A return to an iconic NYC firehouse, a second chance for a failed reboot, and a journey into the real world courtesy of Jared Leto. Sci-fi fans rejoice: your favorite movies are coming back for round two... or three, four, or five.
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00:00 A return to an iconic NYC firehouse, a second chance for a failed reboot, and a journey
00:06 into the real world courtesy of Jared Leto, sci-fi fans rejoice.
00:11 Your favorite movies are coming back for round two, or three, four, or five.
00:16 Most of us have been desperately awaiting a follow-up to 2015's Mad Max Fury Road since
00:21 the moment the credits rolled.
00:23 And while the official sequel to George Miller's action masterpiece Mad Max The Wasteland seems
00:27 to be languishing in development hell, we've at least got Furiosa to tide us over.
00:32 "You wanna get through this?
00:38 Do as I say."
00:39 Warner Bros. greenlit a spinoff based on Charlize Theron's Fury Road character, Imperator Furiosa.
00:45 This time, though, Anya Taylor-Joy will be playing the title role, with George Miller
00:49 in the director's chair and Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke attached as co-stars.
00:54 The filming began in June 2020 and wrapped that October, with a relative lack of news
00:59 from the set appearing to suggest a much smoother production process than the bizarre nightmare
01:03 of Fury Road.
01:04 In September 2022, Warner Bros. announced that Furiosa will hit theaters on May 24,
01:10 2024.
01:11 This marks a slight delay on the movie's original 2023 release, of course, and it will have
01:15 been a good nine years since Fury Road, too.
01:18 Considering the long path to Fury Road and the dead end faced by The Wasteland, however,
01:23 the impending release of Furiosa is nothing less than miraculous.
01:26 2017's War for the Planet of the Apes capped off a critically acclaimed and largely self-contained
01:32 trilogy of Planet of the Apes prequels.
01:34 But the story isn't over yet.
01:36 20th Century confirmed that work had begun on another installment in the franchise in
01:40 late 2022.
01:42 Maze Runner director Wes Ball has been helming the project, which stars Freya Allen, Owen
01:46 Teague, Peter Makin, and William H. Macy.
01:50 All we've actually seen of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes thus far is a piece of
01:53 concept art released by 20th Century Studios, but this project is much further along than
01:58 you might imagine.
01:59 Filming wrapped in February 2023, and we even know what it's about.
02:04 Long after the events of War for the Planet of the Apes, the apes split into factions
02:08 and started building empires.
02:10 As one group begins to enslave its rivals in the hunt for lost human technology, a lone
02:14 ape joins a young human woman to embark on a quest for freedom.
02:18 In a statement, studio president Steve Asbell said that the new Planet of the Apes movie
02:22 will continue the series' tradition of imaginative, thought-provoking cinema.
02:26 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is due for release on May 24, 2024, meaning that if nothing
02:31 else, it should give Furiosa a good run for its money.
02:35 James Cameron has never been shy about hyping up the scope of his Avatar universe.
02:40 He announced a sequel to the first movie mere weeks after its 2009 release, and then, a
02:45 week later, revealed that, no, scratch that.
02:47 He was actually working on several more.
02:50 Cameron has only once even slightly downplayed the Avatar franchise's growth.
02:54 That was when he suggested that a poor box office run on Avatar The Way of Water might
02:58 force him to wrap things up with Avatar 3.
03:01 He needn't have worried, though, as The Way of Water earned an almost unbelievable $2.3
03:05 billion at the box office, more or less guaranteeing that the franchise will continue until the
03:10 end of time.
03:11 "I can't believe I'm trying it up again!"
03:15 The 13-year gap between Avatar and The Way of Water might lead you to believe that we'll
03:19 be forced to endure a similar wait for Avatar 3, but that couldn't be further from the truth.
03:25 Somehow, possibly because Cameron is a blockbuster-making machine, Avatar 3 is set to arrive in theaters
03:30 on December 19, 2025.
03:33 In November 2022, Sam Worthington told Jimmy Fallon that about 80 to 90 percent of the
03:38 third movie had already been filmed, while shooting had even begun on a few scenes of
03:41 Avatar 4.
03:42 "And then, um, yeah, there's five in the saga if we're lucky enough to get a whip."
03:48 Life hasn't been easy lately for the Alien franchise.
03:51 Prometheus and Alien Covenant failed to gather the momentum necessary to justify further
03:56 sequels, while Neil Blomkamp's Alien 5 seemed to have died the moment Ridley Scott watched
04:00 Chappie.
