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00:00:00Are you ready for more? Hollywood sure hopes you are, because follow-ups to fan-favorite
00:00:05movies in just about every genre are on the way — some you may not even know existed.
00:00:11Ever wonder what a sequel to Face Off or Heat might look like? You won't have to wonder
00:00:15for too much longer, because these action movies are getting sequels in the upcoming
00:00:19months and years.
00:00:21The Tomorrow War stars Chris Pratt as a military vet who gets drafted into a war against alien
00:00:26invaders. The big catch? The war is taking place 30 years in the future. That's a pretty
00:00:31interesting concept for sci-fi fans, but the film received mixed reviews by critics. Nevertheless,
00:00:37director Chris McKay may or may not be returning to the director's chair for The Tomorrow War
00:00:422, which he recently confirmed to be in development.
00:00:44When asked about a sequel by Uproxx in April 2023, McKay stated that a script is in the
00:00:52works. Originally slated for a theatrical release through Paramount, The Tomorrow War
00:00:56was ultimately bought and distributed by Prime Video as a consequence of the pandemic,
00:01:01making it one of the most expensive movies ever to debut on a streaming service. It may
00:01:06not have raked in cash at the box office, but its viewership stats were massive enough
00:01:10to earn it a sequel. No plot, casting, scheduling, or distribution details have been unveiled
00:01:15yet, though.
00:01:16The Extraction films star Chris Hemsworth as Tyler Rake, a former Australian SASR operator
00:01:22who now works as a Black Ops mercenary. The first film became Netflix's most-watched movie
00:01:27ever when it dropped on the streamer in April 2020, with 99 million views in its first month.
00:01:32The fact that everyone was quarantined in their homes at the time certainly helped.
00:01:37Understandably, 2023's Extraction 2 wasn't quite as popular, but it still did big numbers
00:01:42for Netflix. That's why it was announced that same year that a third Extraction is in development,
00:01:47as Hemsworth and director Sam Hargrave announced it at Netflix's To Doom global event in June
00:01:52of that year.
00:01:53Since then, all signs have pointed to the pre-production process moving smoothly, with
00:01:57Netflix head of film Scott Stuber teasing Idris Elba's return and emphasizing that the
00:02:02third installment is being developed carefully in order to live up to the first two.
00:02:06In May 2024, Chris Hemsworth told Collider,
00:02:08"...we're in the middle of sort of writing, prepping, getting it ready. I don't know when
00:02:12we're gonna start, but it's in the works."
00:02:15Deadline has confirmed that a fourth Riddick movie is on the way, and it's happening sooner
00:02:19than you might think.
00:02:20The Chronicles of Riddick franchise began in 2000 with Pitch Black, then continued with
00:02:242004's The Chronicles of Riddick and 2013's Riddick.
00:02:28Now, more than a decade later, Riddick Furia is about to begin production. With David Toohey
00:02:33once again handling writing and directing duties, the film will follow Richard B. Riddick's
00:02:38return to his home planet, Furia, of which he has little memory.
00:02:41The Ave finds that the people of Furia are embroiled in a struggle against a monster
00:02:45that threatens their existence. According to the official synopsis,
00:02:48Some of these Furians are more like Riddick than he could have ever imagined. The international
00:02:52shoot, which will take place in Spain, Germany, and the U.K., will begin on August 26th, 2024.
00:02:58"...Riddick's going home."
00:03:01A sequel to Netflix's The Gray Man, an action thriller starring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans,
00:03:06and Ana de Armas is currently in the pipeline. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, who captivated
00:03:12the world years earlier with Avengers Infinity War and Endgame, The Gray Man became one of
00:03:16the most-watched Netflix movies of all time following its release in 2022. By the end
00:03:21of its first 28 days on the platform, it had already clocked close to 250 million watch
00:03:26hours.
00:03:27Little information on the sequel has been disclosed, but we do know that development
00:03:31is going strong thanks to an interview given by the Russos to Total Film in April 2024.
00:03:37During the interview, Joe Russo explained that the film is still finding its footing
00:03:40story-wise, saying,
00:03:41We're developing concepts we think are the right decision to take Gosling's character
00:03:45in, and so we are working on that at the moment.
00:03:48The David Harbour-starring 2022 flick Violent Night was the biggest Christmas-themed actioner
00:03:54since Die Hard, featuring the Stranger Things actor as a gritty version of Santa Claus going
00:03:58up against a team of mercenaries. Naturally, talk of a sequel began not long after the
00:04:03film's release. According to producers Kelly McCormick and David Leitch, a follow-up is
00:04:07indeed happening, with pre-production going swimmingly so far.
00:04:11Universal is reportedly optimistic about the potential for a full-fledged franchise. The
00:04:15pair spoke with Collider at South by Southwest 2024, and revealed that there's a lot of behind-the-scenes
00:04:21enthusiasm for the Violent Night sequel, including from Harbour himself, who's eager to put on
00:04:25the red-and-white outfit once again.
00:04:27Although the schedules of the various parties involved have been difficult to coordinate,
00:04:31McCormick revealed that several drafts of the screenplay have already been written,
00:04:35and also that there's a possibility Violent Night 2 could start filming as soon as the
00:04:39beginning of 2025.
00:04:41"...another f----- Christmas."
00:04:44Red Notice shattered a stunning Netflix record by scoring the biggest opening day ever for
00:04:49one of the streamer's originals in 2021. That led to not one, but two sequels being greenlit.
00:04:55As Netflix head of film Scott Stuber revealed to Collider in November 2023, one of those
00:05:00sequels is currently well into the development process. At the time of the interview with
00:05:04Stuber, a final draft of the screenplay for Red Notice 2 was said to be near completion.
00:05:09Netflix has been in no hurry to make up for lost time to The Hollywood Strikes when it
00:05:12comes to the film's development, and doesn't seem to be rushing the scripting process along.
00:05:17Stuber said that he was shooting for a late 2024 production start, so with the script
00:05:21nearly finalized and ready to go, production on the long-awaited sequel to the action-comedy
00:05:26film should be starting sooner rather than later.
00:05:29Stuber didn't give an update on Red Notice 3, despite Deadline reporting that the two
00:05:33sequels would be shot back-to-back.
00:05:35A sequel to Nobody, the unexpected 2021 hit starring Bob Odenkirk as a mild-mannered family
00:05:41man who gets thrust back into his violent past is set to be released in 2025. As reported
00:05:47by Collider, Nobody 2 is set to start shooting from August to October 2024, once again starring
00:05:53Odenkirk as Hutch Mansell and Connie Nielsen as his wife Becca. This time around, original
00:05:57director Ilya Neshula will not be in the hot seat. Instead, Nobody 2 will be directed by
00:06:02Indonesian director Timo Cianto, and if it's anything like his intense 2018 actioner The
00:06:08Night Comes for Us, Hutch's enemies are going to be put through the wringer even worse this
00:06:12time around.
00:06:13"...I'm gonna f— you up."
00:06:19With a capable filmmaker at the helm and a likable veteran actor in the lead, everything
00:06:23seems to be on track for a release date of August 15, 2025.
00:06:28A sequel to Gunpowder Milkshake was announced before the film would even hit cinemas by
00:06:32way of a special presentation from distributor Studio Canal at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
00:06:38Although not a lot of development details have come out about it since then, we can
00:06:41assume that the sequel is still being worked on, as neither Studio Canal nor Netflix have
00:06:46announced anything to the contrary.
00:06:48Given that the first Gunpowder Milkshake was released directly to Netflix, along with a
00:06:52limited theatrical release in the United States and Canada in 2021, we don't know much about
00:06:57the film's financial metrics and whether or not it became profitable. What we do know
00:07:01is that it topped the U.S. Nielsen ratings for its release week, so it's entirely possible
00:07:05that it made enough bank to prompt a sequel.
00:07:08Still, no production, plots, or cast details about Gunpowder Milkshake 2 have been unveiled
00:07:13just yet.
00:07:14At the same 2021 Cannes presentation in honor of Studio Canal's 30th anniversary that saw
00:07:19the announcement of Gunpowder Milkshake 2, further details were also unveiled on the
00:07:23previously announced sequel to 2011's Attack the Block.
00:07:27The British cult favorite action-comedy sci-fi horror romp about alien creatures invading
00:07:31a council estate in South London will be followed up by another installment from writer-director
00:07:36Joe Cornish. Cornish, Naira Park, and Edgar Wright will be producing through Complete
00:07:41Fiction Pictures, the production company they launched together in 2018.
00:07:45John Boyega, who had his breakthrough in the first film and will once again be headlining
00:07:49the cast, is also signing on as a producer through his Upper Room Productions. In a statement
00:07:54published by The Hollywood Reporter at the time, Boyega said,
00:07:57"...Moses has remained one of my favorite characters to play and bringing him back is
00:08:00a huge honor."
00:08:01Cornish, meanwhile, has stated that he wants Attack the Block 2 to live up to iconic sci-fi
00:08:05sequels like Aliens and Terminator 2 Judgment Day.
00:08:09Very few people expected a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie to be fresh, exciting,
00:08:14and visually stunning in 2023. But Jeff Rose's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem
00:08:20pulled it off by turning to the medium of animation. The film became a critical and
00:08:24box office success, and a sequel was soon confirmed by Paramount with a release date
00:08:28already set. Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Raphael will return on October 9, 2026.
00:08:35Rose expected to return as director along with the main voice casts of Micah Abbey,
00:08:39Shimon Brown Jr., Nicholas Cantu, Brady Noon, and Iowa Deberry as the Ninja Turtles face
00:08:44off against their most iconic foe, the Shredder.
00:08:47Shredder's arrival was teased at the end of the first film, and Rose is excited about
00:08:51what that means for the Turtles. As he told Empire,
00:08:53It'll be really interesting to see these fun-loving characters
00:08:56go up against something that maybe they can't stop.
00:08:59You watch a movie with humans? You rattin' us out.
00:09:03Hey, don't use that word that way.
00:09:06Paramount Pictures announced in January 2024 that a sequel to Top Gun Maverick would be
00:09:11happening, a major turn of events for a franchise that boasts a 36-year gap between the first two
00:09:16installments. It's not exactly a surprising one, though, given that Maverick took breaking
00:09:20the box office to a whole new level with its nearly $1.5 billion haul.
00:09:25Producer Jerry Bruckheimer gave an update on the sequel during an interview with ScreenRant in
00:09:30March 2024, stating that Maverick director Joseph Kaczynski came up with a story idea
00:09:35to Tom Cruise's liking and was presently developing it into a screenplay. No one other
00:09:39than them knows what the story idea is, but Cruise, Glenn Powell, and Miles Teller are
00:09:44all expected to return. According to Bruckheimer, now it's all a matter of whether or not Cruise
00:09:48will approve of Kaczynski's script and find time in his busy schedule to bring back Pete
00:09:53Maverick Mitchell once again.
