was about destroying the second (that dosent exist).

  • Jonathan
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    561 year ago

    I’m not necessarily surprised this one didn’t get a sequel, but I really wish it had!

    Event Horizon (1997)

    • magnetosphere
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      111 year ago

      I read something about that a while ago. If I recall correctly, it was intended to be a franchise, but Master and Commander was so incredibly expensive that they decided against it.

      • Che Banana
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        I responded to this on another comment but from what I remember they got torpedoed by the MCU and thought they wouldn’t be able to compete against them…however reading these comments here gives me hope as everyone seems to be over the CGIverse now.

        • magnetosphere
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          That’s surprising. Master and Commander came out in 2003, years before the first MCU film was released.

    • @planetaryprotection@midwest.social
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      51 year ago

      In 2021 there was some planning/writing done for a prequel, but I don’t think anything came of it.

      That film is having a bit of a cultural comeback, so there’s still hope.

      • That’s good to hear. I haven’t read any of the books (not my preferred literary genre) so I didn’t have a preconception of the Aubrey character. This sadly left me loving Russell Crow as Aubrey, and I’ll have a hard time with anyone else playing him. Crow is 59, now; he might still be able to get away with it.

    • @ours@lemmy.world
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      41 year ago

      And there’s a whole bunch of more books to be adapted. That movie was so perfectly done I wish it had worked enough to allow a whole series of sequels.

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    411 year ago

    Alita: Battle Angel. I’ve heard there is a sequel planned, but it’s been a few years since the first movie. James Cameron is still involved as a producer, but I guess his blue-skinned money machine has kept him busy lately.

  • @Mokopa@lemmy.world
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    Master and commander… They had the ship built already too - why not make a sequel? There’s about 20 books worth of material.

    • Che Banana
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      I saw something on this that it was the last “great epic” type movie before Hollywood was run over by the MCU. Absolutely fantastic series of books, which translated well (IMO) in the movie, but…pew pew lazereye firerboys demigods won the day.

    • @Dethedrus@lemmy.world
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      91 year ago

      I grew up with the original series and couldn’t agree more. It was fun and only very slightly marred by no Mister T cameo.

      • juiceclaws
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        Fwiw I think rampage did a pretty solid job as BA, especially considering the pressure and expectations of having to replace mister t

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    Adventures of Tintin. Peter Jackson was supposed to direct it, but unfortunately he got busy with Hobbit.

    Apparently they were supposed to adapt Prisoners of the Sun, which is arguably the best Tintin storyline to make a movie of.

  • @Nefara@lemmy.world
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    Still waiting for the Zootopia sequel. Genuinely good and creative movie that used the format to talk about tricky topics with some cushion and then became a cult favorite. They added some extra stuff under Zootopia+, they tee’d up the buddy cop format, did all this world building and then… what, Disney, this is the one IP you’re not going to squeeze for all its worth? Where’s the next one?

  • kreynen
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    Princess Bride

    I always thought a sequel where the roles are reversed and Fred Savage is reading to an ailing Peter Faulk would have been a great way to start a sequel.

    • @mysoulishome@lemmy.world
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      Ha…I don’t think Peter Faulk was around for Fred Savage to grow up, sadly. Not the most healthy guy.

      Edit: damn.

      • Decoy321
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        Fred Savage was 35 years old when Peter Falk died in 2011. He was 83 at that time. Poor dude had Alzheimer’s for those last few years.

        They could’ve definitely filmed a reunion scene in the 90s, early 2000s though.

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    Pacific Rim, such a great fun mechs vs monsters movie that had a gritty feeling to it. Not over the top fantastical bullshit with flips or garish colors, just solid, slow, huge mechs fighting solid, slowish, sea monsters.