Stranded in 1955, marty mcfly learns about the death of doc brown in 1885 and must travel back in time to save him. Its unclear whether fury road is a sequel or a reboot. Every so often, though, we get a sequel that surprises and delights us by being just as good or better than the original. Green room, it follows, mandy, looper, arrival, it, john wick, john wick chapt. Screenwriter nat mauldin was brought in, and a sequel, or rather a prequel, was put on paper. This is a list of film sequels that outgrossed their predecessors. It most definitely needs a sequel to see what kind of. Especially if people have only seen the american version which is total robbed. If mathilda was there, she should have done this or that. Its just called leon the professional twenty four more minutes of extra footage.
There are things that are simply supposed to happen. Jean reno, ever the professional, doing wet work in cold blood posted on june 29, 2019 by rogerinorlando the first cool image of cold blood comes after the girl has had her snowmobile accident, after shes crawled, battered and. Disneys liveaction aladdin gets a sequel, and more movie. But exceptions make rules, and wouldnt you know it there s a heck of a lot of followups out there. Movie sequels you had no idea are currently in the works. A sequel to ready player one if there was one movie with a more interesting setting than its story, its this one. Best summer movie sequels 20 best movie sequels ever. Luc besson and the disturbing true story behind leon. Natalie portman in a sequel to the professional what would bale. The 10 best movie sequels of the 2010s taste of cinema. If you could make a sequel to any movie you have ever seen. The plot follows leon reno, a professional hitman, who reluctantly takes in 12year old.
The proposed director of the sequel, olivier megaton, has told screen rant the film will more than likely never happen. When who framed roger rabbit hit theaters in 1988, this marvel of a film combined live action and animated characters in a way that had never been done before. Jean reno and natalie portman leon in the professional. But there s room to be hopeful because everybody involved still wants to make it. We asked our readers to vote for their favorite sequels ever. These 10 movie sequels are just as good as the originals. Today, jolie has effectively said that she will not be a part of the sequel. That said, this concept is also quite similar to the blacklist, which may be one reason nothing has been heard about a salt series ever since. John wick 4 set for 2021 release, but dont expect a. Disneys liveaction aladdin gets a sequel, and more movie news we saw the batman, porgy and bess is getting remade, texas chainsaw gets rebooted again, and new roles for awkwafina, cynthia erivo, margot robbie, and michael b. But not every upcoming sequel has been so widely publicized. Best movie ever and in this version you find out why he is in deep crap with a woman. Movie sequels that were as good, or better, than the originals. Other times, the sequel is a result of a successful film.
Background shading indicates films still playing at their latest box office update. One movie i have watched over and over and over and over through the years is contact, starring jodie foster and matthew mcconaughey yes, there is a chapter in beating ana about contact. There is the french version and the international version. If you haunt seen the professional get the uncut version. There should be a sequel to stallones 2012 movie bullet to the head. Many of the most anticipated movies of the next year or two are sequels, from jurassic world. From the silent era to terminator 2 to yes michael bay. When you place breadcontinue reading how has this not happened yet. Before i begin, here are a few basic facts about me that you might already know by now. By the end of the professional, mathilda is an orphan.
A sequel to the movie that made matt damon and ben affleck stars and oscar winners could work. This is a fanfilm sequel to the 1994 action hit the professional starring jean reno and natalie portman. One of the main holdups has been whether star angelina jolie would return for a second run as evelyn salt. It star s jean re no, gary oldm an, an d natalie portm an in her film debut. With no fuel readily available for the delorean, the two must figure how to escape the old west before emmett is murdered. Leon the professional is still one film on my own personal top ten list of movies ever made. There have been some really, truly awful sequels since francis ford coppolas the godfather part ii sparked the idea of a major sequel, and.
Natalie portman wants to do a sequel to the professional. Natalie portman in a sequel to the professional this is another guest post, the second in the new guest author series. Maybe this is what led you to believe there was a sequel. Not all sequels become blockbusters, or get a 93% rotten tomatoes score, as thor. On the outside, you have a very mild dystopia, mild compared to the other stories in the genre. I have never read it, because luc wont direct it himself. This is another guest post, the second in the new guest author series. The movie was a huge success, and the studios decided to strike while the iron was hot. The characters in contact feel like my people in other words, we dont fit in. I will tell you 100 percent there will be a movie of wicked and it wont be that far away, but it wont be next year, because were still writing, says stephen schwartz about the upcoming film. None of us have ever watched the animated series or even new that it existed. Prevailing wisdom would have it that a sequel is never as good as the original. These are the films that everyone knows to be excited about. The legend goes that luc besson started working on what would end.