00:09:55A sequel to 1997's Face Off was announced in 2022, with Godzilla vs. Kong director Adam
00:10:01Wingard at the helm and his frequent collaborator Simon Barrett handling writing duties. Wingard
00:10:06played coy about the project's concrete prospects, though, stating that it could only be done if both
00:10:11John Travolta and Nicolas Cage agreed to sign on as Sean Archer and Castor Troy. In April 2024,
00:10:17it was reported by Daniel Richtman that Cage and Travolta will indeed be coming back for Face Off 2.
00:10:23"...the eternal battle between good and evil, saint and sinner."
00:10:27Spoiler alert for the original film, but this is likely to force many fans into a
00:10:31reinterpretation of its ending, which appeared to kill Troy rather decisively. However,
00:10:36Simon Barrett has stated that he never believed that Troy's death was for real,
00:10:40since his body wasn't covered up as he was loaded into the ambulance. If that's the case,
00:10:44he probably spends the next 20-something years in prison or in a coma, waiting to be unleashed
00:10:49in Face Off 2. A fourth Rush Hour installment has been teased again and again in the entertainment
00:10:54press for years now. More recently, fan excitement for the film has been ramped up by encouraging
00:10:59updates from Chris Tucker, who confirmed the project's existence in 2018. Jackie Chan,
00:11:04who revealed in 2017 that a script he approved of had finally been completed, said in 2022 that
00:11:09the Rush Hour 4 script was still being discussed. Then in 2023, Tucker once again stated that Rush
00:11:15Hour 4 was among his intended upcoming projects. No official announcements have yet been made by
00:11:20Warner Bros. regarding such a movie, though. With the studio having long since cut ties with Brett
00:11:25Ratner following sexual misconduct accusations, it's unlikely that he'd be returning to the
00:11:30director's chair. But development has apparently been happening for years now, and both Tucker
00:11:35and Chan seem excited about it.
00:11:37Michael Mann is known for his action-packed character studies, and none are more exciting
00:11:41than 1995's Heat. This nearly three-hour-long crime epic set Robert De Niro's professional
00:11:47thief Neil McCauley up against Al Pacino's bombastic cop Vincent Hanna, and their story
00:11:52seemed to come to a pretty decisive conclusion at the Los Angeles International Airport.
00:11:56So, how could Mann possibly continue this story? You can find out by reading his 2022 novel,
00:12:02which is being adapted into a feature film of the same name. In the tradition of notable,
00:12:07similarly-themed second installments like The Godfather Part II, Heat 2 acts as both a prequel
00:12:12and a sequel, and even a sidequel, flashing back and forth in time. As far as casting goes,
00:12:17nothing has been confirmed, but GQ has reported that Adam Driver, Ana de Armas, Austin Butler,
00:12:23and Jeremy Alan White are among the actors rumored to be involved with the sequel-slash-prequel.
00:12:28This crew is good."
00:12:311993's Cliffhanger is among the most financially successful films of Sylvester Stallone's career,
00:12:36and plans for a sequel were being made as early as 1994. That second installment,
00:12:41which would have seen Sly locking horns with terrorists at the Hoover Dam,
00:12:45never materialized, with various writers and directors walking through the revolving doors
00:12:49over the decades. Finally, in May 2023, the project got a fresh start as the legacy sequel.
00:12:54Director Rick Roman-Waugh replaced Ana Lili Amapour, who had been slated to helm a female-fronted
00:13:00reboot. Later in December 2023, Screen Daily reported that Waugh had also been replaced,
00:13:05this time by French filmmaker Jean-Francois Richet. But the film itself is still very much
00:13:10happening. The project will be a co-production between the U.S., the U.K., and Germany,
00:13:14with Stallone set to star once again as rescue ranger Gabe Walker. He may be pushing 80,
00:13:19but it looks like he's still got what it takes to survive in the mountains.
00:13:23A sequel to Netflix's action-heavy superhero flick The Old Guard, which ended on a massive
00:13:28sequel-launching cliffhanger, has already been filmed, but no release date has been announced.
00:13:32Actor Matthias Schoenaerts revealed to Collider in February 2024 that the delay seemed to be due
00:13:38to the changes in Netflix management, with Greg Peters having taken over from Reed Hastings as
00:13:43co-CEO alongside Ted Sarandos. Schoenaerts claimed,
00:13:46"...we shot it approximately a year and a half ago, and I think they're hitting the
00:13:49last stage of post-production. As far as I've understood, I think there's been a switch at
00:13:53Netflix higher up. I think there's a different CEO, so that leads to a reconsidering of release,
00:13:58and how and when, and that's not up to me."
00:14:01That was confirmed by Charlize Theron, who will be joined in the sequel by
00:14:04much of the original supporting cast as well as newcomers Uma Thurman and Henry Golding.
00:14:10Whether it's the threat of a futuristic digital consciousness, a rampaging cyborg,
00:14:15or just a whole lot of displaced dinosaurs, these sci-fi sequels are waiting to strike.
00:14:20If you thought that Jurassic World Dominion was the end of the Jurassic saga, think again.
00:14:25It turns out, a new picture is underway with original Jurassic Park scribe David Kepp leading
00:14:29the charge. But instead of Colin Trevorrow or Steven Spielberg directing, sci-fi stalwart
00:14:34Gareth Edwards is taking over for the next dinosaur blockbuster. As he told Collider at
00:14:39an event in February 2024,
00:14:41"...this is the only movie that would make me drop everything like a stone and dive right in.
00:14:45I love Jurassic Park."
00:14:47Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey,
00:14:50and Rupert Friend have been confirmed to star, and production began in June 2024.
00:14:54As of now, the project has a release date of July 2, 2025, nestling it right between
00:14:59upcoming features like James Gunn's Superman reboot and Disney and Pixar sci-fi flick Elio.
00:15:04"...life, uh, finds a way."
00:15:07For years, fans wondered if a third Tron was in the cards.
00:15:11Though plans for a continuation were once announced, a direct sequel to 2010's Tron
00:15:15Legacy never happened, with Disney focusing on Star Wars and Marvel Cinematic Universe
00:15:19movies instead. Though initially attached to the threequel, Legacy director Joseph Kicinski
00:15:24eventually moved on to bigger things like Top Gun Maverick, but a third Tron wasn't entirely dead.
00:15:29In 2017, a reboot film was in development, but it wasn't until January 2023 that Contiki director
00:15:35Joachim Roening was hired to direct Tron Ares. Principal photography began a year later.
00:15:41Despite initial claims that the movie would be a series reboot,
00:15:44original Tron star Jeff Bridges is returning, which seems to confirm some kind of continuity,
00:15:49though whether he's returning as Kevin Flynn or the program Clue is currently unknown.
00:15:53Bridges revealed on the Film Comment podcast,
00:15:56"'Jared Leto' is the star of this third one. I'm really anxious to work with him.
00:15:59I've admired his work."
00:16:01At the time, Ares was still in production, but Bridges has since concluded work on the film,
00:16:05and it's now set to hit theaters on October 10, 2025.
00:16:09If you've been paying attention to the Skyline franchise, which launched over a decade ago,
00:16:14you might be familiar with its two sequels, Beyond Skyline and Skylines.
00:16:18You might not know that a fourth feature is coming sometime in 2025.
00:16:22Originally titled Skyline Radial, Skyline Warpath is set five years after the last two installments
00:16:27and follows Iko Weiss' Sua and Scott Atkins' Erik as they deal with the continuing alien threat.
00:16:33Unlike the original disaster film, Warpath will combine martial arts with the standard alien
00:16:37invasion plot. Franchise co-creator Liam O'Donnell, who directed the previous two
00:16:42and co-wrote the original, returns to the director's chair.
00:16:45O'Donnell has said that the film was partially inspired by Star Trek,
00:16:48but that's not the only major Hollywood franchise the creative team is pulling from.
00:16:52As he told Deadline in 2020,
00:16:54"'As crazy as it sounds, we see this as our own niche version of a Fast Five-slash-Avengers
00:16:59type of sequel where we are bringing together the characters from previous installments into
00:17:03a bigger, crowd-pleasing sci-fi martial arts adventure."
00:17:07For a while, the Predator franchise felt directionless, with various sequels getting
00:17:11canceled over the years, making fans wonder if we would ever get another solid installment again.
00:17:16Hulu changed all that with the release of Prey in 2022,
00:17:19and audiences and critics alike raved about the standalone prequel.
00:17:23Many praised Prey as the best of the series since the original 1987 film,
00:17:27and it's not hard to see why. It even broke streaming records for Hulu,
00:17:31so another Predator movie seemed almost inevitable.
00:17:35The next Dan Trachtenberg-directed Predator installment is currently titled Badlands.
00:17:39Like its predecessor, the film will feature a female lead, with Elle Fanning confirmed to star,
00:17:44and is rumored to be set in the future rather than the past. While no official
00:17:48release date has been set, the film will likely go into production sometime in 2024.
00:17:53In addition to Trachtenberg's next picture, a more direct Prey sequel is also in active
00:17:57development, with Amber Midthunder likely to return. If Prey 2 does happen, it would
00:18:02mark the first Predator sequel with a returning lead actor.
00:18:06When Disney acquired Lucasfilm, they were quick to pursue a variety of Star Wars anthology films
00:18:11that detailed different characters or events throughout the universe. Rogue One and Solo
00:18:15ended up being the only theatrically released of these anthology projects, with others like
00:18:19Obi-Wan Kenobi and The Book of Boba Fett being reworked into streaming miniseries.
00:18:23And while Solo received mixed reviews, Donald Glover's portrayal of a young Lando Calrissian
00:18:28was highly praised, with many hoping to see more of his take on Billy Dee Williams' original
00:18:32trilogy character.
00:18:33Hello, what have we here?
00:18:35Disney saw potential in young Lando, too. Though a Lando series was originally announced as a
00:18:40Disney Plus event, it was revealed in September 2023 that the project was actually a feature film.
00:18:46Donald Glover is set to star, but after Billy Dee Williams' return in The Rise of Skywalker,
00:18:51it's possible that both the older and younger versions of the character could appear.
00:18:55Though many assumed that The Rise of Skywalker would effectively close that chapter of the
00:18:59Star Wars universe, another Rey-centered feature is in the works with Daisy Ridley set to return.
00:19:04Ms. Marvel director Charmaine Aubet-Chanoy is set to helm the sequel, which is being
00:19:08penned by Stephen Knight of Peaky Blinders fame.
00:19:11The project was first announced at the 2023 Star Wars celebration, and is set to follow
00:19:15Rey as she establishes a new Jedi Order in the wake of Luke Skywalker's death.
