A few were discussed, briefly, in another thread. Which ones would you like to see that haven't been done?

I'd find a Spies Like Us 2 sequel to be potentially interesting, even with Chevy Chase in it.

The Goonies presuming it was done well. Like Top Gun Maverick was phenomenal.

Frankly, almost without exception, all of my favorite 80s-90s movies the actors are way too old.

Plus, I think some of the cheesy action can’t be replicated. Imagine a sequel with Ah-nold reprising the role as John Matrix in Commando. I just don’t think it would work. Or if Bruce Willis was capable of acting with Damon Wayans in a sequel to The Last Boy Scout.

Most 30+ sequels rely heavily on nostalgia to work. Top Gun Maverick did a good job with balancing the evolution of Pete Mitchell. And Tom Cruise could still physically pull it off.

I saw a fan fiction poster today for a 30+ post year movie sequel that would make sense.



I could see Matilda living a normal life interrupted by some kind of mortal threat, which requires Matilda recalling a particular set of skills she acquired during her youth w/ Leon. Recycle the plot from Nobody or Taken.

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Originally posted by iron chef:
I saw a fan fiction poster today for a 30+ post year movie sequel that would make sense.



I could see Matilda living a normal life interrupted by some kind of mortal threat, which requires Matilda recalling a particular set of skills she acquired during her youth w/ Leon. Recycle the plot from Nobody or Taken.

this has potential,

Absolutely

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Originally posted by iron chef:
I saw a fan fiction poster today for a 30+ post year movie sequel that would make sense.

I could see Matilda living a normal life interrupted by some kind of mortal threat, which requires Matilda recalling a particular set of skills she acquired during her youth w/ Leon. Recycle the plot from Nobody or Taken.

Done correctly, I think this could be an incredibly cool movie.

Personally, I’m looking for a Showgirls sequel, just with an all new cast in Vegas.

I was thinking about this thread while falling asleep last night and thought about the following.

Days of Thunder - we had Brad Pitt playing a 60 y/o driver this summer in F1. Is it a stretch to have a 60-something y/o Cole Trickle still racing in NASCAR?

Good Will Hunting - the Hunting Season sequel got shelved. This film will be 30 y/o in two years. Would be interesting to see what Will did w/ his life and if he was able to get past his personal demons. He could be an alcoholic just as easily as a Fields Medal recipient.

I could see him being a mentor/therapist to a gifted yet troubled youth the way Dr Sean was to him. Maybe that youth could be the child of his best friend Chuckie.

Waterworld - what has happened to Earth's survivors in the 30 years since they found Dryland? Similar to the Mad Max franchise, this one is wide open to possibilities with or w/o Kevin Costner returning.

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Personally, I’m looking for a Showgirls sequel, just with an all new cast in Vegas.

There was a sequel in 2011 titled Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven.

It's not a 30+ year gap, but there definitely needs to be a sequel to Dredd.

Animal House

Delta House is somehow back on campus after decades in exile. The new pledges are clueless—more social media than social chaos. The school’s about to shut them down again, so the surviving original brothers come back to show them how real mischief is done.

- Otter’s still alive—he was a Beverly Hills gynecologist. Now he’s retired and running a sleazy podcast. Still smooth, still full of bad ideas.
- Boon’s divorced from Katy, now a burned-out teacher. Katy teaches at Faber and ends up helping the frat legally.
- D-Day vanished years ago. Shows up in a school bus with explosives and a raccoon.
- Hoover’s a university trustee now, stuck between loyalty and politics.
- Chip Diller (Kevin Bacon) is now the Dean. Total bureaucrat, still bitter, wants Delta erased for good.

The old guys mentor the new pledges—teaching them how to prank with purpose, fight the system, and survive the chaos.

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I'd find a Spies Like Us 2 sequel to be potentially interesting, even with Chevy Chase in it.

You do realize that movie was 40 years ago this year?

Half of the cast is probably already deceased.

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It's not a 30+ year gap, but there definitely needs to be a sequel to Dredd.

Amen to that, Karl Urban would still be a good choice.

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Waterworld

No studio would touch that with a 50 foot pole.

The first one was widely panned and was one of the highest profile flops of all time, though it did eventually eke out a modest profit over the intervening years.

It's the popular and successful movies that get sequels. Unless we're just talking straight to video low budget cash grab sequels, from folks who figured they could get the rights for cheap because the first one bombed and then just try to make a quick buck for minimal investment.

I wished they'd done a sequel to 2004's Napoleon Dynamite. It was discussed but nothing ever came of it, would have been fun to see one around 10 years later.

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No studio would touch that with a 50 foot pole.

I bet Kevin Costner could bankroll the entire film w/o a studio if he wanted. If he weren't already busy making Avatar sequels, James Cameron could independently fund a sequel to The Abyss if he wanted.

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The first one was widely panned and was one of the highest profile flops of all time, though it did eventually eke out a modest profit over the intervening years.

It's the popular and successful movies that get sequels.

A lot of sci-fi & horror movies that did poorly at the box office develop cult followings &/or as you point out, earn second life in video/cable/streaming. Tron, Highlander, The Fly were some movies you wouldn't expect to have sequels based on their initial runs, yet they did.

Even after over 40 years, there's still a lot of chatter about sequels to movies such as The Black Hole, The Dark Crystal, and The Last Starfighter.

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Unless we're just talking straight to video low budget cash grab sequels, from folks who figured they could get the rights for cheap because the first one bombed and then just try to make a quick buck for minimal investment.

Yes, there's that too, which is why we got films such as Scanners 2, The Butterfly Effect 2, and WarGames 2.

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I bet Kevin Costner could bankroll the entire film w/o a studio if he wanted.

I suspect he wouldn't be so eager to attempt that after just losing his shirt on his self-financed Horizon debacle.