04:01 Hope is not lost, however.
04:03 In March 2022, it was revealed that Evil Dead and Don't Breathe director Fede Alvarez is
04:08 set to bring his own Alien story to the screen.
04:11 With Scott attached as producer.
04:13 According to 20th Century Studios' Steve Asbell, the movie was greenlit purely off the strength
04:18 of Fede's pitch.
04:19 A year later, a press release revealed that the movie will follow a group of young people
04:23 on a distant world, who find themselves in a confrontation with the most terrifying life
04:27 form in the universe.
04:29 Kayleigh Spaney, David Johnson, Archie Renaud, Isabella Merced, Spike Fern, and Eileen Wu
04:35 will lead the cast.
04:36 This new Alien movie, which may be titled Alien Romulus, began filming in March 2023.
04:42 Aside from that vague premise and a tantalizing behind-the-scenes image tweeted out by Alvarez,
04:47 however, most of the project remains shrouded in mystery.
04:50 Currently, the film is expected to hit theaters on August 16, 2024.
04:54 Will it breathe new, horrific life into the franchise?
04:57 Only time will tell.
04:59 You're probably well aware that A Quiet Place Day One, a prequel to John Krasinski's superb
05:03 horror movies A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place Part II, is slated for release in March 2024.
05:09 You might be forgiven, however, for having missed the news of a third entry in the main
05:13 series.
05:20 Paramount announced A Quiet Place Part III during an investor call in February 2022,
05:25 confirming a 2025 release date.
05:28 So what else do we know about A Quiet Place Part III?
05:31 Well, basically nothing.
05:33 We've had no plot details, no cast details, and no hint as to when filming might begin.
05:38 Emily Blunt told Collider in 2021 that A Quiet Place Part II was intended to be the second
05:43 chapter in a trilogy.
05:45 So you can safely assume that Part III will once again revolve around Evelyn Abbott and
05:49 her children.
05:50 This means that Blunt and her co-stars Millicent Simmons and Noah Jupe are sure to return,
05:55 although it's harder to say whether they'll be joined by the supporting cast of A Quiet
05:58 Place Part II, such as Cillian Murphy and J'mon Hunsu.
06:02 You probably shouldn't expect to hear much more about A Quiet Place Part III until after
06:06 A Quiet Place Day One hits theaters.
06:08 Still, it's good to know that, after the release of director Michael Cernofsky's prequel, our
06:13 next dose of silent horror won't be too far off.
06:16 Earning a worldwide gross of just over $400 million against a $170 million budget, 2010's
06:23 Tron Legacy wasn't exactly a box office dud, but it hardly did the kind of numbers expected
06:27 of a Disney blockbuster.
06:29 An iffy reception might be the reason Tron 3 has encountered so much trouble getting
06:33 off the ground.
06:34 Notably, Tron Legacy director Joseph Kaczynski tried and failed to convince Disney that his
06:39 sequel, Tron Ascension, was worth making.
06:42 Either times have changed since then, or the studio has a hell of a film up its sleeve,
06:46 because the third Tron movie is finally moving forward.
06:49 Yoku Mourouning has been tapped to helm Tron Ares, which is intended to be a direct sequel
06:54 to Tron Legacy.
06:55 But Jared Leto, Cameron Monaghan, Evan Peters, and Jodie Turner-Smith have all signed on
07:00 to star.
07:01 Plot details are scarce, but the film will center on Leto's computer program on a journey
07:05 from the digital world to the human one.
07:08 Disney hasn't been forthcoming about the release date, either, but Tron Ares should arrive
07:12 sometime in 2025.
07:15 The Hunger Games' The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will probably come as something
07:18 of a surprise to anyone who saw The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2, since that movie
07:23 was supposed to be the final installment in Katniss Everdeen's adventures.
07:27 You can work out where this is going, can't you?
07:29 Yes, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a prequel, one based on the Suzanne Collins
07:34 novel of the same name.
07:36 Tom Blyth stars as dictator-to-be Coriolanus Snow, who 64 years prior to the events of
07:41 the original series, becomes a mentor to a young tribute in the tenth Hunger Games.
07:45 "As a mentor, Mr. Snow, your role is to turn these children into spectacles."
07:51 Franchise stalwart Frances Lawrence directs, with a cast featuring Rachel Zegler, Peter
07:56 Dinklage, Hunter Schaefer, Jason Schwartzman, and Viola Davis.