00:19:20Right now, it's unclear if this film will bring back other sequel trilogy characters like
00:19:25John Boyega's Finn or Oscar Isaac's Poe Dameron, but given the period set to be explored,
00:19:29we wouldn't be surprised if we saw some familiar faces.
00:19:32We may even see the Force ghost of Luke Skywalker as Rey carries on his legacy.
00:19:37As of July 2024, the project has been confirmed to still be in development.
00:19:43Since its release in 1999, it's safe to say that The Matrix has always been something of a classic.
00:19:48Though the lackluster sequels have left a lot to be desired, fans have kept returning to the
00:19:52artificial world the Wachowskis dreamed up decades ago. It was Laurence Fishburne's
00:19:57Morpheus who first gave Neo that infamous choice in the original film.
00:20:07Unfortunately, Fishburne didn't return for the 2022 revival, The Matrix Resurrections,
00:20:12which recast a new version of Morpheus with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.
00:20:16Despite that, fans have still held fast to the original character,
00:20:19and there have been rumblings of a Morpheus prequel for years.
00:20:22In 2017, the first rumors circulated that Michael B. Jordan would play a young Morpheus in a prequel
00:20:27film written by Zach Penn. Penn said in 2019 that his film was set earlier in the timeline
00:20:32than Resurrections. Unfortunately, we haven't heard much about Penn's prequel project since,
00:20:37but in April 2024, Warner Bros. announced their plans for a new Matrix film from
00:20:41the Martian scribe Drew Goddard, who will also direct the picture.
00:20:44After three relatively successful Star Trek reboot films were released between 2009 and 2016,
00:20:50a fourth picture from Paramount seemed like a natural next step. Producer J.J. Abrams teased
00:20:55that Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth would both return, but by August 2018,
00:20:59Hemsworth and Pine exited the project. From there, Star Trek IV's fate looked sealed.
00:21:04As shows like Discovery and Picard kept eyes on the franchise's original timeline,
00:21:08the possibility of revisiting Abrams' alternate-universe continuity felt slim.
00:21:12Paramount's constant delays didn't help either. But in February 2022, Star Trek IV was re-announced
00:21:18with Abrams producing, Pine seemingly back on board, and the promise that the rest of the cast
00:21:23would follow. Though the film was slated to hit theaters on December 22, 2023,
00:21:27this also fell apart, with director Matt Shackman exiting the project.
00:21:31Shortly after, Paramount pulled the sequel from its release schedule,
00:21:34but even this setback hasn't killed the Enterprise crew just yet.
00:21:38In January 2024, Paramount reaffirmed its plans for more Trek pictures, including a still-untitled
00:21:45Star Trek IV, which is now being considered the final chapter of the reboot franchise.
00:21:51If you're still confused about whether the 2014 Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt sci-fi adventure is
00:21:56called Live, Die, Repeat or Edge of Tomorrow, or some combination of the two, you aren't the only
00:22:01one. But that confusion didn't stop both critics and audiences from loving the manga-inspired
00:22:06action flick. As early as 2015, screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie told Collider that the
00:22:11idea for a sequel was ready to go, and director Doug Liman has continued to tease the project
00:22:15for years, revealing the potential title to be Live, Die, Repeat and Repeat. Emily Blunt has
00:22:21also expressed interest in returning, noting that Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible films keep getting
00:22:25in the way. In January 2024, a deal was struck between Cruise and Warner Bros. that even further
00:22:31opened the door for the sequel. Though no official announcement has been made, we're closer
00:22:36now to an Edge of Tomorrow follow-up than ever before. The entire Stargate timeline is something
00:22:42of a nightmare to navigate, but generally speaking, it consists of the original 1994 film,
00:22:47three live-action television series, an animated show, some made-for-TV movies, and a miniseries
00:22:52prequel. If that sounds confusing, that's probably why Amazon-slash-MGM is looking to reboot the
00:22:58franchise after all these years. Back in 2022, Amazon was open to pitches for a number of the
00:23:03properties they obtained from MGM, including the beloved sci-fi adventure series. Though a
00:23:08television continuation of the Stargate SG-1 timeline was previously in development, those
00:23:13plans fell through during the COVID-19 pandemic. SG-1 co-creator Brad Wright told fans in a 2022
00:23:19Reddit AMA,
00:23:20"...I suspect they're also considering starting fresh without any of the baggage of previous
00:23:24iterations."
00:23:25As of April 2023, Amazon was still working on developing both film and television Stargate
00:23:31projects, with talks currently discussing a feature to kick the whole thing off. Hopefully,
00:23:35we can get another gate open soon.
00:23:38Also acquired in Amazon's purchase of MGM was the RoboCop franchise.
00:23:43I'd buy that for a dollar.
00:23:45The series currently consists of three movies, four series, some video games and comics,
00:23:49and a 2014 remake that didn't quite live up to the hype. Over the years,
00:23:53there have been various rumors of some sort of RoboCop continuation,
00:23:57like a direct sequel to the original 1987 action flick, a continuation of the 2014 reboot,
00:24:03a Neil Blomkamp-directed follow-up, and the Abe Forsythe-helmed RoboCop Returns.
00:24:07In each case, RoboCop failed to live again.
00:24:10Amazon's buyout of MGM prompted the streamers' plans to develop RoboCop into both a television
00:24:15series as well as a feature film. Though these plans were announced in early 2023,
00:24:20there haven't been any updates. Given all the other revival films being made today,
00:24:25it's possible we might get another RoboCop in the future. Will Peter Weller return to
00:24:29the role as he did for the 2023 video game RoboCop Rogue City? With no filmmakers attached
00:24:34and no pending release date, we aren't holding our breath for a movie anytime soon.
00:24:40It's hard to make a horror movie sequel that lives up to the original,
00:24:44but that hasn't stopped plenty of filmmakers from trying. These frightening follow-ups to
00:24:48fan-favorite flicks are currently in development.
00:24:51A sequel to the 2005 movie Constantine doesn't seem like something that would go into production
00:24:57nowadays. Even though the Keanu Reeves-starring adaptation of DC Vertigo's Hellblazer comics has
00:25:02a cult following, it was never a huge hit, while Warner Bros. has gone through five different
00:25:07corporate regimes and a gazillion different plans for its DC movies over the past two decades.
00:25:13"...but I could use a little attention. Please."
00:25:20Reeves and director Francis Lawrence's desire for a sequel, which Lawrence wants to push into
00:25:25even scarier directions, may very well pay off. WB officially announced development on Constantine
00:25:322 in September 2022, with Akiva Goldsman working on the script. Despite the studio bringing in
00:25:38James Gunn to completely reboot its main DC movie slate just a few months later,
00:25:42Lawrence confirmed that these plans would not affect Constantine 2,
00:25:46which may possibly be released as an Elseworlds movie outside the standard DC continuity.
00:25:52Film distribution company A24 is no stranger to success in the horror genre,
00:25:57but Talk to Me was a true breakout smash. The Philippo Brothers' supernatural fright
00:26:03fast-grossed $92.2 million on a $4.5 million budget, more than any other horror movie released
00:26:10by the label — unless you consider Civil War a horror movie. A sequel, tentatively titled Talk to
00:26:16Me, was revealed to be in development just a couple of weeks after the first film's theatrical
00:26:21release in summer 2023. While fans wait for more news on the sequel, a prequel could potentially
00:26:27arrive any day now. Before Talk to Me even hit theaters, the Philippos had already shot an entire
00:26:33film about Duckett, one of the victims in the first film's opening scene. However, Danny Philippo
00:26:38seemed uncertain whether or not this social media-focused prequel would actually see the
00:26:43light of day, telling The Hollywood Reporter,
00:26:46"...maybe down the line we can release that."
00:26:48If they've shot the whole thing already, and A24 wants to build Talk to Me into a full series,
00:26:53it would be a strange move to not release the already-filmed movie.
00:26:58Moviegoers could expect a new Final Destination movie in theaters every few years during the 2000s,
00:27:04each with a new crop of high school or college students trying and failing to outrun death itself
00:27:09before being killed in creatively over-the-top scenarios. But then the series came to a
00:27:14standstill after Final Destination 5 in 2011. Actor Tony Todd claimed that the producers planned
00:27:20to shoot the sixth and seventh films back-to-back if the fifth installment opened at number one,
00:27:25but it only reached number three.
00:27:27Shh! Please. You'll wake the dead.
00:27:33A sixth film was confirmed to be in development in 2019, initially announced as a reboot before
00:27:38series creator Jeff Reddick backed away from the term. Production on the movie,
00:27:42titled Final Destination Bloodlines and directed by Zach Lepofsky and Adam Stein,
00:27:48got delayed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and the SAG-AFTRA strike in 2023.
00:27:54It finally completed filming in May 2024. Originally set up as an HBO Max release,
00:28:00Final Destination Bloodlines is now slated for a theatrical and IMAX release sometime in 2025,
00:28:06celebrating the 25th anniversary of the original film.
00:28:11A new film from legendary director George A. Romero might be the last thing anyone would
00:28:16expect to hit theaters in the near future, especially since the acclaimed filmmaker died
00:28:20in 2017. That said, it's simply too perfect that an unfinished screenplay from the man responsible
00:28:27for Night of the Living Dead and its sequels, along with much of the zombie horror subgenre
00:28:31in general, ended up rising from the grave. Romero was working on the script for Twilight of the Dead,
00:28:37the seventh and final film in his Living Dead series, when he passed away.
00:28:40In 2021, his widow Suzanne announced plans to finish the script in collaboration with Joe Netter,
00:28:46Robert L. Lucas, and original co-writer Paolo Szilagti. She told The Hollywood Reporter,
00:28:52This is the film he wanted to make, and while someone else will carry the torch as the director,
00:28:56it's very much a George A. Romero film.
00:28:59Two years later, in 2023, Brad Anderson signed on as the new director. He planned to shoot the
00:29:04film as soon as the SAG-AFTRA strike ended, but no additional information on the production has
00:29:09been revealed since then. The Insidious franchise has pumped out sequels on a regular enough basis
00:29:15that news of the sixth installment, currently scheduled for release on August 29, 2025,
00:29:21shouldn't come as a surprise. But even if you've already marked your calendar for the next chapter
00:29:26in this saga of paranormal investigators versus vengeful demons, you might not have heard that
00:29:31a spinoff movie is also in the works. Thread, an Insidious tale, will star Mandy Moore and
00:29:37Kumail Nanjiani as a couple using time travel spells to undo their daughter's death. Jeremy
00:29:43Slater, the screenwriter who developed The Umbrella Academy and Moon Knight for streaming,
00:29:47plans to make his directorial debut with the project. It was first announced in May 2023,
00:29:53and there hasn't been any news about a release date since. If the spinoff does well,
00:29:58it's possible that the Insidious franchise could follow in the footsteps of its James
00:30:02Wan-launched possession series The Conjuring and expand into a full-blown cinematic universe.
