[Music]
some sequels just weren’t meant to be
wait a minute I thought all you did was
kill innocent people innocent is that
supposed to be funny
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
cancelled movie sequels for this list
we’re taking a look at movie follow-ups
that were supposed to go into production
but ultimately never saw the light of
day can’t afford to take the risk
number 10 the Mortal Instruments city of
ashes you can hang your head out the
window if you need to I’m a werewolf not
the golden machine many young adult
novels have translated into big bucks on
the big screen for every Hunger Games
though there’s a dud like The Mortal
Instruments the werewolves are here to
save us
never thought I’d say that that’s not to
say Cassandra Clare’s best-selling
series didn’t have the potential to
inspire an epic film franchise but
Constantin films adaptation of City of
Bones was dead on arrival Jace Wayland
demon hunter uh Simon Lewis keymaster
are you the gatekeeper I’ve no idea what
you’re talking about
before the film hit theaters the studio
had already announced that the follow up
city of ashes would come out one year
later Sigourney Weaver was even on board
to star well somebody’s gonna have to go
out there after City of Bones failed to
connect with audiences however the
sequel was postponed indefinitely
nevertheless the franchise found a
second life on television with the
fantasy series Shadowhunters premiering
in 2016
alright guys some reason our demon
friends are killing mundanes draining
their blood why they want what it’s not
vampire territory number 9 Green Lantern
– just cuz a movie has a mid-credits
scene doesn’t automatically guarantee a
sequel the long-awaited Green Lantern
feature film was not only expected to be
the first in a trilogy but also a
launching point for DC Cinematic
Universe those plans were dashed however
when the film bombed at the box office
and received dismal reviews I’m sorry
about that
following the disappointment of Green
Lantern Warner Brothers decided to
greenlight Man of Steel which officially
kicked off the DC extended universe
a Green Lantern Corps movie has since
been announced although we won’t see
that film until at least 2020 meanwhile
Ryan Reynolds has moved on with another
super hero please don’t make the
supersuit green or animated number eight
Dredd – you got five thanks for the
heads up unlike some of the other films
on this list 2012’s Dredd was truly
worthy of a follow up despite receiving
a positive response from critics and
eventually spawning a cult following the
film just didn’t fill seats at the
theaters defense noted maybe this was
due to poor marketing or maybe that
Sylvester Stallone movie forever
alienated audiences in any case Dredd
was a box-office letdown and diminished
any hope for a planned sequel had the
film inspired a trilogy screenwriter
Alex garland expressed interest in
tackling the origins and democracy story
arcs while fans are keeping their
fingers crossed for a TV continuation
another theatrical movie isn’t coming
anytime soon your show rookie you tell
me number 7 who discovered Roger Rabbit
what happened
Who Framed Roger Rabbit was one of the
biggest hits of 1988
so obviously Disney was eager to make a
follow-up wish come my Mexican what are
you doing
singing and dancing at one point there
were plans for a prequel entitled Roger
Rabbit the toon platoon this origin
story would have taken place in 1941 as
Roger sets out to rescue Jessica from
nazi-occupied Europe okay nobody move
all right we go
Guymon at the judge Evan later retitled
who discovered Roger Rabbit the Nazi
subplot was dropped and the focus
shifted to Rogers rise to fame for the
lid
shortly after shooting test footage
though the project was deemed too
expensive and was cancelled Roger Rabbit
creator Gary K wolf is still interested
in pursuing a sequel but it’s probably
safe to say that’s all folks
[Music]
number 6 Fantastic Four – it’s who we
are now maybe it’s who were meant to be
after the previous fantastic four movies
failed to deliver 20th Century Fox aimed
to rewrite the sins of the past with the
confusingly titled Fant for stick the
studio had so much confidence in this
reboot that they scheduled the sequel
for a 2017 release alas they totally
jumped the gun so this is where you’ve
been hiding now wait stop let me explain
in addition to taking home a Razzie for
worst picture this reboot was the second
biggest financial flop of 2015 as a
result nobody was surprised when Fox
removed the proposed sequel from their
release schedule it’s clobberin time
maybe Marvel Studios will finally do
this franchise justice if they ever
claim the film rights until then we
implore Fox to leave the first family of
comics alone oh yeah this one is
definitely going on Instagram number
five Gump & Co hello my name’s Forrest
Forrest Gump
in 1986 Winston groom published a little
novel entitled Forrest Gump his book
would inspire the 1994 film of the same
name which went on to become a
box-office sensation and a Best Picture