08:00 The first Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes trailer offers a few choice glimpses into this early
08:04 iteration of the games, alongside plenty of imagery that will be familiar to series fans.
08:09 The Hunger Games' The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is scheduled for release on November
08:13 17, 2023.
08:16 The last couple of Ghostbusters movies divided both fans and critics.
08:20 Paul Feig's 2016 reboot failed to break even at the box office, and attracted a startling
08:25 hate campaign from the worst people in the world.
08:28 Meanwhile, Jason Reitman's 2021 legacy sequel, Ghostbusters Afterlife, fared worse with critics
08:34 and made less of the box office.
08:36 Although, according to Forbes, it was just about rescued by its much lower budget.
08:40 Nobody would have blamed Sony for throwing in the towel after all that.
08:44 Nevertheless, the studio is set to make yet another attempt at reviving the glory of the
08:47 first two Ghostbusters movies.
08:50 Sony announced the sequel to Afterlife in April 2022, and we've since learned a number
08:54 of details about the production.
08:56 Paul Rudd and Cary Coon will reprise their roles alongside their younger co-stars.
09:01 They'll be joined by supporting cast, including Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, James Acaster,
09:06 and Emily Allen Lind.
09:08 Gil Keenan, best known for Monster House and 2015's Poltergeist remake, will direct.
09:14 Although filming began in the U.K. in March 2023, various reports have suggested that
09:18 Ghostbusters V will take place in New York, and revolve around the iconic firehouse from
09:22 the original movies.
09:24 And yes, in case you were wondering, the original Ghostbusters will likely turn up.
09:28 In an April 2023 interview with The Film Collective, Ernie Hudson seemed to confirm that himself,
09:33 Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, and Annie Potts might appear in some capacity.
09:38 But we don't know much more than that.
09:40 "Hey, flat-top!
09:43 Have you missed us?"
09:47 We'll find out soon enough, though, as Ghostbusters V lands in theaters on March 29, 2024.
09:53 In 2014, Jose Padilla and MGM teamed up to bring a Robocop remake to the big screen.
09:59 It did not go particularly well.
10:01 Despite a half-decent run at the box office, earning just over $240 million against a $100
10:07 million budget, Robocop flopped with critics and fans alike.
10:11 And today it holds a simultaneous 49% Tomatometer and Audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
10:16 In the aftermath, star Joel Kinnaman blamed a PG-13 rating and the subsequent dialing
10:20 back of the violent pizzazz of Paul Verhoeven's original for the remake's poor performance.
10:25 MGM's next attempt at a reboot, Robocop Returns, was frustrated by director Neil Blomkamp's
10:31 departure in 2019.
10:33 After that, everything was quiet.
10:35 Then in 2022, Amazon acquired MGM in an $8.5 billion deal.
10:41 The next year, it was reported that Amazon Studios had decided to embark on a full-blown
10:45 reboot spree, highlighting a number of MGM titles due for redevelopment in either film
10:50 or TV, including Robocop.
10:53 Amazon might develop both a Robocop film and TV series, with the former following the latter.
10:58 Everything else is up in the air right now, including cast, crew, and release date.
11:02 But with the studio steaming forward on its attempt to establish a small army of marketable
11:06 IPs, there can be little doubt that Robocop will return before long.
11:11 For better or worse.
11:13 "Never give up!
11:15 Never surrender!"
11:17 That's not just the motto of Tim Allen's character in the unspeakably funny 1999 sci-fi comedy
11:22 Galaxy Quest.
11:23 It's also a concise account of Paramount's attitude to producing a sequel.
11:28 Paramount's first attempt to revive Galaxy Quest came in the early 2010s.
11:32 The original movie's producer, Mark Johnson, and writer Robert Gordon came on board for
11:36 this sequel TV series, which was later sold to Amazon.
11:40 Due to Allen Rickman's tragic and sudden passing in 2016, however, the project was quickly
11:45 sidelined.
11:46 Sam Rockwell called Rickman's absence a "hard void to fill" during an appearance on the
11:50 Nerdist podcast that year.
11:52 Nevertheless, in April 2023, it was reported that Paramount TV Studios is actively attempting
11:58 to find a writer who can resurrect Galaxy Quest for a streaming series for Paramount
12:01 Plus.
12:03 The only name attached to the project so far is Johnson.
12:06 Obviously, there's a lot of pressure riding on a follow-up to a movie so beloved as Galaxy
12:10 Quest.
12:11 But the news that it's finally happening will no doubt come as a pleasant surprise to the
12:15 fans who never thought they'd see it at all.
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