00:30:08Premiering at Cannes in 2014 and released in America in 2015,
00:30:12the sexually transmitted monster movie It Follows ranks among the most acclaimed films
00:30:17of the 2010s indie horror wave. Tom Quinn, co-president of distribution company Radius T.W.C.,
00:30:24expressed interest in a sequel shortly after its release. That project never came to fruition,
00:30:29though, and that probably has something to do with the fact that the T.W.C. in the company's name
00:30:34stands for The Weinstein Company. The label went quiet, and director David Robert Mitchell took
00:30:39his talents elsewhere for his next project, the sprawling neo-noir Under the Silver Lake.
00:30:44Unfortunately for him, though, polarized reception earned him a stint in so-called
00:30:48director jail for a few years. Quinn, however, remained interested in pursuing the sequel to
00:30:53It Follows at his new company, Neon. In October 2023, Neon officially announced the sequel They
00:30:59Follow, with Mitchell coming back to write and direct and Micah Monroe returning as lead
00:31:04character Jay Height. Production is expected to begin sometime in 2025.
00:31:09Even though it's following you, I can still see it. It's not done with me either, okay?"
00:31:16Lionsgate spent nearly $20 million for the rights to the horror comedy The Blackening at the 2022
00:31:23Toronto International Film Festival. While the film didn't quite make all that money back in
00:31:27theaters in the summer of 2023, it still more than tripled its tiny budget and earned positive
00:31:33reviews. As such, the studio expressed interest in developing a sequel with original screenwriters
00:31:38Tracy Oliver and Dwayne Perkins, the latter of whom also played a character in the movie.
00:31:43Because it's still so early in development, not many details are known about what this
00:31:47second Blackening would entail, or when we might get to see it. However, Perkins told Variety that
00:31:53he'd want to bring back the cast of the first film while throwing them into a new scenario,
00:31:57comparing his vision to the Scary Movie franchise. That said, he teased that new characters would
00:32:02also be introduced in a sequel, saying,
00:32:05"...I feel like we've got something good, and I love the dynamic,
00:32:08but Fresh Blood always turns things up a little bit."
00:32:12A lot has changed in the years since 28 Days Later brought new life to the zombie subgenre in 2002.
00:32:18Its breakout star, Cillian Murphy, grew in fame thanks to Peaky Blinders and his collaborations
00:32:23with director Christopher Nolan, eventually winning an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and numerous
00:32:28other awards for his lead role in Oppenheimer. Director Danny Boyle also picked up a Best
00:32:33Director Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire, and screenwriter Alex Garland became a respected
00:32:37auteur in his own right, directing films like Ex Machina and Civil War. Murphy, Boyle, and Garland
00:32:43all sat out the 2007 sequel, 28 Weeks Later, but the three are reuniting for the upcoming 28 Years
00:32:50Later. It won't just be one movie, though. Sony Pictures plans to release three more films in the
00:32:55series, with the first hitting theaters on July 20th, 2025. Danny Boyle doesn't plan on returning
00:33:01for part two, though. Instead, Nia DaCosta, the director of the Candyman reboot and the Marvels,
00:33:07will take the lead on the project, which copyright filings hint will be subtitled The Bone Temple.
00:33:12Producing long multi-chapter series all at once doesn't always pay off, but anyone who loved the
00:33:16original 28 Days Later is likely to be intrigued by this long-awaited continuation.
00:33:22Not many sequels flat-out ignore the theatrical cut of the previous film and instead build upon
00:33:27an alternate ending only available on home video. In fact, I Am Legend 2 might just be the first.
00:33:34Talking to Deadline about the upcoming sequel, screenwriter Akiva Goldsman revealed,
00:33:39"...we trace back to the original Matheson book and the alternate ending as opposed to the released
00:33:44ending in the original film. What Matheson was talking about was that man's time on the planet
00:33:49as the dominant species had come to an end. That's a really interesting thing we're going
00:33:53to get to explore." Will Smith was announced to be reprising his role as Robert Neville,
00:33:58who perished in the theatrical version of the film but survived in the alternate ending.
00:34:02His casting was announced just weeks before the infamous slap at the 2022 Academy Awards,
00:34:08although the box office success of Batboy's Ride or Die seems to show that Smith is still
00:34:13more than capable of selling blockbusters. He won't be flying solo, though, as Michael B. Jordan
00:34:18will co-star in I Am Legend 2.
00:34:20"...if there's anybody out there, anybody, please, you are not alone."
00:34:29The scary stories to tell in the dark books, written by Alvin Schwartz and originally
00:34:34illustrated by Stephen Gammill, have turned countless children into horror fans over the
00:34:38years. Naturally, it only made sense that a handful of frightening tales from the books
00:34:43would be adapted into a feature film that, while meant primarily for younger audiences,
00:34:47still features plenty of genuine frights. There are three books in the series,
00:34:51meaning that there's plenty more monstrous material left for director Andre Overdal to
00:34:56bring to the big screen. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 2 was first announced way back in 2020.
00:35:01While doing press for his 2023 Dracula movie, The Last Voyage of the Demeter,
00:35:06Overdal confirmed to IGN that, despite delays from COVID and the WGA and SAG strikes,
00:35:12the sequel was still in the works, saying simply,
00:35:15We have a story. We have a script."
00:35:17Following the conclusion of the strikes, star Zoe Coletti told The Direct,
00:35:21I will be so thrilled and excited for when I get to finally read a script and see what's been going
00:35:26on. In July 2021, Netflix released a full trilogy of movies inspired by R.L. Stine's Fear Street
00:35:33books, originally intended for theatrical release before the Disney-Fox merger. There was immediate
00:35:39interest in making more, but it took a while to figure out what form the franchise's future would
00:35:43take. Lee Janiak, director of the first three films, expressed an interest in making a 1950s-set
00:35:50slasher to follow up. Watcher director Chloe Okuno was announced to be directing her own Fear
00:35:55Street movie in late 2022, but the next installment in the saga is instead being helmed by Caliber
00:36:01director Matt Palmer. This new standalone Fear Street flick, officially called Fear Street
00:36:07Prom Queen, began production in March 2024. Based on Stine's 1992 novel, it follows a series
00:36:14of mysterious disappearances among Shadyside High's Class of 88. The ensemble for this
00:36:20prom-gone-wrong teen horror flick includes India Fowler, Susanna Sun, Phineas Strazza,
00:36:26David Iacono, Ella Rubin, Ariana Greenblatt, Lily Taylor, and Katherine Waterston.
00:36:32It looks like Troll 2 might be coming to Netflix in the near future — and not the 1989 Claudio
00:36:38Fragasso disaster piece that's widely considered to be one of the worst horror movies ever made.
00:36:43The newer Troll 2 is instead a sequel to the solidly reviewed 2022 Norwegian monster movie
00:36:55Troll, directed by Roar Utag and released by Netflix. After breaking viewership records for
00:37:01non-English films on the streaming platform, Netflix requested the first film's crew return
00:37:06for a sequel, scheduled to shoot as early as 2024. Producers Espen Horn and Christian
00:37:11Strand-Sinkerud told Variety,
00:37:13"[Troll 2 is, again, spinning on a Norwegian fairy tale figure,
00:37:17played, directed, and produced by Norwegians."
00:37:20Presumably, this particular Troll 2 won't involve vegetarian goblins turning people
00:37:25into plants by feeding them green goop and getting defeated by a double-decker bologna sandwich.
00:37:30Instead, it'll almost certainly be another action-packed monster movie
00:37:35infused with Scandinavian mythology.
00:37:38Considering its impressive box office, viral popularity, and cliffhanger ending,
00:37:43it's no surprise that Megan will be receiving a sequel. The announcement of the aptly titled
00:37:48Megan 2.0, which is currently scheduled for release on June 27, 2025, made waves online
00:37:55as fans celebrated the return of the killer robot doll. That said, production company
00:38:00Blumhouse wasn't content with just one addition to the budding franchise, as they later announced
00:38:05the production of a rather unusual spinoff. Soulmate, spelled with an 8 instead of an A,
00:38:10seems to be veering into erotic thriller territory. The plot, which involves a man
00:38:15trying to replace his dead wife with an android who accidentally turns deadly,
00:38:19is likely to court a different audience from the PG-13 movie it's based on.
00:38:23Evil Dead Rise star Lily Sullivan is set to star as the malevolent A.I.,
00:38:28with David Rizdal in the role of the grieving husband. Claudia Dumit from The Boys has also
00:38:34been confirmed as a cast member. Kate Dolan, director of the Irish horror film You Are Not
00:38:38My Mother, is directing and rewriting a script first drafted by Raphael Jordan.
00:38:43Soulmate will arrive in theaters on January 2, 2026.
00:38:49Love to laugh? Well, you're in luck, because some of the greatest comedies of all time
00:38:53are getting sequels, and they're coming sooner than you might think.
00:38:56Director Rob Reiner made some fantastic films in the 1980s, including 1984's This Is Spinal Tap.
00:39:03The iconic mockumentary features Michael McKeon, Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest as members
00:39:07of the fictional band Spinal Tap, who are followed by a documentary crew while they
00:39:11embark on an American tour.
00:39:12If you can see here, the numbers all go to 11."
00:39:17Despite being a cult classic, few imagined the movie would ever get a follow-up,
00:39:20and yet in 2022, news of a sequel broke. The stars are all back, as is Reiner as director.
00:39:26Not only will the entire band return for the new film a whopping 40 years after the original's
00:39:31release, but it will feature a number of musicians in cameo roles, including Paul McCartney,
00:39:35Questlove, Garth Brooks, Tricia Yearwood, Lars Ulrich, Elton John, and many, many more.
00:39:40Spinal Tap 2 began filming in early 2024. The movie was originally set to hit theaters in
00:39:46March, though delays related to the Hollywood strikes placed that date out of reach. According
00:39:50to Reiner, the goal is now a 2025 release.
00:39:53Hollywood has produced several Freaky Friday remakes since the first movie's release in 1976.
00:39:58The most popular of these was released in 2003, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan as
00:40:03a mother and daughter who switch bodies via a magical fortune cookie. A sequel to this hugely
00:40:08successful remake was always possible, but Lindsay Lohan's legal troubles likely prevented it from
00:40:12happening at the time. Thankfully, Lohan overcame her problematic period and returned to acting as
00:40:17an adult. Fans of the original Freaky Friday received some welcome news in May 2023 when
00:40:21Disney confirmed that a sequel was in the works. Girls and Brooklyn Nine-Nine director Nisha
00:40:26Ganatra is set to helm the movie, with Lohan and Curtis reprising their roles. According to Curtis,
00:40:31the shoot was both fun and emotional.
