Movie Series' that were never completed
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Movie Series' that were never completed
I just finished watching Eragon and since this did squat at the B.O. I doubt a sequel is coming yet it's open for a sequel, so how many Big films that were suppose to start a franchise never develop? I know The Golden Compass will probally join this and I believe Riddick was suppose to be the beginning of a new trilogy
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I was just wanting to say:
How can you go from something so cool as 'Pitch Black' to something as gawd awful as ' Riddick' ?
I cant believe Judi Dench did this movie... Just goes to show how good this could be with Karl Urban in it.
How can you go from something so cool as 'Pitch Black' to something as gawd awful as ' Riddick' ?
I cant believe Judi Dench did this movie... Just goes to show how good this could be with Karl Urban in it.
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Lost in Space (The film obviously set up a sequel which will never happen)
Evolution also seemed to be asking for a sequel but it bombed so it wasn't gonna happen of course.
Grindhouse certainly wont be getting all those cool sequels they talked about.
Evolution also seemed to be asking for a sequel but it bombed so it wasn't gonna happen of course.
Grindhouse certainly wont be getting all those cool sequels they talked about.
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Eragon was not a good movie (it seemed like the Bionic Woman of movies, rushed and a bit all over the place), but it makes it seem even worse due to the unfinished nature of it all.
People sometimes talk about Unbreakable having sequels, not sure how firm that really was, however.
People sometimes talk about Unbreakable having sequels, not sure how firm that really was, however.
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Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins ... I'm not familiar with it beyond thinking that it was set up as a series, but there weren't any more, were there?
A couple of lesser known examples:
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter. On the DVD commentary, they talk about how they hoped that this would be a series, but the movie is self contained. They set up elaborate copyrights for all of the characters, etc., anticipating marketing spinoffs and sequels that never materialized. The Kronos character is good enough, and I enjoyed the movie much more than what little I've seen of Van Helsing to cite one movie that was somewhat similar.
The Italian Job (1969). Another one that the producers wanted to be a series, and to put an exclamation point on the idea ended the movie with
A couple of lesser known examples:
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter. On the DVD commentary, they talk about how they hoped that this would be a series, but the movie is self contained. They set up elaborate copyrights for all of the characters, etc., anticipating marketing spinoffs and sequels that never materialized. The Kronos character is good enough, and I enjoyed the movie much more than what little I've seen of Van Helsing to cite one movie that was somewhat similar.
The Italian Job (1969). Another one that the producers wanted to be a series, and to put an exclamation point on the idea ended the movie with
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I just finished watching Eragon and since this did squat at the B.O. I doubt a sequel is coming yet it's open for a sequel, so how many Big films that were suppose to start a franchise never develop? I know The Golden Compass will probally join this and I believe Riddick was suppose to be the beginning of a new trilogy
they definately made enough money back to make a sequel.
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I always thought the Dennis Quaid/Martin Short sci-fi comedy Innerspace set itself up for a sequel. (But the ending could also be easily taken as a joke. Sort of like Back to the Future, before they decided to write a Part II.)
Probably my biggest gripe was the way they ended Interview with the Vampire. Why the heck would you end the freakin' movie like THAT if you weren't planning on a sequel?
Probably my biggest gripe was the way they ended Interview with the Vampire. Why the heck would you end the freakin' movie like THAT if you weren't planning on a sequel?
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Originally Posted by mhg83
Worldwide Gross $364,166,000
they definitely made enough money back to make a sequel.
they definitely made enough money back to make a sequel.
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Originally Posted by chris_sc77
Grindhouse certainly wont be getting all those cool sequels they talked about.
Left for dead with a partially crushed head, Stuntman Mike is taken to the hospital by a good samaritan. After waking from a two year coma and undergoing months of rehab, Mike sets out for revenge against Abernathy, Kim and Zoë.
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Originally Posted by Barry Woodward
Death Proof II: Stuntman Mike's Revenge
Left for dead with a partially crushed head, Stuntman Mike is taken to the hospital by a good samaritan. After waking from a two year coma and undergoing months of rehab, Mike sets out for revenge against Abernathy, Kim and Zoë.
Left for dead with a partially crushed head, Stuntman Mike is taken to the hospital by a good samaritan. After waking from a two year coma and undergoing months of rehab, Mike sets out for revenge against Abernathy, Kim and Zoë.
(No I don't really believe that, in case you're wondering.)
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Originally Posted by B5Erik
The Rocketeer - Great movie (for what it was), and it did OK (for the time) at the box office, but not good enough to get the sequel made.
One I'd like to see but really doubt it would be the third film in the Gods and Generals and Gettysburg trilogy. The end of Gods and Generals talks about the third part as coming soon but I don't think we will ever see the last part of that trilogy.
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Since it was only adapted from Richard O'Brian's novels I can't imagine there isn't any room left to make a more comprehensive series from this, especially considering how the film ended.
Since it was only adapted from Richard O'Brian's novels I can't imagine there isn't any room left to make a more comprehensive series from this, especially considering how the film ended.
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Young Sherlock Holmes - the end credits actually set up the sequel!
Masters of the Universe - Skeletor yells at the end of the credits, "I'll be back!" No, no you won't. Though technically the Van Damme movie Cyborg was originally inteded to be the sequel, the film bears no relation, even though some TV stations will still advertise it as MOTU II .
Battlefield Earth - At some 1400 pages, the film-makers decided to film only the first half of L. Ron Hubbard's novel, and the use the second half of the sequel. Rumors abounded for months after the first movie, but the notorious floppage killed this series before it started.
Daredevil - I can assume that they had more than one movie in mind.
Spawn - Ditto.
Ghostbusters - The formula was simple, the laughs were guaranteed, and this series should have made it to a third film, even up until the late 90's. Who you gonna call? Someone else. Oh well, at least the video game will be cool.
Masters of the Universe - Skeletor yells at the end of the credits, "I'll be back!" No, no you won't. Though technically the Van Damme movie Cyborg was originally inteded to be the sequel, the film bears no relation, even though some TV stations will still advertise it as MOTU II .
Battlefield Earth - At some 1400 pages, the film-makers decided to film only the first half of L. Ron Hubbard's novel, and the use the second half of the sequel. Rumors abounded for months after the first movie, but the notorious floppage killed this series before it started.
Daredevil - I can assume that they had more than one movie in mind.
Spawn - Ditto.
Ghostbusters - The formula was simple, the laughs were guaranteed, and this series should have made it to a third film, even up until the late 90's. Who you gonna call? Someone else. Oh well, at least the video game will be cool.
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Master and Commander
Since it was only adapted from Richard O'Brian's novels I can't imagine there isn't any room left to make a more comprehensive series from this, especially considering how the film ended.
Since it was only adapted from Richard O'Brian's novels I can't imagine there isn't any room left to make a more comprehensive series from this, especially considering how the film ended.
Shouldn't The Neverending Story still be going? Fucking false advertising. Seriously though, it is a series that could generate many standalone spinoffs.
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Originally Posted by EEz28
Unbreakable; didn't they suggest that there would possibly be sequels with superhero Bruce fighting arch-enemy Sam Jackson?