winner at the height of the film success
room decided to continue forests
adventures in another novel Gump & Co in
2001 screenwriter Eric Roth completed a
script based on grooms sequel this
follow-up would have worked in a ton of
self-referential humor with Forrest
actually needing Tom Hanks you have a
dream how are you gonna be well I’m
going to be oh yeah I’m going to beat me
after the 9/11 terrorist attacks though
the sequel suddenly lost relevance and
was scrapped stupid is as stupid does
sir
paramount briefly revisited the script
in 2007 but nothing ever came of this
still we wouldn’t mind seeing Forrest
Gump – Gump
harder mr. president I’m Forrest Gump
owner a Bubba Gump shrimp shrimp I love
shrimp number four the amazing
spider-man 3 y’all want to come down
there and kill me yes in order to keep
the film rights to spider-man Sony had
to make another movie ASAP when
Spiderman 4 failed to get off the ground
it was decided to reboot the franchise
altogether although the amazing
spider-man performed fairly well it’s
2014 sequel ultimately fell short of
expectations Robin in ok at least 2 more
amazing spider-man sequels were lined up
but audiences just weren’t fighting
thus Sony abandoned their plans for a
cinematic universe and finally struck a
deal with Marvel Studios Tom Holland
made his MCU debut as Spidey and Captain
America Civil War providing a fresh
start for the character
hey I’m Peter Tony what are you what are
you doing now that Peter Parker is in
Marvel’s hands it’s only fitting that
his next film will be titled spider-man
homecoming hey everyone good job
number three Ghostbusters three
Ghostbusters three could simply never
escape development hell although this
wasn’t due to a lack of trying
– hopefully over the course of nearly 25
years numerous potential ideas were
thrown around one premise involved the
Ghostbusters venturing to hell while
another would have focused on Peter
Venkman becoming a ghost Dan Aykroyd was
hell-bent on getting the gang back
together but Bill Murray was always a
holdout sorry this isn’t your lucky day
Harold Ramis his death in 2014 was the
final nail in the coffin causing Aykroyd
to finally give up on the sequel great
man facing Ghostbusters doesn’t exist
while Ghostbusters 3 might have been a
lost cause we did get a female-driven
reboot in 2016
whether or not it delivered is up to you
to decide let’s go let’s go oh did you
want it Ari I’ll let you la DX I’m
number two the girl who played with fire
leading up to the release of The Girl
with the Dragon Tattoo director David
Fincher announced his aspirations to
film the next two chapters back-to-back
halogen or
and it did a second that the girl who
played with fire was set to come out in
2013 but production was delayed due to
script issues Sony eventually decided to
reboot the franchise by adapting the
girl in the spider’s web which takes
place after the original Millennium
Trilogy Mad King Alicia vikander is
reportedly in contention to play Lisbeth
Salander
although Rooney Mara could still reprise
her oscar-nominated role lie still I’ve
never done
and there will be below the girl who
played with fire and the Girl Who Kicked
the hornets nest may never get the
Hollywood treatment but you can always
check out the Swedish film adaptations
American dude is Farah before
neigh-neigh Medora
yes horrible flu again before we get to
our top pick here are some honorable
mentions I want a car
chicks dig the car this is why Superman
works alone
you wrote that the world doesn’t need a
Savior
but every day I hear people crying for
wasn’t an old wise man who once said one
pot brave three pots fool Brahm would be
proud of you number one the golden
compass the subtle knife is that new
line cinema was really banking on the
Golden Compass to be the next Lord of
the Rings or at least the next Narnia
well who else is gonna do it
besides brainless kavanah fans of Philip
Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy
were generally displeased with this
multimillion-dollar adaptation however
complaining that the film removed the
religious themes that made the source
material so fascinating if you do that I
can never be your demon my demon when
the film disappointed at the North
American box office it just didn’t make
financial sense to produce the planned
annotations of the subtle knife and the
amber spyglass maybe we shouldn’t be
doing this
although the Golden Compass failed to
get a sequel Pullman’s novels are still
overflowing with potential so let’s hope
the BBC moves forward with their
television reboot of the franchise I
will serve you in your campaign until I
am dead or you have a victor
do you agree with our list what other
movie sequels never got made nothing
wrong with a man taking pleasure in his
work I won’t deny my own personal desire
to turn each sin against the sinner for
more entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com whose balls did I have to
fondle to get my very own movie I can’t
tell you but it does rhyme with povery
[Music]
some sequels just weren’t meant to be