00:40:33We came together for 42 days and just laughed a lot, cried a lot."
00:40:37Titled Freakier Friday, the highly anticipated sequel is set for a 2025 release.
00:40:43Watching 1993's Hocus Pocus has become a Halloween tradition for many.
00:40:46Disney capitalized on the film's cult status by releasing Hocus Pocus 2 in 2022,
00:40:51which broke debut weekend streaming records with 2.7 billion minutes of views. The Sanderson
00:40:56sisters all came back for the second movie, and it seems they're set to return for a third outing,
00:41:00too. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, screenwriter Jen DiAngelo said that while
00:41:04everyone was charmed by the younger iterations of the Sanderson sisters in the second film,
00:41:08the third would focus firmly on the adult versions of the characters.
00:41:11DiAngelo also said that the project was still in the story phase, though it seems like one
00:41:15of the characters introduced in the second film will feature more prominently in the upcoming
00:41:19sequel. DiAngelo teased,
00:41:20"...we've only scratched the surface of Hannah Waddingham's mother witch."
00:41:23Hocus Pocus 3 is in full development at Disney with an estimated $100 million budget,
00:41:28so the studio is clearly committed to the franchise. Unfortunately, a release date
00:41:32hasn't yet been confirmed, but it stands to reason that the movie will release in October
00:41:362025 to coincide with the Halloween season.
00:41:39There have been two films in the Sister Act franchise to date. The original was released
00:41:43in 1992, and a follow-up hit theaters the following year. And although it's been a while
00:41:47since Whoopi Goldberg put on The Habit, a third film is most definitely on the way. In fact,
00:41:52it's been in the pipeline for quite some time now. Disney began development of Sister Act 3
00:41:55back in 2018. Little information has trickled out since then, however, with nothing concrete
00:42:00on the plot or the release date yet. Here's what we do know about Sister Act 3, though.
00:42:04High School Musical, The Musical, the series creator Tim Federle will helm the film,
00:42:08with a script written by Three-Body Problems screenwriter Madhuri Shukar. It took a long
00:42:11time to finalize a story that everyone was happy with, but according to Sister Act 2 star Tanya
00:42:16Trotter, the script is now complete. The House of Mouse has also confirmed that the third Sister
00:42:20Act film will debut on Disney+, rather than getting a theatrical release.
00:42:241996's Happy Gilmore was an early success for Adam Sandler, one that helped him cement his
00:42:29place as a Hollywood star after breaking through on Saturday Night Live. Now, as Sandler's movies
00:42:33continue to dominate Netflix, it's no surprise that the streamer has decided to capitalize
00:42:37on one of his most famous characters. The script for the sequel was written by Sandler and his
00:42:42former college roommate Tim Herlihy. The former told The Hollywood Reporter,
00:42:45Sandler explained,
00:42:46"'We're happy where it's at, and this is an exciting time for us. I don't know how all
00:42:50of a sudden our brain said, let's do that. It just kind of happened.'"
00:42:53While Carl Weathers has sadly passed away since the first film's release,
00:42:56Christopher McDonald is set to return as Happy's uptight rival,
00:42:59shooter McGavin. Benny Safdie will also appear, and Sandler has also confirmed a cameo by NFL
00:43:04star Travis Kelsey. The film went into production in September 2024. The official NetflixX account
00:43:09marked the occasion by sharing an image of the classic Boston Bruins jersey that Sandler wore
00:43:13in the original film.
00:43:15Dodgeball, a true underdog story, was a huge success in 2004,
00:43:18making $168 million at the global box office against a $20 million budget.
00:43:24If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.
00:43:27What?
00:43:28But it wasn't until 2023 that news of a sequel broke, with Vince Vaughn returning to play gym
00:43:34owner Pete LeFleur. Jordan Bandana is writing the script based on a premise proposed by Vaughn,
00:43:39though it's unclear if the original film's writer and director Rosson Marshall Thurber will be
00:43:43involved. The rest of the cast of Dodgeball may well return, but nothing has been confirmed yet.
00:43:47Fans would no doubt love to see the major players reprise their roles,
00:43:50however. Justin Long has said that he would love to do it,
00:43:52but he's also revealed that Ben Stiller has trepidations about the project. He told ComicBook.com,
00:43:57It's very risky. You don't want to s**t on the original. You want something just as good. So
00:44:01I think he's a little wary of that, of trying to recreate something that was very specific
00:44:05to that time, but I hope he comes around on it."
00:44:07For now, there's been no concrete information in terms of plot, though Long also revealed
00:44:11in his ComicBook.com interview that,
00:44:13"...Vince has a great idea for it, and it's just a matter of getting Ben on board."
00:44:16Since it's in development at 20th Century Studios, Dodgeball 2 will likely stream on
00:44:20Hulu or Disney+, but there's still no telling when this one might come out.
00:44:24The Shrek franchise exploded after the release of the first film in 2001,
00:44:28and that movie has since been followed up by sequels, stage musicals, video games,
00:44:32comics, and more. While viewers got the chance to return to the world inhabited by the not-so-jolly
00:44:36green ogre with the 2022 spinoff Puss in Boots, The Last Wish, the last proper Shrek movie was
00:44:41released back in 2010. That said, a fifth entry in the main franchise was announced in 2016,
00:44:46and while much has happened in Hollywood since then, Shrek 5 is still in the works.
00:44:50Illumination Entertainment CEO Chris Meledandri, whose studio is working with DreamWorks on Shrek
00:44:545, spoke to Variety in 2023 about the film. He said,
00:44:57"...you look at what the core elements are that audiences have loved, and you do your very best
00:45:01to honor those core elements. And then you're hard at work to build story elements and new
00:45:05characters that take you to brand new places. The original cast is a huge part of that."
00:45:09Thankfully, Meledandri got his wish. In July 2024, the official DreamWorks Animation
00:45:14Exit count dropped a brief animation along with an exciting announcement.
00:45:17Shrek 5 is coming to theaters on July 1,
00:45:202026, and Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz will all reprise their iconic roles.
00:45:26Shrek 5 isn't the only movie in the Shrek universe that's currently in the pipeline.
00:45:29According to Eddie Murphy, DreamWorks is also working on a spinoff about Shrek's
00:45:33mouthy sidekick, Donkey.
00:45:34I will always be here to make sure nobody bothers you.
00:45:37Donkey.
00:45:38Yes, roomie?
00:45:39You're bothering me.
00:45:40When Murphy sat down for an interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub to promote Beverly
00:45:44Hills Cop Axl F in June 2024, he revealed that he had already started working on the fifth Shrek
00:45:49film. He added,
00:45:50I did this. I recorded the first act, and we'll be doing it this year. We'll finish it up.
00:45:53Shrek's coming out, and Donkey's gonna have his own movie. We're gonna do Donkey as well.
00:45:57So we're gonna do a Shrek, and we're doing a Donkey.
00:45:59When Weintraub asked if the two films were being made back-to-back, Murphy said,
00:46:02No, not at the same time. I started recording Shrek. I think it's coming out in 2025,
00:46:07and we're doing a Donkey one next.
00:46:08The fact that the Donkey spinoff is being made separately from Shrek 5 means it probably won't
00:46:12hit theaters for several years, but the fact that it's actually happening will be enough to
00:46:16get fans of the franchise excited. In fact, many are of the opinion that Donkey should have had
00:46:20his own movie before Puss in Boots. As one Redditor observed,
00:46:23It's astounding that it took this long to greenlight a Donkey spinoff.
00:46:27Kingpin was a box office bomb that quickly became a cult classic.
00:46:31News of a second Kingpin film broke in 2021 with director duo Peter and Bobby Farrelly set to
00:46:36return. Peter Farrelly told Slash Film in 2024 that they were still working on the script,
00:46:41however. He said,
00:46:42We're not quite there yet. Writing is hard. I want to get it right,
00:46:45so we're still bouncing around ideas. We're not sure, but we are developing it, yes.
00:46:49Like most movies in the early stages of development, there's not much known regarding
00:46:52Kingpin 2's potential release date, plot, or stars. The first movie boasted a large cast
00:46:57of talented actors, and fans will no doubt be hoping that, at the very least, Woody Harrelson
00:47:01and Bill Murray will return as Roy Munson and Bigger and McCracken, respectively. It's anyone's
00:47:06guess when Kingpin 2 will arrive, but odds are it won't be until 2026 at the earliest.
00:47:112020 saw the release of a surprisingly clever sequel in Bill & Ted Face the Music,
00:47:15which reunited Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves as Bill S. Preston Esquire and Ted Logan
00:47:2029 years after the previous film in the franchise. It appears that the journey of
00:47:24the Wild Stallions may not be finished, either. During an appearance on The Sarah O'Connell Show,
00:47:28Winter revealed that a fourth film was in the early stages of development.
00:47:31We're tinkering with a fourth movie idea that all of us like, and the guys are going to write.
00:47:39Winter made it clear that things are very much up in the air right now, but the fact that a
00:47:42script is even in the works will be music to the ears of Bill & Ted fans. Intriguingly,
00:47:49Winter also revealed that the premise for the fourth film was obvious, but it's anyone's guess
00:47:53where the franchise will take Bill & Ted next. Many people have been asking if there will be
00:47:57a sequel to 2021's Free Guy, and the answer is, maybe. Seeing as the ending of the first film
00:48:02left things pretty open, a sequel certainly would make sense. The original also did well
00:48:06upon release, despite the problems posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. And in 2022,
00:48:11director Sean Levy told Collider that Free Guy 2 is very much happening. He said,
00:48:15"...it's still in development. It's something that Disney and Fox want badly."
00:48:18One thing Levy was keen to stress in his interview is that he wants to take it slow
00:48:22with the sequel, preferring to make sure they can produce a great movie before anything gets going.
00:48:25Levy shared another update on the film in July 2024 while promoting Deadpool and Wolverine,
00:48:30and it wasn't what fans of the original wanted to hear. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter,
00:48:33the filmmaker revealed that nothing has stuck yet in terms of a story and that,
00:48:37if they couldn't find a good angle, they may just walk away from the proposed sequel altogether.
00:48:41He said,
00:48:41"...we've worked for two years on ideas and scripts. I'm less certain now because we're
00:48:45really proud of the movie and we don't need to make sequels. If we don't crack a story that
00:48:49feels very worth making, we'd rather just make a different movie."
00:48:52You may be surprised to learn that the Kevin Smith cult hit Mallrats has a sequel on the way.
