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Disney Announces Surprise Moana Sequel

It's coming to theaters November 27

(Newser) - A sequel to Disney's beloved Moana will hit theaters around Thanksgiving this year. Disney made the surprise Moana 2 announcement Wednesday during an earnings call, Variety reports. CEO Bob Iger says Disney was initially working on a TV series that would follow the 2016 film, but "we were...

Crew Hurt as Gladiator II Set Is 'Plunged Into Chaos'

6 receive treatment for non-life-threatening injuries on sequel set in Morocco

(Newser) - Paramount Pictures says that multiple crew members were injured Wednesday in Morocco on the set of the Gladiator sequel, after a stunt went awry. "While filming a planned stunt sequence ... an accident occurred during which several crew members experienced non-life-threatening injuries," a spokesperson for the studio says in...

How the Grinch Got a Sequel
How the Grinch Got a Sequel
Feb 23, 2023 10:54 AM CST

How the Grinch Got a Sequel

This time, he's lost Christmas

(Newser) - Dr. Seuss fans might find their hearts growing three sizes this coming holiday season with the release of a sequel to the 1957 classic children's book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The new book picks up one year after the original, and like the first, it teaches a valuable...

John Stamos' Poignant Take on Pal Saget

'There was a tsunami of love for him, but he didn't see it'

(Newser) - Big Shot kicked off its second season on Wednesday, and star John Stamos has been making the rounds to talk about the Disney+ show, what it's like working with today's young actors, and life at home with his wife and 4-year-old son. In an interview published Wednesday with...

Here's What Critics Are Saying About Jurassic World Dominion

Reviewers not feeling it for conclusion of 'Jurassic World' trilogy

(Newser) - Audiences are loving Jurassic World Dominion, handing it an 80% score on Rotten Tomatoes . Critics not so much. Director and co-writer Colin Trevorrow's conclusion of the modern trilogy about humans and dinosaurs inhabiting the same planet—reuniting Jurassic Park stars Laura Dern, Sam Neill, and Jeff Goldblum for the...

Top Gun Sequel, Cruise Blow Away Cannes

Star unexpectedly receives Palme d'Or, movie fest's most esteemed prize, for 'Top Gun: Maverick'

(Newser) - Early buzz on the Top Gun sequel has been astoundingly good , and that only continued this week at the Cannes Film Festival, where the movie received a five-minute standing ovation, and star Tom Cruise was handed a surprise Palme d'Or, the festival's most esteemed prize. Deadline reports that...

40 Years Later, the Sequel We've All Waited For

Rob Reiner to direct follow-up to 1984's 'Spinal Tap,' with Shearer, Guest, McKean all on board

(Newser) - Get ready to turn it up to 11 , because there's a Spinal Tap sequel in the works. Rob Reiner will once more take the director's seat in the follow-up to his 1984 mockumentary, This Is Spinal Tap, with Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest all set to...

Finally, After Years of Delays, a Peek Into Avatar Sequel
Footage for 
Avatar Sequel
Is Out, With
One Big Tease
MOVIE TRAILER
May 10, 2022 8:14 AM CDT

Footage for Avatar Sequel Is Out, With One Big Tease

Could it be that one of Jake and Neytiri's kids are human?

(Newser) - It's been 13 years in the making, but Avatar fans finally can see a sequel on the horizon. Variety reports that 20th Century Studios is offering a sneak peek of James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water via a new trailer that tracks down Jake Sully, Neytiri, and...

10 Best Movie Sequels Ever
This Is the Best
Movie Sequel Ever
May 1, 2022 10:32 AM CDT

This Is the Best Movie Sequel Ever

'Vulture' ranks them all, with 'Mad Max: Fury Road' landing on top

(Newser) - Vulture is out with a "best movies" list that has an interesting twist for movie buffs. It's a list of the 101 best sequels of all time. Yes, sequels have a bad reputation these days as unimaginative offerings designed solely to rake in cash for a franchise....

Mel Gibson Is Planning to Bring Back Lethal Weapon

He says late director Richard Donner wanted him to continue series

(Newser) - Mel Gibson says he's working on bringing back Lethal Weapon—34 years after the first movie and 23 years after the most recent film in the franchise. The Sun reports that Gibson, 65, said at an event in London over the weekend that Richard Donner, who directed all four...

