# Movies that ended with an obvious sequel setup that never panned out **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 26, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-ended-with-an-obvious-sequel-setup-that-never-panned-out/497647 "2009-05-26T03:36:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-ended-with-an-obvious-sequel-setup-that-never-panned-out/497647/61 "2009-05-26T17:26:41Z")
Wasn’t there a Ralph Bakshi animated _Lord of the Rings_ in the late '70s? They divided the trilogy in half and then Part Two was never made. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-ended-with-an-obvious-sequel-setup-that-never-panned-out/497647/62 "2009-05-26T17:51:44Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I think they went too “LOTR” with Narnia, and I liked LOTR a lot. But the essential feeling of Narnia was gone. I’m not sure exactly what bothered me about it, but it was there. > > But oh! how I wanted to see Dawn Treader. Dawn Treader is still on it’s way, just not through Anderson &Disney: [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0980970/news#ni0697799](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0980970/news#ni0697799) **Munch** - they made a Neverending Story III, and a TV series also. _Passage to Marseille_ is a vague sort of sequel to Casablanca- it was a (failed) attempt to capture the magic of that famous film with much of the same cast and a similar setting. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-ended-with-an-obvious-sequel-setup-that-never-panned-out/497647/63 "2009-05-26T19:32:09Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I never liked Prince Caspian (the book). I thought it was way too dark and boring. I loved Dawn Treader. They really, really should have skipped over _PC_ and made Dawn Treader first. The problem with that idea is that you have to explain Susan and Peter’s absence. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-ended-with-an-obvious-sequel-setup-that-never-panned-out/497647/64 "2009-05-26T20:34:10Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > Pokémon; The First Movie Is that a woosh? They’ve made nearly as many sequels to that as they have to Bond movies. > [@bienville](#): > > How about unrealized _prequels_? > > I’m still waiting for _Leonard_ Parts 1 through 5. Or Malcolm I through IX, for that matter! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-ended-with-an-obvious-sequel-setup-that-never-panned-out/497647/65 "2009-05-26T20:42:46Z")
> [@The New and Improved Superman](#): > > Has there been any word about “the Chronicles of Narnia” series? The last I read, Walt Disney had pulled out of financing the third installment “Dawn Treader” since “Prince Caspian” didn’t make that much money apparently. I’ve read some other studios might continue the series though. Does anybody know about this, or is this another discontinued movie series? That’d be too bad IMO, since the first two were actually decent flicks AND true to the original source material. Dawn Treader is being made, but for about half the budget. I think Fox picked up where Disney left off. The Chronicles of Riddick is clearly the first part of a trilogy. He sits down in the throne, is told that “we keep what we kill”, and becomes leader of the army. Vin Diesel always says they are going to make it, but they still haven’t. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-ended-with-an-obvious-sequel-setup-that-never-panned-out/497647/66 "2009-05-26T21:01:24Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Wasn’t there a Ralph Bakshi animated _Lord of the Rings_ in the late '70s? They divided the trilogy in half and then Part Two was never made. :: pumps shotgun :: No. No, there wasn’t. _No such movie was ever made_. Please send anyone who claims the contrary to my office. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-ended-with-an-obvious-sequel-setup-that-never-panned-out/497647/67 "2009-05-26T21:10:58Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Wasn’t there a Ralph Bakshi animated _Lord of the Rings_ in the late '70s? They divided the trilogy in half and then Part Two was never made. "Where there’s a whip (crack) there’s a way … " > **[The Return of the King (1980 film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_the_King_(1980_film))** > > The Return of the King (also known as The Return of the King: A Story of the Hobbits) is a 1980 animated musical fantasy television film. It is a sequel to The Hobbit (1977). The film is an adaptation of The Return of the King, the third and final volume of the 1955 novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. The first two parts of Tolkien's story, The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, are not covered in this release and are only briefly summarized at the beginning of the movie. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-ended-with-an-obvious-sequel-setup-that-never-panned-out/497647/68 "2009-05-26T22:10:21Z")
How about Boondock saints, whatever happened to the sequel here? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-ended-with-an-obvious-sequel-setup-that-never-panned-out/497647/69 "2009-05-26T22:11:39Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > "Where there’s a whip (crack) there’s a way … " > > [The Return of the King (1980 film) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_the_King_(1980_film)) > > 😃 At least that one had good songs! ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-ended-with-an-obvious-sequel-setup-that-never-panned-out/497647/70 "2009-05-26T22:20:08Z")