00:48:56Smith dropped the bomb that he was creating a follow-up, titled Twilight of the Mallrats,
00:49:00in 2020. While the first movie is far from Smith's most acclaimed project, it has a loyal
00:49:04fan base, and news of a sequel seems to have gotten people excited. At one stage, Smith attempted to
00:49:09create a Mallrats TV series about Brody and his daughter, so there's a good chance he'll return
00:49:12to that concept for Twilight of the Mallrats. Shannon Doherty, who sadly died from breast
00:49:17cancer in July 2024, even got a chance to read the script before her passing.
00:49:21"...it's sweet."
00:49:21"...fun celebration."
00:49:22"...and nostalgic. It's nostalgic, but like in a really, really, really good way."
00:49:26Speaking to People magazine, Smith revealed that Doherty really wanted to do the sequel,
00:49:29and that her death has made him more determined than ever to get it off the ground.
00:49:33The filmmaker revealed that Doherty's role in the original film gave it a big boost. He said,
00:49:37"...it was weird when it came out. It didn't do well. But when we first came to the Comic-Con
00:49:4129 years ago, man, we were embraced, and we were largely embraced because of her,
00:49:45because she had the credibility in the crowd."
00:49:47The Jumanji franchise was given a shot of adrenaline with the release of 2017's Jumanji
00:49:52Welcome to the Jungle. That film spawned a sequel, 2019's Jumanji The Next Level,
00:49:56which hinted at yet another movie with a mid-credits scene. Soon afterward,
00:50:00Dwayne Johnson revealed that another sequel was indeed in the works. Johnson has even spilled
00:50:04some potential plot details, revealing that the villain from the next level was actually an avatar,
00:50:08and that the upcoming sequel will explore who was playing him.
00:50:11COVID-19 mucked up development plans for the next Jumanji film, but director Jake
00:50:15Kasdan is still moving forward with the film. Kasdan indicated he'd bring the entire cast back,
00:50:19so expect to see Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Karen Gillan reprising their roles. He told
00:50:24NME,
00:50:25"...the whole thing, to me, is built on the foundation of those people. The game cast
00:50:28are these brilliant movie stars, these iconic people. There's no news on when we can expect
00:50:32to see the next entry in the franchise." However, speaking to The Hollywood Reporter,
00:50:36Gillan said,
00:50:36"...I haven't heard anything about it other than the fact that we will be doing it at some point,
00:50:40so we're all so enthusiastic about it. We all love working on those films,
00:50:44and it's just a matter of when."
00:50:45The 2005 Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson comedy Wedding Crashers is one of those ridiculous
00:50:50movies that almost everyone loved, and it made a ton of cash at the box office.
00:50:54Unfortunately, a planned follow-up appears to be stuck in development hell. News of a sequel
00:50:58first arose in 2014 from director David Dopkin. He outlined the plot of a potential Wedding
00:51:02Crashers 2, which would have seen Daniel Craig introduced as the king of all wedding crashers.
00:51:07That project never came to light, but two years later, Isla Fisher said during an appearance on
00:51:11Today that Vince Vaughn had indicated that a sequel was still in development.
00:51:14Vaughn later told CinemaBlend that Dopkin has a really good idea for the story. Unfortunately,
00:51:19due to scheduling issues, plans to make the sequel were put on hold in 2021. The project
00:51:23wasn't scrapped entirely, however, so there's still a chance Wedding Crashers 2 will eventually
00:51:27see the light of day.
00:51:291987's Spaceballs follows four heroes fighting the good fight against the title villains in
00:51:34a spoof of the Star Wars trilogy and several other sci-fi classics.
00:51:37Well, you don't need that private. We're right here. Now, what is it?
00:51:44One of the movie's greatest jokes was the meta-commentary about merchandising,
00:51:48and in one scene, the character Yogurt teases Spaceballs 2, the search for more money.
00:51:52It's a throwaway joke that didn't mean much at the time, as there wasn't really any chance that
00:51:56the film would see a sequel. Still, fans have been demanding the search for more money for decades,
00:52:00and in 2024, news dropped that they were finally getting their wish.
00:52:03While it probably won't use the title teased in the first film, a sequel is coming from Brooks
00:52:07and co-writer Josh Gad, who will also star. Sadly, several notable Spaceballs actors have
00:52:12died since the first film's release. It's unknown how the sequel will handle the passing of John
00:52:16Candy and Joan Rivers, among others. Whatever Brooks and Gad come up with, fans of the original
00:52:20will no doubt flock to see it. The sequel is being made by Amazon, who declined to comment
00:52:25on plot details or a potential release date when approached by Variety. For his part, Gad remained
00:52:29tight-lipped when he was asked about the project during an appearance at Toronto's Fan Expo Canada
00:52:33in 2024, but he did reveal how Brooks reacted when he first shared his idea for the sequel.
00:52:38According to Gad, Brooks said,
00:52:39"'Josh, you've got your finger on the pulse.'"
00:52:41That's high praise from a comedy legend,
00:52:43and this update will no doubt have fans of the original excited about what's to come.
00:52:48Magicians, a deadly fisherman, and a certain yellow electric mouse are all getting another
00:52:53cinematic go-round in these upcoming mystery sequels that promise to blow our minds.
00:52:59In 2009, Guy Ritchie brought Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective back to the big screen,
00:53:04with Robert Downey Jr. playing one of the most memorable on-screen versions of Sherlock Holmes,
00:53:09alongside Jude Law as his faithful assistant, Watson. It was Ritchie's most successful movie
00:53:14at the box office at that point, and a sequel was all but guaranteed, with A Game of Shadows
00:53:18arriving just two years later. Even before it was released, it was announced that a third
00:53:22film was already being written. It's been rough for Sherlock Holmes 3 in the years since, though,
00:53:27with script rewrites, planned production start dates that came and went, Ritchie eventually
00:53:31bowing out, and then the COVID-19 pandemic putting the project on indefinite hiatus.
00:53:36But then 2023 finally brought fresh news, as Downey's wife and producing partner Susan Downey
00:53:42confirmed to The Wrap that the movie was still being worked on. We still don't have a hard
00:53:45release date, though, especially now that Downey is working on his big return to the MCU. But,
00:53:50as long as he remains passionate, we're confident it will happen soon enough.
00:53:542013's Now You See Me is an inventive heist film about a group of stage magicians who rob banks
00:54:00and the wealthy. The impressive ensemble included Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher,
00:54:05Mark Ruffalo, Dave Franco, Morgan Freeman, and Michael Caine, with all but Fisher returning
00:54:10for the sequel. Now You See Me 2 also added Lizzie Caplan and Daniel Radcliffe into the mix
00:54:14for another complex and mysterious plan.
00:54:17"...follow me. Follow me."
00:54:20In 2015, a year before the release of Now You See Me 2,
00:54:24it was revealed that the series was destined to be a trilogy. Things went quiet for a bit,
00:54:28but then Eisenberg gave the most hopeful news in years when he confirmed that he had read the
00:54:32finished script and that he expected to be on set within six months. The ensuing months saw
00:54:36reveals of various cast members both new and returning, with July 2024 finally bringing the
00:54:42official announcement to expect Now You See Me 3 in November 2025.
00:54:472018's crime drama Den of Thieves wasn't a huge hit, but it nonetheless found a big enough
00:54:52audience to justify a sequel. The original stars Gerard Butler as a Los Angeles detective tasked
00:54:57with bringing down a dangerous criminal organization composed of former United States
00:55:02Marines. But it took a while for the second film to actually come together. During the May 2023
00:55:07Cannes Film Festival, distributor Briarcliffe Entertainment announced that it would be
00:55:11handling the U.S. release of Den of Thieves, Pantera, sometime in the fourth quarter of 2024,
00:55:16with Butler confirmed to be returning. Lionsgate subsequently took over the distribution rights,
00:55:21with the movie now set to debut in theaters in January 2025. The trailer arrived in September
00:55:262024, and as Butler promised to Inverse, this one's a lot more fun.
00:55:31And the top goes gangster
00:55:33With the Scream franchise finding new life in the 2020s, it was all but inevitable that some
00:55:38of its horror contemporaries would also return to the big screen. Sure enough,
00:55:41the I Know What You Did Last Summer series has a fourth entry in the works,
00:55:44marking its first new installment since 2006's I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer,
00:55:49but unlike that film, which was a standalone sequel that didn't bring back any cast members
00:55:53from the first two movies. I Know What You Did Last Summer 4 is set to have Freddie
00:55:57Prince Jr. return as Ray Bronson. As of September 2024, fellow OG cast member Jennifer Love-Hewitt
00:56:04hasn't officially joined this outing, though she is actively in talks to do so.
00:56:08Little is known about the plot, other than that it will connect to the first two films and will
00:56:12not be a total reboot as previously speculated. It's currently scheduled to be released in theaters
00:56:17on July 18, 2025. Tom Clancy's 1993 novel Without Remorse was supposed to be adapted into a movie
00:56:24right alongside the author's Jack Ryanverse adaptations of the 90s, but ultimately,
00:56:29it wasn't meant to be. Another attempt at a Without Remorse film was undertaken in the early 2010s,
00:56:35but that, too, fell apart. The third time proved to be the charm, when Michael B. Jordan was
00:56:39booked for the lead role, and it finally saw the light of day on Prime Video in 2021.
00:56:44Jordan had in fact signed on to appear in two connected Tom Clancy movies, as Without Remorse
00:56:49was meant to set the stage for a film based on the better-known Rainbow Six, which had already
00:56:53been adapted into a series of successful video games. While the Without Remorse and Rainbow Six
00:56:58books actually have different lead characters, the Rainbow Six movie has been retooled a bit
00:57:02to feature John Kelly from Without Remorse rather than John Clark from the Rainbow Six novel.
00:57:06"...John Clark. That's real creative."
00:57:10As for when we'll finally get to see Rainbow Six, progress has been a bit quiet since 2023,
00:57:14but there's nothing to suggest it isn't still on the way eventually.
00:57:182016's The Accountant features plenty of mystery, as Ben Affleck's protagonist Christian
00:57:23has to figure out why his latest client is trying to keep millions of dollars off their
00:57:27account ledger, and why people are being killed to protect that secret. Critical reviews were so-so,
00:57:31but it did well enough financially that a sequel was announced the following year.