wait a minute I thought all you did was
kill innocent people innocent is that
supposed to be funny
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
cancelled movie sequels for this list
we’re taking a look at movie follow-ups
that were supposed to go into production
but ultimately never saw the light of
day can’t afford to take the risk
number 10 the Mortal Instruments city of
ashes you can hang your head out the
window if you need to I’m a werewolf not
the golden machine many young adult
novels have translated into big bucks on
the big screen for every Hunger Games
though there’s a dud like The Mortal
Instruments the werewolves are here to
save us
never thought I’d say that that’s not to
say Cassandra Clare’s best-selling
series didn’t have the potential to
inspire an epic film franchise but
Constantin films adaptation of City of
Bones was dead on arrival Jace Wayland
demon hunter uh Simon Lewis keymaster
are you the gatekeeper I’ve no idea what
you’re talking about
before the film hit theaters the studio
had already announced that the follow up
city of ashes would come out one year
later Sigourney Weaver was even on board
to star well somebody’s gonna have to go
out there after City of Bones failed to
connect with audiences however the
sequel was postponed indefinitely
nevertheless the franchise found a
second life on television with the
fantasy series Shadowhunters premiering
in 2016
alright guys some reason our demon
friends are killing mundanes draining
their blood why they want what it’s not
vampire territory number 9 Green Lantern
– just cuz a movie has a mid-credits
scene doesn’t automatically guarantee a
sequel the long-awaited Green Lantern
feature film was not only expected to be
the first in a trilogy but also a
launching point for DC Cinematic
Universe those plans were dashed however
when the film bombed at the box office
and received dismal reviews I’m sorry
about that
following the disappointment of Green
Lantern Warner Brothers decided to
greenlight Man of Steel which officially
kicked off the DC extended universe
a Green Lantern Corps movie has since
been announced although we won’t see
that film until at least 2020 meanwhile
Ryan Reynolds has moved on with another
super hero please don’t make the
supersuit green or animated number eight
Dredd – you got five thanks for the
heads up unlike some of the other films
on this list 2012’s Dredd was truly
worthy of a follow up despite receiving
a positive response from critics and
eventually spawning a cult following the
film just didn’t fill seats at the
theaters defense noted maybe this was
due to poor marketing or maybe that
Sylvester Stallone movie forever
alienated audiences in any case Dredd
was a box-office letdown and diminished
any hope for a planned sequel had the
film inspired a trilogy screenwriter
Alex garland expressed interest in
tackling the origins and democracy story
arcs while fans are keeping their
fingers crossed for a TV continuation
another theatrical movie isn’t coming
anytime soon your show rookie you tell
me number 7 who discovered Roger Rabbit
what happened
Who Framed Roger Rabbit was one of the
biggest hits of 1988
so obviously Disney was eager to make a
follow-up wish come my Mexican what are
you doing
singing and dancing at one point there
were plans for a prequel entitled Roger
Rabbit the toon platoon this origin
story would have taken place in 1941 as
Roger sets out to rescue Jessica from
nazi-occupied Europe okay nobody move
all right we go
Guymon at the judge Evan later retitled
who discovered Roger Rabbit the Nazi
subplot was dropped and the focus
shifted to Rogers rise to fame for the
lid
shortly after shooting test footage
though the project was deemed too
expensive and was cancelled Roger Rabbit
creator Gary K wolf is still interested
in pursuing a sequel but it’s probably
safe to say that’s all folks
[Music]
number 6 Fantastic Four – it’s who we
are now maybe it’s who were meant to be
after the previous fantastic four movies
failed to deliver 20th Century Fox aimed
to rewrite the sins of the past with the
confusingly titled Fant for stick the
studio had so much confidence in this
reboot that they scheduled the sequel
for a 2017 release alas they totally
jumped the gun so this is where you’ve
been hiding now wait stop let me explain
in addition to taking home a Razzie for
worst picture this reboot was the second
biggest financial flop of 2015 as a
result nobody was surprised when Fox
removed the proposed sequel from their
release schedule it’s clobberin time
maybe Marvel Studios will finally do
this franchise justice if they ever
claim the film rights until then we
implore Fox to leave the first family of
comics alone oh yeah this one is
definitely going on Instagram number
five Gump & Co hello my name’s Forrest
Forrest Gump
in 1986 Winston groom published a little
novel entitled Forrest Gump his book
would inspire the 1994 film of the same
name which went on to become a
box-office sensation and a Best Picture
winner at the height of the film success