Dune Sequel Gets Green Light
Dune Sequel Gets Green Light
Oct 26, 2021 6:06 PM CDT

Dune Sequel Gets Green Light

2023 release will be all-theatrical, Warner Bros says

(Newser) - A sequel Denis Villeneuve's Dune has been confirmed just days after the sci-fi epic hit the big screen. Dune had healthy box office numbers over the weekend despite a hybrid release, and Warner Bros announced Tuesday that the sequel will have an all-theatrical release, reports Deadline . The studio and...

Mel Brooks Reviving a Classic
Mel Brooks Reviving a Classic
Oct 19, 2021 10:35 AM CDT

Mel Brooks Reviving a Classic

He'll create an 8-part series for Hulu called 'History of the World, Part II'

(Newser) - The sequel is coming, and it only took 40 years. Mel Brooks, now 95, has signed a deal with Hulu to create an eight-part series called History of the World, Part II, reports Variety . It is pitched as a sequel of sorts to his classic movie History of the World,...

Apparently We Never Found Out Who's the Boss?

Because the show is coming back 30 years later

(Newser) - Original stars Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano have signed on for a sequel series of Who's the Boss?, one of several hit shows to see a reboot in recent years. Danza and Milano starred as Tony and Samantha Micelli, a father-daughter duo that defied traditional gender roles and stereotypes,...

New Zealand Makes an Exception for James Cameron

Director and crew given entry to nearly virus-free nation to shoot 'Avatar' sequels

(Newser) - No outsiders are generally allowed inside New Zealand these days as the nation continues its three-month-old travel ban to keep COVID-19 in check . If you're James Cameron, however, there's a little wiggle room. Bloomberg reports that the director and a 30-person crew have been bestowed with an exemption...

Crazy Rich Asians Screenwriter Wanted Pay Equity, Didn't Get It

So Adele Lim dropped out of the sequel

(Newser) - Crazy Rich Asians will have a sequel—but co-screenwriter Adele Lim won't be involved. The veteran TV writer, whose first feature film was Crazy Rich Asians, is exiting the sequel because co-screenwriter Peter Chiarelli was to be paid more. The Hollywood Reporter notes that Chiarelli, an "experienced feature...

Keanu Reeves to Return for Matrix 4
Studio Confirms Matrix 4
Aug 21, 2019 4:50 AM CDT

Studio Confirms Matrix 4

Keanu Reeves will return as Neo

(Newser) - If you have déjà vu after hearing about another sequel to The Matrix, it's not a glitch—Warner Bros. has confirmed that a fourth installment is being produced, 20 years after the original sci-fi hit and 16 years after the first and second sequels. Lana Wachowski, who wrote,...

27 Years Later, the World Is Getting More Bill and Ted

'Bill and Ted Face the Music' is official

(Newser) - It's official: Bill and Ted are getting a third movie. The sequel to 1989's Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and 1991's Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, which has long been in the works , was announced Tuesday at the Cannes Film Festival, the AP reports. The...

5 Best, Worst Movie Sequels Ever
5 Best, Worst
Movie Sequels Ever
Oct 15, 2017 2:05 PM CDT

5 Best, Worst Movie Sequels Ever

'Godfather: Part II' is among the elite, but so is one of the 'Toy Story' sequels

(Newser) - Quick, name the best movie sequel of all time. The debate may be endless, but 24/7 Wall St . has come up with its own metric to figure out the best and worst Hollywood follow-ups. Among the considered factors are the domestic box-office haul and the average critics' ranking. Here are...

Tom Cruise Confirms Top Gun Sequel
Tom Cruise Confirms Top Gun 2
May 24, 2017 2:06 AM CDT

Tom Cruise Confirms Top Gun 2

Maverick will be back

(Newser) - Tom Cruise has confirmed he'll be in Top Gun 2, and while there aren't many 54-year-old Navy fighter pilots in the real world, Maverick is unlikely to spend the film on desk duty. Cruise told Aussie interviewers Tuesday he'll be appearing in a sequel to 1986's...

Kim Basinger Lands Hot Role in Fifty Shades Sequel

She'll play Christian Grey's ex-lover

(Newser) - Production is set to start this spring on Fifty Shades Darker, the much-anticipated sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey, and the first new cast member has been announced. Kim Basinger is on board, and the role promises to be a steamy one: that of Elena Lincoln, Christian Grey's business...

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