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10 Films Begging For a Sequel

POSTED BY Skippy | THURSDAY APRIL 15 AT 9:00 PDT 
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A sequel is a tricky, tricky mistress. Some films produce a sequel when no one in the general public actually wants a sequel, like Cheaper by the Dozen, Big Mama’s House, and all those Tim Allen Christmas movies. Other films roll out a sequel years later when you never expected them to. Flicks like Tron: Legacy, Wall Street 2, and Evening Star (the Terms of Endearment sequel for all you pansies out there). And yet, there are countless other movies that really need a sequel, but never get any second installment love. I decided to toss out a few movies that need to have a second outing – and give my thoughts on plot and casting while I'm at it.
 
Point Break


Why: This is one of the greatest "guy movies" ever made. It packed the adrenaline the poster promised and had all the coolness to go with it. You get surfing, bank robbing, guns, fights, beach football, FBI, and chicks. We would absolutely stand in line for the sequel.
 
Plot: This one was actually in the works and then the unfortunate passing of Patrick Swayze killed that idea. The new sequel would have a rouge Johnny Utah being called back in to infiltrate a new breed of bank-robbers, but these guys circulate the Xtreme Sports world. Duuuuuude.

Actors: Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Jake Busey (as his dad’s new boss at the FBI), Lori Petty (back as the love interest, if she can still remember lines...)

E.T.


Why: The movie made a gazillion bucks and now Drew Barrymore is kinda’ hot (in the right light), so this would be huge at the box office. The first viewing of this film made our eyes as big as flying saucers, and we’d all like to see Gertie meet up with E.T. again after all these years and feed him some Reese's Pieces.

Plot: Gertie has her own kids now when E.T. shows up again. Her youngest daughter will be the channel to E.T. -- and all of E.T.’s spawn he has brought with him. Gertie will deny this is happening again at first, but then have to rally her family around the E. T. clan when the government inevitably steps in.

Actors: Barrymore, Henry Thomas, Vin Diesel (as the sinister Dr. Drago)

The Goonies


Why: There are so many. Richard Donner needs a hit these days. Chunk is working as an entertainment lawyer -- and that just isn’t right. The public needs Chunk on screen again. This is on many people’s all time favorites list, so a sequel seems like a sure fire hit.

Plot: The gang are all adults now, but they reunite while visiting during the holidays. When it’s discovered there are hidden diamonds nearby and they have a map to the location, the guys dive back into the treasure-hunting game. And there are ZERO alien themes involved like the last Indy movie.

Actors: All the old guys…Josh Brolin, Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, et al. Ron Pearlman is the new Sloth (the original dude died in ’89)

Beetle Juice


Why: Michael Keaton is awesome, but somewhere along the way he stopped getting decent roles. Beetle Juice is one of his greatest performances ever. It’d be rad to see him don the stripped tuxedo again. Especially with Tim Burton on board to direct , and we’d love to see the thing in 3-D (as long as it's conceived that way. No post conversion B.S.).

Plot: A new family moves into the house. And some newly dead people join the party -- replacing Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin. Beetle Juice pops back onto the scene to help the deads...and introduces some more pals along the way. But this time, the story takes us from the house to the city -- and onto the world’s stage when the public gets wind of what is happening in the house. Also, a lot more sandworms.

Actors: Keaton, Dakota Fanning (as the family’s daughter), Brian Cranston and Sigourney Weaver (as the dead couple)

Independence Day


Why: The film is apparently already in the works and we hope we get to hear Bill Pullman give the cheesiest Presidential speech in movie history for a second time. “Because today is our…Independence Day!” Cinematic gold. The film was a monster hit when it came out and given today’s effects-driven blockbusters, the sequel would be even bigger.

Plot: Roland Emmerich is on a mission to blow up even more monuments than he did in 2012. Will Smith is back and part of a crew that lands on the invading aliens’ planet to ‘study’ it. After the crew returns to earth, the aliens decide to retaliate by attacking the ten biggest cities in the world at the same time. Will and company have to find a way to fight them off and save mankind. And Will says, “Awww, hell no!” a few times.

Actors: Smith, Pullman, probably Jada Pinkett-Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Sarah Jessica-Parker (as a shape-shifting alien)

Superbad


Why: The chemistry between Michael Cera and Jonah Hill was priceless. The movie was also a huge success, and we really want to laugh at Jonah screaming at McLovin for 90 minutes again.

