Sequel Bits: ‘Spectre’, ‘Kong: Skull Island’, ‘Cloverfield 2’, ‘Wreck-It Ralph 2’, ‘Neighbors 2’, ‘Sex And The City 3’
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The good news forSex and the Cityfans is thatSarah Jessica ParkerandMichael Patrick Kingalready have an idea in mind forSex and the City 3. The bad news, it’s not coming together anytime soon.Said Parkeron the possibility of a thirdSex and the Citymovie:
There is no decision. It is a not-often-had conversation. I know well and Michael Patrick [King] knows well the story we might tell if we ever tell it, but the real truth, and I’m not being cagey, is we’ve not discussed a when.
[…] It’s such a hard question to answer because everybody reads and projects so much into what I say. There is a story. When and if we tell it remains unknown.
In short, forget the rumors —Sex and the City 3isn’t a thing yet.
Shooting is underway in Atlanta onNeighbors 2, reportedly subtitledSorority Rising, and a new batch of set photos have just hit the web.Chloë Grace MoretzandSelena Gomezjoin returning stars from the first film includingSeth Rogen,Zac Efron,Rose Byrne,Dave Franco, andLisa Kudrow.Click here to check them out.Nicholas StollerdirectsNeighbors 2, which is outMay 20, 2016.
Two more are settling in for the next game of Ouija.Henry Thomas(E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) and child actorLulu Wilson(Deliver Us From Evil)will starinOuija 2, along withAnnalise BassoandElizabeth Reaser.Mike Flanaganis directing from a screenplay he wrote withJeff Howard. Plot details are being kept under wraps.Ouija 2will openOctober 21, 2016.
On the next page, Drew Goddard talksCloverfield 2, Jack McBrayer talksWreck-It Ralph 2, Tom Hiddleston talksKong: Skull Island, and Daniel Craig and Christoph Waltz promoteSpectre.
Although there’s been a lot of speculation about the possibility of aCloverfield 2, so far we haven’t heard of any confirmed plans. Speaking withMTV, screenwriterDrew Goddardexplained the holdup:
I don’t know that that’s going to happen. We’d all like it to. I think [director]Matt[Reeves] and [producer]J.J.[Abrams] and I all feel like we don’t want to do it just to do it. You know? It’s more do we have an idea that we’re passionate about. Because not everything needs to be a franchise.
[…] The first one had such a, it never felt like we were making a movie, it felt like we were in our garage getting away with one. And I think we want to get back to that, and if we don’t then we’re just not going to.
[…] I think it’s important that we want it to feel special, whatever it is. We don’t just want to do the same old thing.
Besides, it’s not like any of these guys are hurting for work at the moment. Goddard wroteThe Martian, out in theaters next month, Reeves is in pre-production onWar of the Planet of the Apes, and we all know exactly what Abrams has been up to.
Talk of aWreck-It Ralphsequel has picked up over the past year, but if anything official has been said, no one’s informedJack McBrayer. The actor, who voiced Fix-It Felix, claimed to know nothing during a chat withScreen Rant. “You know, I honestly don’t know a great deal, which I’m not just saying to deflect, but if you hear anything, give me a call?”
For that matter, he doesn’t even know if Felix will be part of the story. “I don’t know, but how awkward would this be right now if he wasn’t?” he said. But shouldWreck-It Ralph 2decide it wants to bring back Fix-It Felix, McBrayer’s definitely in. “Daddy’s got bills to pay,” he laughed. “But also I love doing them.”
Kong: Skull Islandwill be based on established King Kong mythology, and as such, promises starTom Hiddleston, it’ll answer some lingering questions left over from earlier films. Such as this one posed byComing Soon: “Why would the islanders build this giant wall to keep King Kong in, but build a GIANT, KING KONG-SIZED DOOR for him to get out of?”
Hiddleston’s response:
There will be an answer to that question, yeah. Yes. [Director]Jordan Vogt-Robertshas a really interesting take on the whole thing, and it’s really new and original. It doffs its cap to the mythology but also takes it into a new place which I hope you will find exciting.
Kong: Skull Islandwill arriveMarch 10, 2017.
James Bond and his new nemesis fromSpectrecover this month’s issue ofEmpire Magazine. Take a look.
Am I the only one who thought for a second that they were holding hands?
SpectredirectorSam Mendesserves asEmpire’s guest editor for the month of November. His issue hits newsstandsSeptember 24in the U.K.SpectreopensOctober 26in the U.K. andNovember 6in the U.S.
