Planned/Rumored Movie Sequels

Lego Master · 02-09-2012, 11:07 PM

After visiting various sources (IMdB, Screen Rant, Wikipedia, etc...) I have compiled this list of movie sequels that may or may not happen sometime in the future:

Pirates of the Caribbean 5 (confirmed)
-Personally I really like this series, so I am all for a fifth movie. Disney clearly wants to squeeze as much money out of this series as it can, and the movie gross for On Stranger Tides more than justifies another movie for them.

Mission: Impossible 5 (very likely)
-After the critical success of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol it's no wonder they are thinking of doing another movie. This movie got a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, and grossed higher than the other 3 movies in the series.

Sherlock Holmes 3 (likely)
-I only saw this one on wikipedia, but I thought this would be pretty cool. I really like both the Sherlock Holmes stories and movies.

Jurassic Park 4 (not sure)
-I've only seen the first movie, and I'm not sure if I want to see the others or not, but I thought it was interesting that a fourth movie is possibly in the works.

Indiana Jones 5 (not likely)
-I'm actually kind of surprised that another Indiana Jones is being considered. The fourth movie seemed to be really unpopular with most people (I think I may be one of the few people in the world who actually liked it). Plus Harrison Ford is getting pretty old I think.

Anyway, I tried to gather info from as many sources as I could so that the information here would be credible. What do you all think about the possibility of these movie sequels?

zedman · 02-10-2012, 12:57 AM

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Indiana Jones 5 (not likely)
-I'm actually kind of surprised that another Indiana Jones is being considered. The fourth movie seemed to be really unpopular with most people (I think I may be one of the few people in the world who actually liked it). Plus Harrison Ford is getting pretty old I think.

Anyway, I tried to gather info from as many sources as I could so that the information here would be credible. What do you all think about the possibility of these movie sequels?

I thought that was the whole point of the Mutt character--he could kind of take over, and Indy could be more like his Dad in the third movie--but the character wasn't well received, so that may have killed that idea.

Ax · 02-10-2012, 08:18 AM

This thread makes me sad. The summer blockbuster is dead and I doubt we'll ever see it return. Everything now is just going to be a sequel or a rehashing of some old IP. I wish sequels would be banned. That is sad to say, because some of my favorite movies are sequels, but new IPs are few and far between now. The last major new IP was Avatar, and that sucked. So... I'm getting frustrated with Hollywood.

Lego Master · 02-10-2012, 10:04 AM

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I thought that was the whole point of the Mutt character--he could kind of take over, and Indy could be more like his Dad in the third movie--but the character wasn't well received, so that may have killed that idea.

yeah, and I think most Indiana Jones fans didn't like the idea of someone else replacing such a classic character.

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The summer blockbuster is dead and I doubt we'll ever see it return. Everything now is just going to be a sequel or a rehashing of some old IP.

Agreed. I do like sequels every now and then, but at the rate Hollywood is producing them, it's always a relief when an original movie is released. Inception, for example, was both a huge hit and an original movie (a single idea..)

**Thrash** · 02-10-2012, 10:06 AM

Yeah, and if a movie isn't a sequel it's a remake of an older movie
... I hate it when they do that.

**Sean** · 02-10-2012, 10:28 AM

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This thread makes me sad. The summer blockbuster is dead and I doubt we'll ever see it return. Everything now is just going to be a sequel or a rehashing of some old IP. I wish sequels would be banned. That is sad to say, because some of my favorite movies are sequels, but new IPs are few and far between now. The last major new IP was Avatar, and that sucked

Inception

But yes. Hollywood is terrified to take a risk on a blockbuster. They would literally would rather convert BATTLESHIP the board game into sci-fi movie about aliens then take a risk on an original story.

Comedies and romantic comedies are one of the few markets which aren't loaded with sequels and adaptations. BUT they also staunchly stick to formulas.

**Sean** · 02-10-2012, 10:30 AM

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Yeah, and if a movie isn't a sequel it's a remake of an older movie
... I hate it when they do that.

...or an adaptation of something (book, video game, board game, real life event, etc.)

**Role Modlin** · 02-10-2012, 11:04 AM

People would be amazed by how many of our movies are remakes of foreign films.

Lego Master · 02-10-2012, 01:01 PM

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They would literally would rather convert BATTLESHIP the board game into sci-fi movie about aliens then take a risk on an original story.

Totally agree; the way they are marketing the movie makes people think that it's Transformers 4. I would much prefer a normal war movie over this one.

bowstaff981 · 02-10-2012, 08:09 PM

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But yes. Hollywood is terrified to take a risk on a blockbuster. They would literally would rather convert BATTLESHIP the board game into sci-fi movie about aliens then take a risk on an original story.

Well, to be honest Battleship is basically an original idea. I mean other than the name, and the fact that they're on ships what does it take from the board game?

That being said, Hollywood is a business. It wants to make money and minimize risk. That's why we keep getting sequels.

**Fandrew** · 02-10-2012, 09:24 PM

Coming Summer 2013 - HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOS!

**Sean** · 02-10-2012, 09:54 PM

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Well, to be honest Battleship is basically an original idea. I mean other than the name, and the fact that they're on ships what does it take from the board game?

Yes it is an original story, but we don't have BATTLESHIP the movie because someone had a great idea for a movie called BATTLESHIP. We have BATTLESHIP because either (1) The studio decided to adapt BATTLESHIP into a movie and commissioned a script, (2) The studio read a spec script which they realized they could market as an adaptation of BATTLESHIP and contacted HASBORO about the rights. Either way, we're not talking about a studio taking a risk on good original idea.

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That being said, Hollywood is a business. It wants to make money and minimize risk. That's why we keep getting sequels.

To some extent that is perfectly reasonable.

The problem is that Hollywood is building a reputation for spending excessively on blockbusters. Thus, THEY CREATE RISK by letting the budgets get out of control. Therefore, they only want to take that kind of risk on proven or established brands.

As an example, Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp are working on an adaptation of The Lone Ranger. The original budget came out to something insane like $275 million. $275 million for a WESTERN. The studio told them they wanted them to drop the budget to $215 million...FOR A WESTERN. After months of working on it, they were unable to bring the budget down to $215 million...for a western and things went on hold for several months. As a point of reference Cowboys and Aliens only cost $100, and it was western which featured aliens and spaceships. Serenity is a sci-fi movie featuring multiple planets and space battles and it cost $40 million. If they started to control the budgets of their blockbusters better, they would have money to spend on less proven projects.

Likewise, in the short term they are making decisions which make them money. But I'm not sure the the long run these are good strategies. The public knows Hollywood is making safe projects instead of the best projects. The public knows they use gimmicks like 3D to make extra cash. All of this leads to a general public which is skeptical of the film industry who go to see films less.

**Role Modlin** · 02-11-2012, 06:23 AM

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Thus, THEY CREATE RISK by letting the budgets get out of control.

Risk?

Hmmm.

Hey...I think I have an idea for a movie.

**DaGeek** · 02-11-2012, 11:34 AM

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Risk?

Hmmm.

Hey...I think I have an idea for a movie.

Only if I get to star as someone taking over the whole world where the offense has the advantage.

zedman · 02-11-2012, 02:58 PM

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Coming Summer 2013 - HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOS!

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Risk?

Hmmm.

Hey...I think I have an idea for a movie.

If you search online you'll see people have made videos based on these ideas, except as satire or spoofs.
But don't sell Hollywood short--these could be on their way.