Plot: Seth goes to visit McLovin and Evan at Dartmouth. Seth instantly has his eye on a young Dartmouth professor he wants to bang, so he pretends he is a professor from another school visiting the school for an interview. He gets roped into a speaking engagement and tries to juggle the professor’s interest in him with the wild party McLovin and Evan are going to that weekend.

Actors: Hill, Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Neil Patrick Harris (throw a little Harold & Kumar in there), Amy Smart (as the bangable professor)

Twister


Why: The original was a disaster of a movie overall, but the effects were impressive for the time. Now with the superior effects of today and 3-D, seeing a tornado spinning around our head in the theater might be pretty sweet, as long as the dialogue doesn't make me want to stick a pen knife in my eye.

Plot: A series of twisters are ripping through the Midwest and a team of competing scientists are...wait, this sounds kind of familiar. The plot will be basically the same as the original, but in glorious 3D!!!
 
Actors: Philip Seymour Hoffman reprises his role as the stoner storm-chasing dude, but he’s the leader of the team this time. Maggie Grace, Paul Rudd, and DJ Qualls are also on the team. Vin Diesel (as the competing team’s leader)
 
Pretty Woman


Why: Women would go ape shit. Plus, Garry Marshal needs to make up for Runaway Bride, where his re-pairing of Richard Gere and Julia Roberts was worse than death.

Plot: Roberts and Gere are married and living the good life outside the city. Out of the blue, Kit De Luca (Roberts’ old hooker friend from back in the day) drops by with her teenage son. The kid is almost 18 and she has promised to introduce him to his real father. She asks the couple to help her find the kid’s dad. Roberts has to go back into her old hooker world to try and help find who might be the dad. Meanwhile. Gere is offered a new position at the company of some of his old colleagues, creating tension with his wife.

Actors: Gere, Roberts, Laura San Giacomo (as Kit...she hasn’t really worked since “Just Shoot Me” anyway), Mel Gibson (as the kid’s father)

True Lies


Why: James Cameron may be bad at writing dialogue, but he knows how to put together great action sequences. And the Governator needs to get back together with Tom Arnold. They both need a hit after Tom Arnold's recent attempts at entertaining, and Arnie’s systematic destroying of California.

Plot: Harry is retired from the spy business and is on vacation in Paris with his family when terrorists besiege the city. His old team -- including Albert (Tom Arnold) -- fly in to help and he reluctantly joins the fight after he learns the terroist leader is an old nemesis. Meanwhile, his wife (Jamie Lee Curtis) gets involved in her own plot to help fight the terrorists by a French con man, even though she was ordered to stay away from the action.

Actors: Schwarzenegger, Tom Arnold, Jamie Lee Curtis, Grant Heslov, Vincent Cassel (French con man), Jet Li (terrorist leader)
 
The Big Lebowski


Why: It’s become a huge cult classic and could make loads of money now. And Jeff Bridges is probably dying to get back in that itchy hemp hoodie after his Oscar win. Guys love the Dude and would give anything to be in the Dude’s posse. The movie would be welcomed with open arms.

Plot: The Dude and Walter go on a road trip to spread the rest of Donny’s ashes that are still left in the coffee can after learning Donny really wanted his ashes spread on Lake Michigan. Almost right away, they get mixed up with competing mafia families when they are mistaken for guys who stole the ashes of a former mafia boss. One family wants the ashes to lay their boss to rest. The other wants them to disgrace the other family.

Actors: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, John Turturro, Sam Elliott (of course), Demi Moore (as the mafia boss’ daughter/Dude’s love interest)
 

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  1. Danny Says:
    April 15th, 2010 at 03:29 pm

    How can you even suggest a True Lies sequel and not add the uber hot Eliza Dushku (daughter from the first one) to the cast. Are you insane?

  2. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 11:00 pm

    Tru dat on Dushku...we all need more Dushku! And I'm getting a little drowned by all the Jet Li(I still like him but damn), so take him out and put in Kumar...he was decent in 24 tv series.

  3. Jake Says:
    April 15th, 2010 at 11:58 pm

    Sorry, but none of these are begging for a sequel.

    The Big Lebowski? Why would you want to ruin that?

  4. Beanbagboy Says:
    April 16th, 2010 at 03:38 am

    I have to agree. None of these - especially The Big Lebowski - should be given a sequel. They shouldn't even be rebooted (which seems to be the trend lately).