room decided to continue forests
adventures in another novel Gump & Co in
2001 screenwriter Eric Roth completed a
script based on grooms sequel this
follow-up would have worked in a ton of
self-referential humor with Forrest
actually needing Tom Hanks you have a
dream how are you gonna be well I’m
going to be oh yeah I’m going to beat me
after the 9/11 terrorist attacks though
the sequel suddenly lost relevance and
was scrapped stupid is as stupid does
sir
paramount briefly revisited the script
in 2007 but nothing ever came of this
still we wouldn’t mind seeing Forrest
Gump – Gump
harder mr. president I’m Forrest Gump
owner a Bubba Gump shrimp shrimp I love
shrimp number four the amazing
spider-man 3 y’all want to come down
there and kill me yes in order to keep
the film rights to spider-man Sony had
to make another movie ASAP when
Spiderman 4 failed to get off the ground
it was decided to reboot the franchise
altogether although the amazing
spider-man performed fairly well it’s
2014 sequel ultimately fell short of
expectations Robin in ok at least 2 more
amazing spider-man sequels were lined up
but audiences just weren’t fighting
thus Sony abandoned their plans for a
cinematic universe and finally struck a
deal with Marvel Studios Tom Holland
made his MCU debut as Spidey and Captain
America Civil War providing a fresh
start for the character
hey I’m Peter Tony what are you what are
you doing now that Peter Parker is in
Marvel’s hands it’s only fitting that
his next film will be titled spider-man
homecoming hey everyone good job
number three Ghostbusters three
Ghostbusters three could simply never
escape development hell although this
wasn’t due to a lack of trying
– hopefully over the course of nearly 25
years numerous potential ideas were
thrown around one premise involved the
Ghostbusters venturing to hell while
another would have focused on Peter
Venkman becoming a ghost Dan Aykroyd was
hell-bent on getting the gang back
together but Bill Murray was always a
holdout sorry this isn’t your lucky day
Harold Ramis his death in 2014 was the
final nail in the coffin causing Aykroyd
to finally give up on the sequel great
man facing Ghostbusters doesn’t exist
while Ghostbusters 3 might have been a
lost cause we did get a female-driven
reboot in 2016
whether or not it delivered is up to you
to decide let’s go let’s go oh did you
want it Ari I’ll let you la DX I’m
number two the girl who played with fire
leading up to the release of The Girl
with the Dragon Tattoo director David
Fincher announced his aspirations to
film the next two chapters back-to-back
halogen or
and it did a second that the girl who
played with fire was set to come out in
2013 but production was delayed due to
script issues Sony eventually decided to
reboot the franchise by adapting the
girl in the spider’s web which takes
place after the original Millennium
Trilogy Mad King Alicia vikander is
reportedly in contention to play Lisbeth
Salander
although Rooney Mara could still reprise
her oscar-nominated role lie still I’ve
never done
and there will be below the girl who
played with fire and the Girl Who Kicked
the hornets nest may never get the
Hollywood treatment but you can always
check out the Swedish film adaptations
American dude is Farah before
neigh-neigh Medora
yes horrible flu again before we get to
our top pick here are some honorable
mentions I want a car
chicks dig the car this is why Superman
works alone
you wrote that the world doesn’t need a
Savior
but every day I hear people crying for
wasn’t an old wise man who once said one
pot brave three pots fool Brahm would be
proud of you number one the golden
compass the subtle knife is that new
line cinema was really banking on the
Golden Compass to be the next Lord of
the Rings or at least the next Narnia
well who else is gonna do it
besides brainless kavanah fans of Philip
Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy
were generally displeased with this
multimillion-dollar adaptation however
complaining that the film removed the
religious themes that made the source
material so fascinating if you do that I
can never be your demon my demon when
the film disappointed at the North
American box office it just didn’t make
financial sense to produce the planned
annotations of the subtle knife and the
amber spyglass maybe we shouldn’t be
doing this
although the Golden Compass failed to
get a sequel Pullman’s novels are still
overflowing with potential so let’s hope
the BBC moves forward with their
television reboot of the franchise I
will serve you in your campaign until I
am dead or you have a victor
do you agree with our list what other
movie sequels never got made nothing
wrong with a man taking pleasure in his
work I won’t deny my own personal desire
to turn each sin against the sinner for
more entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com whose balls did I have to
fondle to get my very own movie I can’t
tell you but it does rhyme with povery
[Music]
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