Last years very entertaining _Rockanrolla_ ended with the promise of a sequel that got canceled because the movie didn’t do well. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-ended-with-an-obvious-sequel-setup-that-never-panned-out/497647/71 "2009-05-26T23:06:04Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > …The Chronicles of Riddick is clearly the first part of a trilogy. He sits down in the throne, is told that “we keep what we kill”, and becomes leader of the army… 2nd part. **Pitch Black** was retroactively made the first part of a planned trilogy. **Stargate** was meant to be part of a trilogy, but the production company decided to make it into a TV series instead (without Roland Emmerich). His outlines for the sequels were later made into novels. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-ended-with-an-obvious-sequel-setup-that-never-panned-out/497647/72 "2009-05-26T23:17:51Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > 2nd part. **Pitch Black** was retroactively made the first part of a planned trilogy. No, Pitch Black was basically the prequel to the “Chronicles of Riddick” trilogy that dealt with the underverse. However, they did slap “Chronicles of Riddick” onto the Pitch Black DVD title. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-ended-with-an-obvious-sequel-setup-that-never-panned-out/497647/73 "2009-05-27T02:48:20Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Is that a woosh? They’ve made nearly as many sequels to that as they have to Bond movies. Yeah, but did they have that hot chick in fur and leather? Really, because that would be enough to get me to watch them. And if they brought back the original Pink Ranger. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-ended-with-an-obvious-sequel-setup-that-never-panned-out/497647/74 "2009-05-27T04:19:22Z")
> [@Kotick](#): > > How about Boondock saints, whatever happened to the sequel here? It’s in post production and is due to be released this year. Youtube channel here: > **[realboondocksaints](https://www.youtube.com/user/realboondocksaints)** > > The official YouTube account for the Boondock Saints film franchise and it's creator, Troy Duffy. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-ended-with-an-obvious-sequel-setup-that-never-panned-out/497647/75 "2009-05-27T05:42:14Z")
FWIW I read somewhere that they’re remaking The Last Starfighter, so it’s possible the remake could have a sequel. As for the “Unfortunate Series of Events” movie, that didn’t do as well as the studio hoped, so they probably couldn’t afford the bazillion dollars that Carrey would have demanded to be in the sequel. The other two problems there are that the kids are too old now and the original had too much focus on Count Olaf and not enough on the kids. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-ended-with-an-obvious-sequel-setup-that-never-panned-out/497647/76 "2009-05-27T05:45:45Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Yeah, but did they have that hot chick in fur and leather? Really, because that would be enough to get me to watch them. Wouldn’t know, I’ve never watched any of the Pokeymans movies, I’m just aware they exist. > [@](#): > > And if they brought back the original Pink Ranger. :smack: That’s Power Rangers not Pokeymans! And yeah, she was hot. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-ended-with-an-obvious-sequel-setup-that-never-panned-out/497647/77 "2009-05-27T12:43:00Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > It’s in post production and is due to be released this year. > > Youtube channel here: > [http://www.youtube.com/user/realboondocksaints](http://www.youtube.com/user/realboondocksaints) I’ll believe it when I see it. There’s surprisingly very little known about this. No clips have been leaked, no photos… just the rumor that they’ve wrapped up shooting. There’s no buzz about it at all. I predict either it’s a really sucky movie, or it’s not going to be released to theaters. Maybe straight to video? ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-ended-with-an-obvious-sequel-setup-that-never-panned-out/497647/78 "2009-05-27T21:12:10Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > I’ll believe it when I see it. There’s surprisingly very little known about this. No clips have been leaked, no photos… just the rumor that they’ve wrapped up shooting. There’s no buzz about it at all. I predict either it’s a really sucky movie, or it’s not going to be released to theaters. Maybe straight to video? Huh? That Youtube link is to the production diary. If that’s a hoax it’s a mighty intricate one. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-ended-with-an-obvious-sequel-setup-that-never-panned-out/497647/79 "2009-05-27T21:46:45Z")
It seemed to me that **The Dark Knight** ended with the strong possibility of a sequel that has the Joker in it. Obviously, that’s not going to happen now… ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-ended-with-an-obvious-sequel-setup-that-never-panned-out/497647/80 "2009-05-27T23:33:54Z")
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