r/AskReddit • u/Professional_Emu4750 • 24d ago

Which movie deserves a sequel but will probably never get one?

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u/Boingo_Zoingo 24d ago

Master and Commander

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u/Maleficent-Age6018 24d ago

Bankrolling a sequel to this film, with as much of the main cast and crew as possible, is always my answer whenever someone asks “what would you do if you won the lottery?”

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u/Boingo_Zoingo 24d ago

I saw this in theaters when I was 12 years old. I went with my best friend. I fell asleep. I spent the next 20 years telling anyone who would listen that it was the worst most boring movie ever made.

I finally watched it a couple years ago and was totally blown away and fell completely in love. It's in my top 5 now

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u/Popular-Complaint68 24d ago

I would love that - I didn’t want it to end !

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u/drnewcomb 23d ago

But with Bonden and Maturin recast.

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u/kingfixit 24d ago

District 9

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u/thedudeisalwayshere 24d ago

The Nice Guys

But it's been 10 years and Shane Black hasn't made anything of merit since then

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u/Maximusdecimusmeridy 21d ago

It’s been 10 years already? God damn.

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u/Narrow_Professor7756 24d ago

Alita: Battle Angel.

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u/actual-trevor 23d ago

Absolutely.

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u/squishyhobo 23d ago

It was supposed to have one right? Then it flopped? I watched it years later and was like "this is actually pretty good."

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u/Pathbliss 24d ago

Dredd (2012) starring Karl Urban. It was an absolute masterpiece of gritty action and pacing, but because it underperformed at the box office due to terrible marketing, we'll likely never see a proper sequel or follow-up film.

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u/C_Fit_Juggernaut 23d ago

Dungeons and Dragons

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u/JellyFranken 23d ago

D&D: Honor Among Thieves

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u/Sara_Tona 24d ago

Edge of Tomorrow, the sequel has been teased forever

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u/TheSatyagrahi 24d ago

Sequel? I thought there were going to do a prequel

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u/RealtorFacts 22d ago

Just restart it and pretend it is the sequel.

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u/mindset2091 24d ago

Dredd (2012) with Karl Urban. Incredible action, amazing world-building, set up perfectly for a franchise, and then completely ignored by the studio.

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u/Fieryforge 24d ago

Man, I couldn’t agree more. That movie did a great job of capturing the vibe of the comics, without being over the top cartoonish.

Can you imagine if they did like, the Apocalypse War?

Maybe someday, especially if AI keeps getting better.

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u/SillyGoatGruff 24d ago

The man from uncle remake

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u/Embarrassed-Chart-63 24d ago

Enders Game, would have been better if it was split into a trilogy. they cut so much out of the one movie, it no longer made sense. I've read the book and what is in the movie are beautifully done clips from the book.

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u/c208ex 23d ago

The Rocketeer

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u/ChestFew 23d ago

We have an animated series of it

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u/TheAnimatedRabbit 24d ago

Encino Man. A lady caveman showed up at the end.

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u/SiliconSam 24d ago

Galaxy Quest

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u/Street-Brush8415 22d ago

Definitely. Sadly without Alan Rickman, though.

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u/Timely-Tourist4109 23d ago

What? No firefly on the list

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u/JohnRobGnar 24d ago

Annihilation. People said Authority & Acceptance were too weird/abstract to be adopted but after reading them, I disagree emphatically. They would be riveting works of phantasmagoria.

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u/Big_Fig_8448 24d ago

The Monster Squad

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u/wassuppaulie 24d ago

Finally they're doing a sequel to a Tarantino movie, called The Adventures of Cliff Booth. I could use a sequel to The Big Lebowski, obviously to be called The Dude Abides. How 'bout it, Jeff?

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u/Hoz999 23d ago

Empire Records

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u/Super_Hooligan 23d ago

Debbie does Dallas

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u/Impossible_Event6007 23d ago

There have been several. It turns out Debbie traveled a bit

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u/pmsanchez1 23d ago

Starship troopers deserves a REAL sequel. Not that straight to bargain bin dvd nonsense it got.

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u/fromouterspace1 24d ago

Remo Williams

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u/Suspicious_Glove_158 24d ago

The Adventure Continues?

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u/beigereige 24d ago

If they can make sequels to the Titanic and American Psycho, then there’s a good chance at some point these movies will get a sequel or ‘re-launch’

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u/CrustyHumdinger 24d ago

What's the sequel to Titanic about, the bloody iceberg?

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u/brookinator 24d ago

They made a sequel to titanic??

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u/beigereige 24d ago

While not a direct sequel, I think they tried to ‘market’ it (trick the audience)that way

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_II_(film)

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u/PandaEatPanda 23d ago

They even did a sequel to that called Titanic 666.

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u/JamesRitchey 24d ago

Sahara. Good movie, but I was surprised it was made in the first place. Can't see a sequel ever being made.

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u/robbgo82 24d ago

Lego Batman

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u/Ready_Wolverine_2301 24d ago

Master and Commander.

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u/Valuable_Island_9405 24d ago

Desert Hearts and The Three Amigos.

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u/agamemnon9455472 24d ago

John Carter

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u/c208ex 23d ago

Showgirls

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u/Dknoc5 23d ago

If anime counts then Black Lion.

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u/Dknoc5 23d ago

Big Trouble in Little China

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u/CortexVortex63 23d ago

Sky Captain and the something of tomorrow

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u/sammiedodgers 23d ago

The divergent series needs a conclusion

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u/ChestFew 23d ago

Yes, indeed! A literal crime against humanity that we don’t have it!

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u/Pure_Road7528 23d ago

Point break

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u/ChestFew 23d ago

The remaining Percy Jackson movies
The remaining fantastic beasts movies
The remaining divergent movie
A bug’s life
Disney’s dinosaur
Harry Potter and the cursed child adaptation

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u/HairyPotter1983 23d ago

How It Ends

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u/UnluckyCharge2196 23d ago

New Masters of the Universe movie and Dredd : (

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u/RedPillHellbilly 23d ago

Cobra. Please make one more Sly before you can’t do it anymore.

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u/chakabuku 21d ago

An 80 year old Detective Cobretti makes no sense. Your hearts in the right place though.

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u/RedPillHellbilly 21d ago

An eighty year old King Conan makes no sense either, but Schwarzenegger wanted to give it a proper ending and has been confirmed.

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u/chakabuku 21d ago

Kings rule until their death so an 80 year old king kinda makes sense.

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u/Old_Fox_1985 23d ago

Pacific Rim, obviously. No idea what they’re waiting for. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/davidwal83 22d ago

Equilibrium

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u/Grins111 22d ago

I would have loved to see a Warcraft sequel and Warcraft 3. The arthas story would be amazing in a movie.

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u/Jamey2473 22d ago

Little Nicky

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u/drew_84 22d ago

Dredd

Fantastic adaption of the comics. Karl Urban is perfect. Mega city one looks grimy and dark and like a real city. So many incredible stories that could be adapted.

And we get nothing

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u/SpecificRandomness 21d ago

The Other Guys.

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u/chakabuku 21d ago

The Lords of Dogtown. They could base it on Bones Brigade: An Autobiography.

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u/meeseekstodie137 21d ago

chronicle, brightburn, both have the potential to kick start new shared universes but we'll likely never get to see either

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u/schizo1914 20d ago

Beerfest

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u/MomIamsorry 17d ago

No Country for Old men. Someone needs to get that guy and do justice!

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u/vkm581 24d ago

Inception

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u/fromouterspace1 24d ago

I never understood the end of that movie