  5. Anonymous Says:
    April 16th, 2010 at 12:06 am

    Did you actually watch Point Break? I only ask because you say that Gary Busey will be an actor in your proposed sequel. I'm pretty sure Busey's character in Point Break was shot to death by one long-haired surfer dude during the airport escape sequence. While I agree that a dead Gary Busey would probably act better than both his son and Reeves combined, dead people do not generally get jobs as directors in the FBI. I spot a plot hole early in your script.

  6. Y Man Says:
    April 16th, 2010 at 12:33 am

    NO. Independence Day is certainly not begging for a sequel. That movie was a huge turd.

    And please learn how to spell "rogue".

  7. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 05:42 pm

    A STARMAN sequel should have been done a long time ago, definitely time for Part II. Remember, he left Jenny Hayden (Karen Allen) the last silver ball.

  8. brianthebad51 Says:
    April 18th, 2010 at 11:56 am

    starman had a sequel, it was on tv & starred robert hays - it was a bad idea, because if you're not going to do it right then " DON'T DO IT "!

  9. no Says:
    April 16th, 2010 at 12:57 am

    I'm hoping this is written by a troll and not a real list at all, because it is so grossly off the mark, one would have to believe its a joke...

  10. Anonymous Says:
    April 16th, 2010 at 06:10 am

    Goonies sequel is already planned..

  11. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 10:42 pm

    "Chunk is working as an entertainment lawyer -- and that just isn’t right. "

    Chunk is thin now. Nobody would believe it's the same person.

  12. jay Says:
    April 16th, 2010 at 08:25 am

    people can't understand jokes...

    What about a sequel of Dude, Where's My Car? that would be a smashing hit

  13. Anonymous Says:
    April 16th, 2010 at 02:07 pm

    While I don't think sequels and/or remakes ruin the originals in any way - I think trying to do either with the movies in this list is silly as they could never live up to the original so the motivation is solely cash - and since I ain't seeing any of that - I vote NO!!!!

  14. Anonymous Says:
    April 16th, 2010 at 02:08 pm

    Don't ruin Lebowski man

  15. 00kla the M0k Says:
    April 16th, 2010 at 02:25 pm

    I'll give ya True Lies and Lebowski. Other than that ... nah.
    Here are the flicks that need a deuce :

    Total Recall
    Princess Bride
    Brain Donors
    Remo Williams
    13th Warrior
    Idiocracy
    Buckaroo Bonzai
    12 Monkeys
    Serenity
    Master and Commander

    (Side note) Lots of films had a slew a crappy sequels that should never have been made. A few I wish had a clean slate for a 1st seqeul are:

    El Mariachi (they wrecked it so bad with the Desperado films)
    Jaws (would liked to have seen some no-shark sequels about chief Brodie murder mysteries)
    Nightmare on Elm Street (some no-humor sequels would have been nice)

  16. Anonymous Says:
    April 16th, 2010 at 05:41 pm

    Independence Day sequels already announced. While I don't think it was "begging" for a sequel (or two), it sounds good to me. An E.T. :"The Return" (or whatever, insert your own subtitle) would be good, too.

  17. Anonymous Says:
    April 16th, 2010 at 06:00 pm

    Howard Stern's Private Parts. The movie only went up to 1985 and he wrote a sequel, Miss America.

    Beavis and Butt-head Do America (can be called Beavis and Butt-head Do Europe [or the World, or something like that]). Self- explanatory. I heard the next B&B would feature them as middle-aged or elderly so go with that.

    South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut. The kids go back into hell to find the now-dead Saddam Hussein and his lover Satan to help them find and kill Osama bin Laden.

  18. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 10:42 pm

    Good call on South Park sequel. I like the plot idea.

  19. Anita420 Says:
    April 16th, 2010 at 06:39 pm

    I would love a beetlejuice sequel!! Especially with Dakota Fanning! I could really see it Independence Day could be good! Superbad... Thats a good idea also!

