In the annals of action cinema from the ’90s, you’ll find a bevy of kinetic marvels that can still dazzle today. You’ll also find the 1993 movie Demolition Man. You will not, however, find a sequel to that deeply stupid but weirdly enjoyable film. And for that, it seems, we might have Meryl Streep to thank—or not…

If your fictional character announces her intention to apply to Harvard Law School with a sassy video showing her recapping the plot of Days Of Our Lives while wearing a sequined bikini and lounging in a floaty mat, why not apply that same logic to your real-life publicizing of a new sequel? It worked for the fake…

It was just over a year ago that Tom Cruise insisted a sequel to his classic 1986 exercise in homoeroticism and Val Kilmer’s teeth, Top Gun, was going to begin filming “probably in the next year.” As of today, if you take him as implying the calendar year 2018 and not within a year of the day he said that, then Cruise…

Black Panther continues to run roughshod over all other films at the box office—Forbes thinks it could clear the $1 billion mark this weekend. Critical and audience reception has been overwhelmingly positive, and people have already started writing sequels and spin-offs across social media. That exuberant clamor for a…

It’s not quite the 63 years that lapsed between Bambi movies, but the wait for the third film in the Bill & Ted franchise has been a protracted one nonetheless at 27 years—and counting. Of course, time means nothing to the immortal Keanu Reeves, who co-starred in the series with Alex Winter, and who, despite all his…

The future’s looking Bright for Will Smith, as Netflix has just officially announced a sequel to David Ayer and Max Landis’ fantasy hodgepodge. According to this video from the streaming giant, fans of the uninspired quips and underdeveloped racial parable are apparently already lining up to don prosthetics to join…

Two movies, quite unlike in dignity,
In fair box office grosses, where we lay our scene,
From ancient Judge Dredd, which bombed two years past ’93,
To Alex Garland’s ass-kicking version, which made no money.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A group of star-cross’d movie fans stake their sequel-clamoring hope;
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Though he made his cinematic debut playing a younger version of his dad, O’Shea Jackson Jr. has actually displayed a lot of versatility. The Straight Outta Compton actor followed up his dramatic success in that music biopic with some serious Sundance recognition: He was named one of Variety’s breakout stars for his…

Ouija, the movie that asked the question, “Hey, I’ve never seen a horror movie before. Should I fuck around with the spirits of the dead?,” is getting a sequel, because pretty much everything gets a sequel these days. That, and despite negative reviews Ouija was the number one movie in America the week of its release,…

Our furry companions find ways to pass the time between walks and feedings in Yarrow Cheney and Chris Renaud’s The Secret Life Of Pets. The Look Who’s Talking for the Purina set boasts an all-star cast that includes Louis C.K., Jenny Slate, Eric Stonestreet, Ellie Kemper, and Kevin Hart, who voice various animals who…

It’s been about five years since Sony announced its plans to remake Joel Schumacher’s psychological horror flick Flatliners, during which time you could be forgiven for thinking it was just another proffered remake that would ultimately collect dust on some producer’s shelf. But the project began to show new signs of…

Although the Ant-Man sequel is still about two years away, Scott Lang/Paul Rudd fans got a huge glimpse at the character in this summer’s Captain America: Civil War. And while Peyton Reed is a little envious that the Russo brothers beat him to that giant punch, the director is excited about focusing on Ant-Man And The…

The summer programming slate has offered some heavy dramatic fare so far, which means it’s time for something lighter. Lifetime and the Disney Channel share a parent company—Lifetime is a subsidiary of A+E Networks, which is owned in part by The Walt Disney Company—which lends a sense of corporate synergy to their…

Proving that their onscreen marriage is as solid as ever, Mireille Enos and Brad Pitt are both confirmed to return for the World War Z sequel. Pitt is, of course, producing the follow-up to the 2013 film through his Plan B Entertainment, making him a shoo-in, but Enos has been tied up with catching up to Peter Krause…

For those of you out there who were not in their peak slumber-party years in 1996 and therefore failed to celebrate with all the sage and crystals such an occasion demands, yesterday was the 20th anniversary of The Craft. And as The A.V. Club’s Sinead Stubbins points out in her essay about the film, over those past…

Sure, he may have spent years creating the most technologically advanced photorealistic 3-D environment in film history, grossed more than $2.6 billion, and yet somehow ended up with almost no fan base for it, but that doesn’t mean James Cameron isn’t hip. He knows that kids (and adults) are into the …

If you were one of the increasingly rare Avatar fans disappointed in the revelation that Avatar 2 won’t be ready for Christmas 2017, here’s a little pick me up: Variety reports that James Cameron is making an extra sequel. That’s right—not one, not two, not even three sequels during which you’ll apparently “shit…

The world may or may not be ready for another installment in the Bruce Almighty saga, but Morgan Freeman seems prepared to step back into the role of God if a sequel to the 2003 hit comedy were to suddenly materialize. “I think I would have to if they did it,” the 78-year-old actor told /Film in an interview after a…

Appeasing the ancient—in internet time, anyway—primeval forces that ensure a bountiful harvest of pageviews each news cycle, The Cabin In The Woods director Drew Goddard recently performed the ritual tease of a potential sequel to the internet’s favorite horror movie of the new millennium. In a recent interview with Den Of Geek’s Ryan…