There have been reports of a sequel to this 1996 aliens-invade-the-world blockbuster going back years. Roland Emmerich even has a cutesy name for it: ID4-EVER. But will we actually see it? Amidst plenty of conflicting reports it’s still looking like a toss-up, although it would be great fun were it to happen.
Taking place two decades after the original alien invasion, this sequel could be a fun bit of speculative sci-fi about how the world would react in the aftermath of interstellar beings arriving to blow us all up. The original’s special effects still stand up today, but there’s no doubt that 2014-era CGI could help take everything to the next level.
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Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
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17 responses to “9 sci-fi movie blockbusters begging for sequels”
No they are not. The so called reboot of “Ghostbusters” has train-wreck written all over it.
There has never been, or ever will be, a movie “begging” for a sequel…. ever.
I’d say Terminator did okay. The problem isn’t that sequels exist, it’s that the reason for doing them is so often about an obvious cash-grab, with nowhere new to go.
“Bill Murray’s been the feet-dragging party in bringing a true Ghosbusters reunion to screen.” and don’t forget that pesky Harold Ramis….
District 9
Yes, naturally.
I had a great idea for Dan to do a sequel but he never got back to me. It did not have a all woman cast not saying one of them could be a woman.
ID4: I would say yes. There’s talks that Will Smith won’t be in it but Jeff Goldblum might.
Ghostbusters: Not so much. 1 was good but 2 went down poorly.
Unbreakable: Shaky. It was good on the mystery, but not sure it would rebound in a sequel.
Jumper: I saw it several times and liked it, but don’t think it’ll live up to a sequel.
Robocop: Shaky again. Graphics wise was pretty good. Storytelling somewhat.
Hellboy: I’d have to say hell no. Let him live his retirement. Neither one of his sequels had very good traction.
Mystery Men: While I haven’t seen the original, I think a remake more than a sequel.
Dredd: Kind of. They didn’t have much good traction. Present day everyday society in a future hellhole city. Very little originality or imagination. Every cop riding a motorcycle with machine guns could ride one today versus waiting 50 years. Every city also already has plenty of narcotics, live in overcrowded dwellings called apartments well beyond capacity, and traffic in your local town is horribly built.
Pixar’s Iron Giant: Sure. But let’s add more movies that we’d like Pixar sequels.
– Wall-E: What happened to the little bot, his girlfriend, and all the humans after the ship returned to Earth? Is society improved or gone back to the hell we’re destined for?
– UP: I haven’t seen the original but I’m sure many would like to see UP 2.
Why is this on cult of mac? How is it even remotely apple related?
Mac got used in making the movies? Who cares as long as reading this keeps me from doing the work I am actually paid to do.
Unbreakable: Great movie. Well done. The opening sequence is stunningly powerful. Under appreciated.
Definitely. I rewatch that movie every now and then and am always surprised by how well it pulls off the real world superhero angle.
Unbreakable and Jumper? Are you serious? Worst movies ever (after TF4 and IronMan3 the worst movie winners of all time)
What didn’t you like about Unbreakable?
There was a sequel to Ghostbusters. One of the worst movies ever.
And Harold Ramis is dead.
Jumper did get a sequel. it was called the Tomorrow People on the CW.
Did this article get rejected from your high school newspaper?