00:57:35Due to hit theaters in April 2025, The Accountant 2 brings back most of the principal cast from the
00:57:40original, with Affleck's longtime pal and creative partner Matt Damon signing on to
00:57:45co-produce alongside Affleck. In 2021, director Gavin O'Connor revealed that the plan is to
00:57:50ultimately have an Accountant trilogy, though as of 2024, only the second one has been officially
00:57:55announced. If you've been wondering what Mischa Barton has been up to lately, then you may have
00:58:00just missed her turn as Agatha Christie-obsessed florist-turned-amateur sleuth Miranda Green in
00:58:042023's Invitation to a Murder. Set in 1930s England, the movie featured some classic whodunit
00:58:10vibes, a rarity for a genre that is more often about modern reinvention these days. True to the
00:58:14authors and the franchises that it was inspired by, it appears that Invitation to a Murder won't
00:58:19just be a one-and-done adventure for Ms. Green. In fact, the franchise already has a name,
00:58:23The Miranda Green Mysteries, with two more titles in the works that are both due out in 2025. It's
00:58:28an ambitious undertaking, to be sure, but here's hoping that Ms. Green gets to keep solving
00:58:33mysteries for years to come. So get out your magnifying glass and keep an eye out for Murder
00:58:37at the Embassy and The Mystery of the Golden Spear.
00:58:40What if I can't?
00:58:42Then we'll probably all die.
00:58:452019 was a significant turning point for movie adaptations of video games,
00:58:49as it saw the release of the first two video game movies to ever have positive Rotten Tomatoes
00:58:54scores. One of them was, believe it or not, The Angry Birds Movie 2, which came out in August
00:58:58of that year. Arriving a few months earlier was Detective Pikachu, which also set the domestic
00:59:03box office record for video game adaptations, though it would later be bested by Uncharted
00:59:07and the first two Sonic the Hedgehog flicks. So clearly, Detective Pikachu had the numbers
00:59:12to justify a sequel. In fact, a second film was already in the works before the first one
00:59:16even started breaking records. But progress was slow — so slow, in fact, that Justice
00:59:21Smith said in 2021 that he was no longer optimistic that the follow-up was still happening.
00:59:25But 2023 brought an update that Portlandia co-creator Jonathan Kreisel was being courted
00:59:31to direct the sequel, thereby confirming that it was still an active project. That remains
00:59:35the last official news on Detective Pikachu 2, but hopefully we'll be hearing more soon.
00:59:40The Holmes family has been quite busy on both the big and small screens lately.
00:59:43In addition to the upcoming Robert Downey Jr. starring sequel and sporadic rumblings of a
00:59:48possible fifth season of the BBC's Sherlock, there's also the potential third installment
00:59:52to Netflix's own unique spin on the property, Enola Holmes. Millie Bobby Brown plays the title
00:59:57character, the teenage sister of Sherlock who's trying to make a name for herself in the sleuthing
01:00:01game. Other members of the Holmes clan are involved as well, from oldest sibling Mycroft
01:00:05to their mother, Eudoria. These movies offer a lighter, funnier, and more family-friendly angle
01:00:10to the classic franchise, with Henry Cavill playing a much kinder and less cynical version
01:00:15of Sherlock than other portrayals of the character. Enola Holmes 2 arrived in November 2022,
01:00:20and November 2023 brought confirmation that a script for a third film was in the works.
01:00:24Then in August 2024, it was reported that Enola Holmes 3 was set to begin filming in early 2025.
01:00:31Perhaps you could come to Baker Street from time to time."
01:00:35After co-writing and directing Doctor Strange, Scott Derrickson began working on its sequel
01:00:40before creative differences led him to abandon the project. So, he and his longtime collaborator
01:00:45C. Robert Cargill returned to their horror roots with The Black Phone, which came out in June 2022.
01:00:50With a story about a mysterious child kidnapper known as The Grabber set in 1970s Colorado,
01:00:56the modestly budgeted thriller ended up being a surprise box office hit. In August 2022,
01:01:00Derrickson began hinting at a sequel and saying that the studio was pushing for one after how
01:01:05well the original performed. The Black Phone 2 was eventually officially announced,
01:01:09with most of the original cast set to return, including Grabber portrayer Ethan Hawke.
01:01:13An intended June 2025 release date was also announced, although that date has
01:01:17since been pushed back a bit to October 2025.
01:01:212018's A Simple Favor saw director Paul Feig continuing his successful streak of inventive,
01:01:26hybrid comedies. Starring Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick as unlikely friends who bond
01:01:30over sharing sordid secrets about their past, the movie did respectable box office numbers,
01:01:35especially considering its fairly modest $20 million budget, and a sequel was eventually
01:01:40announced in 2022. Feig, Lively, and Kendrick are all set to return for A Simple Favor 2,
01:01:45with the only thing known about the story is that it's positioned as a direct sequel to the original.
01:01:50Since the first one came out, Feig's latest releases have been suffering from disappointing
01:01:54critical notices, which might be why this would be his first ever sequel. Lively could also use
01:01:59some positive PR herself these days, after the awkward and controversial news cycle following
01:02:03the release of It Ends With Us. There's no hard timeline yet for the release of A Simple Favor 2,
01:02:08though Feig has confirmed that filming wrapped in May 2024, so it shouldn't be a terribly long wait.
01:02:13You know, Paul is pulling out all the stops and bringing the fans what they loved so much
01:02:18about the first."
01:02:19Arguably the biggest ongoing mystery film franchise right now is the Knives Out series,
01:02:24which thus far includes the 2019 original and 2022's Glass Onion. The only real connecting
01:02:29thread between them thus far has been writer-director Rian Johnson and quirky detective
01:02:34Benoit Blanc, played by Daniel Craig. Blanc is set to return once again in Wake of Deadman,
01:02:38scheduled to hit Netflix sometime in 2025. Like the previous two Benoit Blanc mysteries,
01:02:43Wake of Deadman will feature a new cast of characters played by an entirely fresh set
01:02:48of actors. This time, the ensemble of suspects includes Josh Brolin, Glenn Close, Jeremy Renner,
01:02:52Kerry Washington, and Thomas Hayden Church, among others. Nothing is known about the plot,
01:02:57but expect a lot of twists and turns and double and triple crosses as Blanc must once again solve
01:03:02what is likely another murder. It seems as though Craig doesn't yet have the same franchise fatigue
01:03:07he began to experience while playing James Bond. As he told Variety in 2022,
01:03:11"...if Rian keeps writing them, I'll keep doing them."
01:03:15From Arendelle to Pandora to the depths of hell itself, Hollywood sure knows how to take us
01:03:20places, and we're set to revisit a few fantasy favorites over the next few years, too.
01:03:26For all the backlash they get, the live-action remakes of classic animated Disney films do
01:03:30offer the studio two major advantages. On the one hand, they usually make several
01:03:35million dollars at the domestic box office alone,
01:03:38making them reliable investments in an otherwise uncertain period for the company.
01:03:42They also allow new voices to reimagine and expand upon the worlds we all know and love,
01:03:47breathing new life into some of the most beloved stories of all time.
01:03:51"...you're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are."
01:03:59So maybe it's no surprise that the studio has a few sequels up its sleeve, too. For example,
01:04:04Disney is apparently eager to find ways back into the world of Aladdin after the 2019 Guy
01:04:09Ritchie remake. Billy Magnussen's Prince Anders is seemingly still on track for a
01:04:13Disney Plus spinoff movie, while the Mothership film had a sequel greenlit in early 2020.
01:04:19Sadly, as the coronavirus delayed and derailed years' worth of movies coming out of Hollywood,
01:04:24Aladdin 2 was no doubt impacted in some way as well.
01:04:27Another factor impeding the movie's development is likely Will Smith's involvement. With the
01:04:32Academy Award-winning actor's future in question, since he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars in 2022.
01:04:38But given that there's been no official cancellation, and that Smith recently
01:04:41blew everyone away at the box office with Bad Boys Ride or Die,
01:04:45it seems likely that Aladdin 2 will take audiences back to Agrabah — at some point or another.
01:04:51You're probably aware that there are many, many Avatar sequels currently in development from James
01:04:55Cameron and 20th Century Studios. After all, the writer-director confirmed as far back as 2010
01:05:01that he had plans for at least two sequels. The first film's warm reception and historic
01:05:06financial success gave him and his collaborators all the steam they needed to forge ahead at full
01:05:10speed. Now, after the roaring success of Avatar the Way of Water, a third installment is on the way.
01:05:17I see you.
01:05:20I see you.
01:05:22At the 2024 D23 Expo, it was revealed that the third film would be titled
01:05:27Avatar Fire & Ash, in reference to the new volcanic environment that the film is set to
01:05:31explore. According to statements from the cast and crew, this environment is home to a new Na'vi clan
01:05:37known as the Ash People, who will serve as the story's antagonists. Fire & Ash and The Way of
01:05:42Water were originally intended to be one film, which could mean that Fire & Ash will serve as
01:05:46the most dramatic and momentous entry in the series to date. It's currently slated for release in
01:05:52December 2025.
01:05:54Frozen is one of Disney's most successful original stories of the past two decades,
01:05:58its catchy tunes and winning combination of magic, heart, and humor captivating audiences
01:06:03of all ages across the globe. Considering the movie grossed a whopping $1.3 billion
01:06:09at the global box office, it wasn't all that surprising when a sequel was produced.
01:06:13And when that sequel surpassed its predecessor to a global total of $1.4 billion,
01:06:18it was inevitable that Frozen would become Disney's next long-running cinematic series.
01:06:22Sure enough, in 2023, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that the studio was developing sequels
01:06:28to several of its most popular animated films, including a fifth Toy Story and a third Frozen,
01:06:33with the latter film heading for a 2026 release date. Immediately, the film was notable for
01:06:38potentially making the Frozen series the first theatrical trilogy released by Walt Disney
01:06:42Animation Studios. Toy Story and Cars had previously been produced by Pixar.
01:06:47At 2024's D23 Expo, the studio confirmed the core cast members would return for Frozen 3
01:06:53and shared concept art of Anna and Elsa on horseback. Sadly, it was also announced that
01:06:58the film had been delayed from 2026 to November 24, 2027.
01:07:03Legendary Entertainment's MonsterVerse has mostly been a roaring success since it began with
01:07:08Gareth Edwards' 2014 film Godzilla, and the franchise only seemed to pick up steam when
01:07:12Godzilla himself began sharing the screen with King Kong.
01:07:16Let them fight.
01:07:18After appearing in the period prequel Kong's Skull Island,
01:07:21Kong co-starred in 2021's Godzilla vs. Kong and 2024's Godzilla Kong The New Empire.
01:07:27Both films were financially successful, leading to some rumblings that Legendary
01:07:31would produce a third film featuring the pair. Some of these rumors came from director Adam
01:07:35Wingard himself, who directed both previous Godzilla Kong films. Ahead of the release of
01:07:40The New Empire, he told Discussing Film,
01:07:42I definitely think there's more story to this, and I think that I have more story to tell."
01:07:47In May 2024, Legendary announced that it had begun development on a film to
01:07:51succeed The New Empire, although the studio didn't reveal much else. It was revealed
01:07:56soon after that Wingard will not return to direct or write the movie, despite his previous comments.