  20. Anonymous Says:
    May 26th, 2010 at 01:45 am

    kill yourself

  21. easy Says:
    April 16th, 2010 at 06:55 pm

    Good list for discussion.
    /Point Break has may sequels, they just replaced the surfing with street racing and called them Fast and Furious.
    /Never really warmed to ET. Most boring alien ever!!!
    /Sequel to Goonies could only be appalling. Agreed that Chunk needs a new vehicle, perhaps something with Data?
    /Beetle (guese?) could work only with Tim Burton
    /I like your plot for SuperBad 2; fits the characters
    /The first Twister should be unmade Hoffman was LAME!
    /For Independence day, how about, like final destination, the just make a film that is montage of big time CGI destruction. The storyline usually detracts...
    /Quote from Gary Marshall "i don't do roman numerals" Hence runaway bride and not Pretty Woman 2"
    /True lies was good as a style kind of action comedy, great for escapism but one film is as good as another
    /I just don't think the Dude is a sequel kind of guy

  22. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 10:48 pm

    Ahh yes, but remember... The Dude abides!!! And I would throw in some Buscemi cameos complete with Obi-Wan-like advice during his drug-induced trips.

  23. tim Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 12:58 am

    Ill tell ya what the next big movie series should be and that’s another STAR WARS trilogy. I mean Gorge Lucas and most all of the original cast members are still alive. STAR WARS is hot in every way / in every country/ and every one knows it
    Bad boy Han and prince’s lea would have probably gotten married after episode six and would have kids now who are adults. They could introduce their off spring in the new movie, but episode 7 should defiantly be more focused on the original cast members while slowly introducing their off spring, in episode 8 and 9. I mean Luke could have kids; Lando Car-whatever could have kids and hell even the mighty Chew Baca.
    By now Luke Sky Walker should have recruited young Jedi Knights whom are now older and stronger. Princes Lea’s kids would have both Han’s and Luke’s blood in them, making them total bad asses. Another character that could have an older child / or maybe even a younger brother / is that Sith Lord from episode 1, that used the double light saber. That guy was BAD ASS!!!! Right on.
    One thing for sure though, Gorge Lukas should definitely go back to using a lot more of his miniature model space crafts and animated puppets incorporated with GCI effects. GCI effects are cool and all, but too much of it and a movie becomes a bit too --------------- I don’t know / GCI’D out? Back in the day when he did his thing with miniature models and puppets it was pretty state of the art for its time! No! And I’m sure now, over 30 years later, it could be even better.

    Sorry if I pissed any STAR WARS fans off by miss spelling character names, but I’m a fast one finger typer and a bad speller.

  24. JellyBellyS Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 06:42 am

    YOU should write YOUR OWN part 7, 8 & 9!!! (seriously!) & send off the script to George Lucas!!! (but, remember ME for giving YOU Thee Idea!!!) :)

  25. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 02:57 pm

    Who really doesn't know how to spell words like "princess" and "misspell" anyway? Oh, and "CGI." Bing a "fast one finger typer and a bad speller" is no excuse for sounding so excited about the potential of a sequel series and still screwing up so badly the names of characters who have been in the upper echelon of science fiction for over thirty years. I hope this comment is a complete joke, because, if it's not, it's a prime example of why the internet is horrible for our society today, just as the original posted article is as well, unless it too is a joke.

    Also, who doesn't know how to spell "Lucas?" The "c" and "k" keys are on completely opposite sides of the keyboard. That is truly impressive. I really really hope this is a joke. If it is, I'm chuckling. If it isn't a joke, I'm weeping for the country.

  26. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 03:48 pm

    next time you criticise someones grammar be sure to check your own because it's being not bing hotshot

  27. tim Says:
    April 18th, 2010 at 01:59 pm

    Thank you for sticking up for me, when it comes to grammar, about my Star Wars Trilogy Hopes. Yes I just type as fast as I can with out proof reading because I only want to make a /the, point about an article I read / witch also has miss spelled words. I mean hell even the great book writers of today have proof readers that went to college to major in just that type of work. Writers just go to town on the keyboards with their amazing ideas and once on a roll, don’t have the time to stop and check for grammar.
    Anyway you were right, that person that responded to my comment about my spelling can’t spell correctly either! HA HA ROCK ON!

  28. rogerscorpion Says:
    April 23rd, 2010 at 05:56 am

    Tim, your posts are entertaining. Really.
    HOWEVER--
    as much as you want to get your point out of your head--(until you can afford a proofreader), after you finish getting your ideas out, it'd be considerate--if not efficient, to go back & re-read your post, before hitting 'send'.
    You obviously are aware of this shortcoming, and, as much time as you took to apologize, in advance, you could have checked your work.
    BTW, I'm a one (two?) finger typist.

