ROTTEN TOMATOES: Sony Starts Several Silly Sequels

Sony Starts Several Silly Sequels

by Scott Weinberg | July 12, 2005

Variety reported the other day that we'd soon be graced by Sony with a second sequel to "I Know What You Did Last Summer" -- and that's not all, folks. Raise your hand if you're dying to see sequels to "Hollow Man" and/or "Road House."

"Hollow Man 2" will be directed by Claudio Fah ("Coronado") and written by Joel Soisson ("Highlander: Endgame"), while "Road House 2" still needs a writer, but has a director in Scott Ziehl ("Cruel Intentions 3").

Variety wonders if these three new sequels will head direct to DVD; I'd be willing to put money on it.

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	Scott Ziehl

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SuperJuice writes:
on Jul 12 2005 06:35 AM

[b]Retitling:[/b]
I hope they retitle it to:

No Really, I'm Pretty Sure I Have Decent Idea What Happened During the Summer of '97 and Just To Be Sure About It I'm Gonna Make This Here Unnecessary Sequal, Making It the Summer Trilogy It Was Always Pre-destined To Become Just to Be Sure About It.

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Spike1967 writes:
on Jul 12 2005 07:37 AM

Why a sequel to Road House? Which was awful.
Why a sequel to any of these films?

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bmoviebuff writes:
on Jul 12 2005 08:24 AM

It's because you touch yourself at night.

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CrazyGhost78 writes:
on Jul 12 2005 08:42 AM

How could anyone expect these to be good? Even decent? Hell, even ACCEPTABLE?

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Senh Duong writes:
on Jul 12 2005 09:34 AM

With how well horror films, in general, are doing nowadays, I wouldn't be surprised if the "I Still Know..." sequel end up in theaters. The "Road House" sequel, though, is probably headed straight to DVD.

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Mainevent writes:
on Jul 12 2005 09:57 AM

I guess Sony is just trying to do that thing where they run out of money because they spend more than they take in...whats it called...going bankrupt?

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csworky writes:
on Jul 12 2005 10:20 AM

[b]It's About Time[/b]
I am totally stoked that a sequel to "Roadhouse" is finally being produced. From my very first viewing I thought it had endless sequel potential. I always compared the Dalton character to Eastwood's The Man With No Name in the spaghetti western trilogy and the Carradine's Kwai Chang Caine from the "Kung Fu" series. A stranger traveling from town to town correcting their problems, it's so poetic. And the timing can not have been better, straight off of his appearance during AFI's Top 100 Quotes special, Patrick Swayze has never been hotter. This has been a time coming, but it has definitely been worth the wait. Kudos to Sony.

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new12play writes:
on Jul 12 2005 10:40 AM

I always thought Hollow Man could've been so much more. But once again, they failed to reach my expectations for what an invisible man story could've been. Instead of a sequel that probably will have nothing to do with the original anyway, how bout come up with a new angle to the invisible man story...a horrific retelling of what the invisible man could be (it's what we don't see that scares us the most).

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ddp73 writes:
on Jul 12 2005 12:50 PM

[b]Sweet![/b]
Roadhouse happens to be one of Patrick Swayze's finest movie (along with red Dawn) and one of my favorite guilty pleasures. So as long as Swayze is involved in the sequel then im all for it.

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speelbergo writes:
on Jul 12 2005 12:58 PM

In reply to this comment (#824161)
[b]you've got to be kidding.[/b]
you just like his mini-mullet

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alienhunter1919 writes:
on Jul 12 2005 06:34 PM

oh wow.

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SElkie writes:
on Jul 12 2005 06:45 PM

At this point I'm hoping that the PS3 puts sony out of business so these painful sequels to terrible movies will never be released and will someone please give Scott Ziehl and Joel Soisson a dictionary so they can look up the words talent and dignity

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getluv writes:
on Jul 13 2005 07:28 PM

i understand Sony for doing this. who cares if they are crap and are going to make $2 at the b.o. The DVD market is where Sony makes a killing on these terrible sequels. Wild Things 2 & 3, Cruel Intentions 2 & 3, The Skulls 2 & 3, Urban Legend 3, Sniper 1, 2 & 3, Starship Troopers 2. Sony is king of the driect-to-video stuff, i think its fascinating.

Go Sony. Good business stratergy. They cost less than a CSi episode but make $20m.

So when people stop watching them, then they will stop. to suggest that Sony is going bankrupt is stupid.

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UweBoll writes:
on Jul 15 2005 08:24 AM

[b]There is plenty more[/b]
How about Mannequin 2, Coming to America 2, Cutthroat Island 2, Baby day out 2, Ruthless people 2, Return to Oz 2.... The possibilities are endless!

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Ophiuchus writes:
on Jul 16 2005 08:37 AM

One word: Groan.

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SkywalkerLT writes:
on Jul 17 2005 01:14 PM

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[b]Well put[/b]
Excellent point. Movie studios aren't always in it for the artistic merit. Sad, but true.

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Ophiuchus writes:
on Jul 17 2005 05:26 PM

Sorry, but my hand is staying right down by my side.

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TheEidolon writes:
on Jul 18 2005 06:01 AM

[b]Sony aren't the only guilty party....[/b]
I hate this idea as much as I hated 'American Psycho II' which was basically a bland teen slasher with Patrick Bateman's name in it. That was now it was supposed to end, and if the dumbasses at Miramax realise that they miscontrued the meaning of the actual book, rather than to cash in with a sequel that's not even a sequel, it might have never been made.

Ah well, who gives a shit as long as soon 'film buffs' will rush out to buy From Dusk til Dawn 6: Lost Hope at Pointless Ridge.

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