After the disappointing box office performance of the recent Superman flick released last June, I had some concerns that Warner Bros. May back out of their commitment to produce more sequels. It turn out that they will be able to turn a profit but it won’t be a big one. However, they are still confident that they will be able to generate a bigger profit if they were to make more sequels. Variety, a newspaper in Hollywood has confirmed that Warner Bros. And Bryan Singer has made a deal.Superman is coming back in 2009. It seems like a long wait but it’ll be here before you know it. They have to keep the budget under a couple hundred million dollars; the last one was too expensive. Still not official, but it was estimated at $270 million. Titanic cost Paramount and Fox $200 million to produce. Brandon Routh, the actor who portrayed Superman in the recent movie, it’s likely he’ll be back.
Since we’re talking about sequels, ‘Saw IV’ is coming next October. Why am I not surprised? If these movies continue to be big moneymakers, they will keep on producing a new Saw movie on an annual basis. These movies where people are getting tortured, I just don’t see why people enjoy that. They are not scary, just disgusting. ‘Hostel’ was one of the most disgusting movies I’ve ever seen in my entire life and I definitely don’t plan on seeing the sequel. Horror movies aren’t what they used to be.
Back to the subject, here’s to hoping they come up with a strong storyline for the upcoming ‘Superman’ sequel, which will be produced and released in the year of 2009. I will be the first to admit that I was somewhere disappointed with the recent Superman movie, but it wasn’t a piece of crap like some made it out to be. Yes, it was too long and the storyline was weak but I still enjoyed it on some levels. I imagine that the upcoming sequel will be better; after all he did make a big improvement with ‘X-Men 2’.
I hope they’ll select a great villain, I can understand why they picked Lex Luthor since he was the most recognizable villain to the public but we’ve seen too much of him in the movies. Which villain do you hope to see make an appearance in the upcoming sequel?
it would be nice if they find a way to get Zod come back and play on next movie.
ReplyDeleteKneel before Zod!!!
I rather enjoyed the last movie. I didn't really care for the "save the world" story with Lex, and I am not looking forward to SuperKid. But, to me, it was about Superman's return to Earth and to Lois. I loved the movie because of the bond between the two of them. Oh, and for the kick arse airplane scene.
ReplyDeleteBad guys...hmmm. I would love to see Doomsday. I loved the Death of Superman series.
I agree, "Save the World" storyline is an overused cliché. Yes, I'm not looking forward to any subplots involving the child but as far I am concerned, it's unavoidable now that he've been introduced and it wouldn't make any sense if he doesn't appear in the upcoming sequel because he's the son of Lois... and Superman.
ReplyDeleteI'll like to see how they'll write the story around that because people would be asking where the kid went.
Just like that girl... Judy or something... on Family Matters (TV show) who went upstairs to her bedroom and never came back down.