Sequel Bits: ‘Inferno,’ ‘Deadpool 2,’ ‘Star Trek Beyond,’ ‘Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 3,’ & More
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In this edition of Sequel Bits:
Ron Howard is serving up another Professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) adventure later this year. We saw anew trailerfor the sequel the other day, which made it look considerably more enjoyable thanThe Da Vinci CodeandAngels & Demons. Howard’s trilogy doesn’t follow the timeline of Dan Brown’s series;Infernois based on the fourth book, not the third.CinemaBlendasked theIn the Heart of the Seadirector why they adaptedInfernoinstead ofThe Lost Symbol:
Cinematically, when Lost Symbol came out, I think our feeling, my feeling was that it’s a terrific, another terrific novel. It’s great material, but it felt like, coming close on the heels ofAngels and DemonsandDa Vinci Code, that thematically and tonally, it might feel a little bit too much like the other books, at that particular moment. [Inferno] immediately felt like a cinematic next step, and that excited us. Lost Symbol is outstanding and you know, someday, something important has to be done with it.
Howard and all involved, including screenwriterDavid Koepp(Premium Rush), attempted to makeThe Lost Symbol, but they could never crack the script.
Speaking of scripts,Rhett ReeseandPaul Wernickmay soon be done with the first draft ofDeadpool 2. ProducerSimon KinbergtoldColliderhe expects to read it “very soon,” and that theTim Miller-directed sequel is hopeful for an early 2017 start date:
The guys, [original screenwriters Paul] Wernick and Rhett [Reese], are working on the script, and we hope to have the script very soon. We hope to shoot the movie some time at the beginning of next year.
Do you want to try to spoilStar Trek Beyondfor yourself, a month before it comes out? Then knock yourself out by reading too much into score’s title tracks.TrekMovie.comnoticed thatMichael Giacchino’s score is now available topre-orderon Amazon, and a few of its track titles hint at some story beats. There’s also some new TV spots for directorJustin Lin’s sequel (ViaSuperHeroHype), as you can see above.
Another film opening in theaters next month isPaul Feig’sGhostbustersreboot. Celebrating the movie’s release is the Japanese burger chain J.S. Burgers Cafe. They’ve released their new menu featuring meals inspired by the series. Their smoothies (above, viaMashable) look like they were made using Slimer.
It was a good weekend forBlake Lively.Jaume Collet-Serra’sThe Shallowssurpassed expectations, faring well with critics and at the box office. The film is some fun, straight-faced silliness, but we’re not talking a potential sequel toThe Shallows; we’re talking aboutThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 3. Would Blake Lively be up to closing out a trilogy? Not only is she interested, she toldEWthere’s a major possibility of a third film:
There’s a strong chance there might be a third. The four of us are still best friends. To be able to create something together again has always been a dream of ours. But it would have to be something that really made sense. If you wait this long to do a third movie, it needs to honor the story and the legacy.
Taking a complete 180-turn fromThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, more adventures inThe Raiduniverse are in the works.The Hollywood Reportersays Titan Comics, XYZ Films, and directorGareth Edwardsare collaborating on comics based on characters seen in his two action films,The Raid: RedemptionandThe Raid 2. We may see the third film in 2018, but later this year, we should all be able to check outThe Raidcomic book.
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Dwayne Johnson’s social media game is on point. TheCentral Intelligenceactor, hopefully, will have a bigger role inF. Gary Gray’sFast 8compared to his work as fan favorite Luke Hobbs inFurious 7. The sequel was scheduled to film in Iceland, and it looks like it may be shooting there now, because, as Johnson wrote on hisInstagram, “the iceman cometh.”