The oscar winner said she was so excited when the film was released in 1994. This post is authored by russ ball, a haiku writer and film fan. Whats the release date to the sequel of priest 2011. Natalie portman speaks out about being sexualized at age 12. Why hasnt there ever been a proper sequel to the film. If you liked x from this first movie, then there will sure be more of x in the next one. Immediately after beetlejuice was released in 1988, there was talk of a sequel called beetlejuice goes hawaiian. Movie sequels surprising second films you didnt know. Rumors have circulated for years about a possible sequel to luc bessons fantastic 1994 film, the professional a. List of film sequels by boxoffice improvement wikipedia. The new zoe saldana action flick that hit theaters this past weekend, colombiana, arrived to pretty mediocre box office numbers and overall critical response.
I love genre movies thrillers, action, adventure, horror, science fiction. The plot follows leon reno, a professional hitman, who reluctantly takes in 12yearold. This film got many awards because of the spectacular performances by the actors and director as well. Natalie portman talks the professional 2 the movie blog. If you find priest2011 to be macabre, then damn son. Movie babble describes the original film, donnie darko, as a cult classic that really did not need a sequel. It was considered as the hollywood best movie ever made in the world by the critics. This unsuccessful rebootsequel was little more than a hodgepodge of plot elements from the first two terminator films, reusing iconic quote after quote to the brink of annoyance. The film that launched natalie portmans career wouldnt have starred the future oscar. But did you know the movie actually started off as a sequel to the 1994 luc bessondirected film, leon. My parents were like, there is no way youre doing this movie. For every attempt to wring more cash out of an established, brandname movie, there s another that.
This list only includes north american grosses united states and canada, not worldwide totals. When the movie ended we looked straight away for the release date for part 2 and were all disappointed to read so much negativity from the critics. There is, generally speaking, a law of diminishing returns when it comes to movie sequels. If you polled the worlds film lovers on the best sequel ever made, there s a. The sequel tease at the end of the movie would have been readymade for a show, with evelyn salt tracking down various moles. I had never seen the original marilyn tapes at all, portman says in starting. It stars jean reno, gary oldman, and natalie portman in her film debut. The films ending didnt leave any loose ends, but besson had a sequel planned. Without jean renos leon, the professional 2 could focus on mathildas journey. Gene wilders willy wonka captivated audiences and it has become a classic film with new fans ever since. I have just watched this movie with my wife and 12 year old daughter and we all thoroughly enjoyed it.
Well it would be hard to have sequel to the professional. There have been more sequels this decade than ever before in the history of hollywood, and while sequels are usually associated with the cynicism of repeating past success, there s also the off chance that returning to previously established material can develop it in new and exciting ways. Its been over two decades since writerdirector luc bessons leon. With no sign of salt 2 moving forwards, a report emerged in 2016 that sony was developing a salt tv series instead. Leon, titled leon in the uk and australia and originally titled th e professiona l in the us, is a 1994 englishlanguage french action thriller film written and directed by luc besson. With jean reno, gary oldman, natalie portman, danny aiello. Were there actually a sequels to classic movies like rocky horror picture show, donnie darko, and the birds. Which brings to my point if there was to have some juice for a sequel i would make hitman vs hitman then one. Besson wrote a script for a sequel, mathilda, but filming was delayed until. Upcoming movie sequels list up to 2020 movie moron.
Most sequels dont live up to the film that came before them, but there are plenty of exceptions to that rule. There are hundreds of better horror, sciif, and action films to watch. There should be a sequel to stallone s 2012 movie bullet to the head. While there have been many fans of the movie, there was one important person who absolutely hated it. Sometimes a sequel is necessary or even planned as a director works to finalize a story. Everything we know about the fifth element sequel that. Mathlida is all grown up and on her last mission for revenge.
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