01:08:01For screenwriting duties, the studio has tapped Shang-Chi writer Dave Callaham,
01:08:05and I Am Mother director Grant Sputory will direct.
01:08:09In 2022, Netflix delighted subscribers with the animated fantasy adventure The Sea Beast,
01:08:14which featured Karl Urban as a swashbuckling sailor dedicated to slaying the titular monster.
01:08:20The movie was a massive critical success, drawing widespread acclaim and earning an
01:08:23Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature Film. As of January 2023, The Sea
01:08:28Beast was the most-watched animated film in Netflix history. So it makes perfect sense
01:08:33that Netflix would get to work on a second voyage for the cast and crew of The Sea Beast.
01:08:37Announcing in 2023 that writer-director Chris Williams had been given the go-ahead
01:08:41to start work on The Sea Beast 2. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter,
01:08:46the Disney alum shared that, while he'd never expected to make a sequel,
01:08:49there are some themes and ideas from the first film that he's excited to revisit and explore.
01:08:54He said,
01:08:55"...suddenly Jacob is a parent, a parent to an especially willful kid, right?
01:08:59And so when you see them on the dock, you know that's not what parenting looks like.
01:09:02It's far messier, far more complicated and more trying at times than that.
01:09:06So the idea of the challenges of this new family became interesting to me."
01:09:10Williams added that he was also intrigued by the future of other
01:09:13monster hunters and how they might react to the first film's ending.
01:09:17It can take so long to make an animated film. It's easy for fans of a franchise to forget
01:09:22there's another one in the works. These are the animated sequels you can expect in the coming
01:09:26years. The DreamWorks-produced, universal distributed film The Bad Guys hit theaters
01:09:31in 2022, and it didn't take long for it to spawn a franchise. The success of the first film,
01:09:36which follows a criminal gang of anthropomorphic animals as they attempt to leave their shady ways
01:09:40behind, helped usher in two TV specials titled The Bad Guys A Very Bad Holiday and The Bad
01:09:46Guys Haunted Heist in 2023 and 2024. In March 2024, DreamWorks revealed that The Bad Guys 2
01:09:52would arrive on August 1, 2025. The film's official logline reads,
01:09:56"...The Bad Guys 2 follows the Crackerjack criminal crew of animal outlaws who are
01:10:00struggling to find trust and acceptance in their newly-minted lives as good guys.
01:10:04However, they're pulled out of retirement and forced to do one last job by an all-female
01:10:08squad of criminals." Fans of the original will be
01:10:11happy to know the original cast are returning, so the likes of Sam Rockwell,
01:10:14Awkwafina, and Zazie Beetz are expected to reprise their roles.
01:10:18"...Webs, you feel like a girl's trip?"
01:10:21"...Yes."
01:10:22In July 2024, news broke that Natasha Lyonne had reportedly joined the sequel,
01:10:26though her character's details remain unknown.
01:10:29The first Zootopia film hit theaters in 2016, so it's been a while since Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde
01:10:34saved the titular city from corruption. The film was a massive hit, pulling in more than $1 billion
01:10:39at the global box office. With figures that large, it's hardly surprising that a sequel is coming.
01:10:43Zootopia 2 was announced by Disney head honcho Bob Iger in 2023,
01:10:48and the first footage from the film was shared the following year at the company's D23 event.
01:10:52The clip depicted Judy and Nick in Marsh Market looking for a snake named Gary,
01:10:56with all kinds of silly imagery like tattooed hippos and seals being served
01:11:00algae on a plate around them. Both Goodwin and Bateman are reprising their roles.
01:11:04It was also revealed that Academy Award winner Kee Hui Kwan is joining the cast as Gary. Jared
01:11:08Bush, who co-helmed the first movie, will direct from a script that he wrote himself.
01:11:12The Mouse House has set a release date of November 26, 2025.
01:11:16"...Hang in there."
01:11:17The first live-action film adaptation of the classic video game series Super Mario
01:11:21Brothers was a cinematic monstrosity that's renowned for how terrible it was.
01:11:25It took 30 years for another big-screen Hollywood adaptation to arrive, and fortunately,
01:11:30this one was animated, which allowed it to hone in on what makes the world of Mario so special.
01:11:34"...Oh, thanks. Yeah, it's kinda my thing."
01:11:37The Super Mario Brothers movie was a smash hit at the box office,
01:11:40raking in over $1.3 billion worldwide. Hollywood doesn't typically pass on
01:11:45sequels when a film brings in that much cash, so a follow-up is naturally on the way.
01:11:49News of the Super Mario Brothers movie, too, arrived on March 10, 2024. Also known as Mario
01:11:54Day, from Illumination and Nintendo, while they didn't reveal much about the project other than
01:11:58its existence, they did reveal that it would be dropping in several territories in April 2026,
01:12:04with the United States set for an April release.
01:12:06The upcoming sequel is already generating a lot of chatter, including from the cast.
01:12:10For example, Bowser voice actor Jack Black told GameSpot he wants Pedro Pascal to voice Wario,
01:12:15including the famous antagonist, who is basically the anti-Mario, would be an excellent way to move
01:12:20the franchise forward. But the direction the sequel will take is anyone's guess at this point.
01:12:25The Toy Story franchise is the gift that keeps on giving for Disney and Pixar.
01:12:29The first film was a smash hit, helping to make Pixar one of the leading animation studios,
01:12:34and the sequels have all gone down just as well. After Toy Story 3,
01:12:37it seemed like the toy's time was at an end. But then Toy Story 4 came out of nowhere and
01:12:41blew everyone away. In the process, it reminded viewers that Woody, Buzz, and the rest of the
01:12:46gang remain some of the best characters in the Mouse House roster. But how can they stay relevant
01:12:50in this day and age? The answer to that is simple. Toy Story 5 is going to bring the crew
01:12:54into the digital age. As co-director Andrew Stanton said at the D23 convention in 2024,
01:12:59let's be real, toys have some serious competition these days with phones,
01:13:03tablets, and technology everywhere. This time around, it's toy meets tech.
01:13:07A teaser image for the upcoming sequel shows the toy gang looking forlorn at the foot of
01:13:11a child's bed as the child in question sits under a blanket, eyes glued to a tablet.
01:13:15It's a clever way to continue the successful series, and there's every chance that Toy
01:13:19Story 5 will smash the box office when it arrives on June 19th, 2026. Additionally,
01:13:24it's been confirmed that Woody and the gang will also have to deal with a 50-strong army
01:13:28of malfunctioning Buzz Lightyear action figures in this latest installment, which should make
01:13:32for some hilarious scenes. The Despicable Me franchise has generated over $5.5 billion
01:13:39since it debuted, and that figure is set to grow with the upcoming Minions 3. Shortly after
01:13:43Despicable Me 4 brought in the big bucks in 2024, Illumination and Universal announced that a third
01:13:49film in the Minions spinoff series was in development, with a projected release date of
01:13:52June 30th, 2027. That's a long way off, and as such, there's almost no information about the
01:13:58film's plot, which characters will return outside of the titular creatures, or anything of substance.
01:14:03The last Minions movie was 2022's Minions The Rise of Gru, which is a prequel like its predecessor.
01:14:08That movie focused on Gru when he was 11, so it's likely that Minions 3 will continue the
01:14:12prequel trend by advancing the plot a few years into the future, possibly with Gru attending the
01:14:17villain school at the Lycée Pavon. In terms of concrete info, we know for sure that Minions 3
01:14:22will be helmed by Pierre Coffin, the French animator who has voiced the Minions since they
01:14:26first appeared in Despicable Me back in 2010. The first two Singh movies have generated over
01:14:31$1 billion between them, so a third entry made sense for Illumination. So it wasn't a big
01:14:36surprise when the company's CEO, Chris Meledandri, revealed to Variety that Singh 3 was on the cards
01:14:41in 2023. He revealed that the third film would feature characters from the previous films, but,
01:14:46quote, "...it will take us into a new world." Meledandri also confirmed that Singh 2 had been
01:14:50a hit on streaming, which let him know that there was still an appetite for the franchise.
01:14:54Despite previously indicating that he was done with the series, Garth Jennings, who wrote and
01:14:58directed Singh and Singh 2, is listed as the writer-director of Singh 3 on IMDb, so it could
01:15:04be that he had a change of heart. The film is due to arrive sometime in the next few years,
01:15:08though no release date has been specified as of fall 2024.
01:15:12While Sony's live-action Spider-Verse films haven't done particularly well of late,
01:15:15it's a different story with its animated Spider-Man movies. The first and second
01:15:19installments in the Spider-Verse trilogy have been spectacular, boasting some of the most
01:15:23beautiful and unique animation in Hollywood history. The franchise has done stellar business
01:15:27at the box office, with the first two films earning over a billion dollars between them.
01:15:31But when can we expect the third film? Not for a while yet, it would seem.
01:15:34Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse came out in 2018, and it took another five years for
01:15:39Across the Spider-Verse to hit theaters. Given how complex the animation is, this makes sense.
01:15:44The threequel was initially planned for a March 2024 release, though that came and
01:15:48went with no new entry. At this point, Beyond the Spider-Verse likely won't arrive until 2026
01:15:53or 2027. While Sony hasn't revealed any plot details, the way Across the Spider-Verse ended
01:15:58provides some clues. The third film will probably pick up where the last one finished, with Miles
01:16:02Morales stuck in an alternate reality where his other self has chosen a darker path and become
01:16:07the Prowler. Miles will have to deal with himself, in a manner of speaking, while the plethora of
01:16:11Spider-Man variants from the second film could return in some fashion.
01:16:15The Incredibles is another hugely successful Pixar franchise that exploded in popularity
01:16:20almost the moment it hit theaters. There have only been two films, with the first arriving in 2004
01:16:25and Incredibles 2 coming in 2018. Fortunately, the gap between the second and third film won't
01:16:30be as long.
01:16:31What are you waiting for?
01:16:33I don't know. Something amazing, I guess.
01:16:36Announced at the D23 convention in 2024, the Incredibles 3 reveal amounted to nothing but
01:16:41a shot of the title, but it was enough to send attendees into an enthusiastic round of applause.
01:16:46The only information that's come out since is that director Brad Bird, who helmed the first
01:16:50two films, will return for Incredibles 3. There's nothing concrete in terms of release date or plot
01:16:55just yet, but it's likely that Bird will repurpose some stuff he never got the chance to use in the
01:16:59second film. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, he revealed that he had to cut a lot of things
01:17:03from the second film when the powers-that-be decided to swap the release dates of Incredibles
01:17:072 and Toy Story 4, effectively shaving a year off the former's production time. He explained,
01:17:12There were a lot of ideas that we had on this film that could be reused,
01:17:15whether it's another Incredibles film or something else.