  29. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 02:26 am

    Forest Gump needs to be on this list.

  30. Anonymous Says:
    April 18th, 2010 at 06:17 pm

    Forrest Gump Jr. ?

  31. Anonymous Says:
    April 20th, 2010 at 03:06 pm

    Actually, there's a book sequel to Forrest Gump called "Gump and Co." It's by the same guy that wrote the book that the movie was based on. Seriously doubt that they'll make it a movie though, because it mostly consisted of the author bashing Hollywood (through some loophole, he wasn't entitled to any money from the movie). I'd suggest it though. Forrest Jr.'s ends up a genius, and Forrest Sr. ends up having some pertinent part in a lot of late 80s/early 90s pop culture, like the Berlin wall, and new Coke.

  32. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 03:18 am

    'Quigley Down Under' should've been on that list.

  33. Anonymous Says:
    April 18th, 2010 at 06:21 pm

    I agree but it dosen't need to be down under they were going home to montana/wyoming and that was still the wild west

  34. rogerscorpion Says:
    April 23rd, 2010 at 01:55 pm

    Oh--I agree--as long as it has Selleck & Simon Wincer, the original director, who directed the original 'Lonesome Dove'.

  35. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 12:05 pm

    brilliant - entertaining article

  36. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 01:33 pm

    well the star wars already has stories after the movies. the novels were written. yes han and leia marry and have twins jaina and jacen and then have a 3rd child anakin solo. chebacca gets killed. lando gets married. luke ends up getting married and becomes jedi grand master. what would be cool is all the actors are the age they would be in the books. look up the yuuzahn vong. thats the enemy in a 19 book novel series. its where chewie gets killed. ive already been praying they make this series into the next star wars trilogy.

  37. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 10:54 pm

    I've always pulled for the Thrawn Trilogy for the newest series, but that's just me.

  38. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 02:39 pm

    I'D LIKE A REMAKE OF 'QUIET MAN' SETTING IN BARBADOS:WILL SMITH, SAM L JACKSON, JEFFRY WRIGHT,ANGELA GRIFFIN-brit, ALFRE WOODARD,TOM WRIGHT,DANNY GLOVER

  39. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 03:38 pm

    Yeah, good idea to make a Point Break sequal right after Patrick Swayze died. - Asshole... None of these movies need sequals, this is a pointless article...

  40. Matthew Levinson Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 03:56 pm

    Wow. When this guy speaks for all men I think he must mean all brainless men with terrible taste. Point Break was such a terrible boring movie and shouldn't have been made once let alone twice. Twister and Superbad are two of the worst movies ever made. Thank god the guy who wrote this has no power in Hollywood so these horrible ideas never come to fruition. Thank you lord.

  41. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 06:51 pm

    I would love to see Eps. 7,8,9 of Star Wars being baised on the Thrawn trilogy. Another movie that I think needs a sequal is Team America, because that was very funny.

  42. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 06:53 pm

    Please make Star Wars Eps. 7-9 and have them about Thrawn. Team America could also use a sequal.

  43. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 08:40 pm

    How can this list not include The Incredibles? That movie was amazing, and has amazing sequek potential.

  44. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 08:41 pm

    How can this list not include The Incredibles? That movie was amazing, and has amazing sequel potential.

  45. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 09:08 pm

    i want to start of by saying im not a huge fan of the movie, but.... Super Mario Brothers def. ended with sequel potential. and given the huge, vast possibilities of a plot that the movie could run with i say why not give it a try. i mean it couldn't be any worse than X-Men 3 or any of the spider-man sequels.

  46. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 09:57 pm

    Good article, same way we should think of "prequels' because we need to know some of the characters origins. I make so much sense that I should be considered gay. hahahhaa.

  47. Manny Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 10:00 pm

    How about "Contact"? Maybe they come to earth this time.

  48. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 10:53 pm

    Does any movie ever need a sequel?

  49. brianthebad51 Says:
    April 18th, 2010 at 11:36 am

    sometimes the story needs conclusion, like a pressure cooker needs to expel steam.

  50. Anonymous Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 11:04 pm

    Shape-shifting alien wouldn't be much of a stretch for Sarah Jessica Parker. But why Jada... why not the way hotter Vivica A. Fox. Her character lived, you know.

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