More Big Budget and Superhero Sequels Are in the Works

The Associated Press has written an article about Hollywood studios planning even more installments of their biggest franchises. Here are some interesting passages:
A fourth Shrek film is scheduled for 2010. Jeffrey Katzenberg, chief executive of DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. (DWA), recently said a fifth will follow.

There are no current plans for another Pirates film, but Johnny Depp has indicated he's open to it. Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios have said with certainty that Spider-Man will be back, but writer-director Sam Raimi and stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst have voiced reluctance to continue.

"I know there'll be a Spider-Man 4, 5 and 6," Raimi said earlier this year. "I just won't be the guy that'll probably write the story, because I've got to clear my head."

There have even been rumblings of a fourth Ocean's movie following this summer's Ocean's Thirteen. Opening Aug. 3 is The Bourne Ultimatum, and while it's based on Robert Ludlum's third and final "Bourne" novel, author Eric Van Lustbader recently picked up the series, writing two more "Bourne" books.

Transformers, which was based on the '80s toys and animated TV show, has grossed over $223 million in two weeks and seems destined for at least one sequel. Martin Levy, a marketing executive at Dreamworks (which co-produced the movie with Paramount), says: "It's a very logical thing to think that we can look forward to another one."

Feige says another X-Men film is possible and that spin-offs for Wolverine and Magneto are in the works. A third Fantastic Four following this summer's Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer edition is also possible, and Feige says a Silver Surfer stand-alone script has been "moved to the forefront" of discussions.


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Comments (7)

  1. leland_420

    sh*t spiderman will be awsome if and only if! it has the same cast and crew come on we need TOBY MAGUIRE, AND KIRSTEN DUNST!!!!

    4 years agoby @leland-420Flag

  2. Lewi3

    MMMM i wonder who will be the next spiderman, and i wonder if the movie will be as good. I cant wait for the bourne ultimatum.

    5 years agoby @bondage123Flag

  3. silksucks

    spider-man wont be spider-man without rami maguire and dunst. everything else i read i could deal with cause nobody puts a gun to my head to see these unworthy (most of the time) sequals its the story that pulls me in, and most of them don't have it.

    5 years agoby @silksucksFlag

  4. ???

    they should do another pirates

    5 years agoby @chombeFlag

  5. jameslacsa

    f*ck spiderman

    5 years agoby @jameslacsaFlag

  6. keita

    In my opinion, there are three kinds of purposes to make films: to exspress one's mind, to entertain others, and to earn money. I don't want them to make crappy films just to become richer. Save it for someone who really wants to make it.

    But what I really want to say is this: c'mon, x-men without Psylocke? Once is more than enough. SHOW ME PSYLOCKE played by Eliza Dushku or Kate Moennig or someone cool.

    5 years agoby @keitaFlag

  7. TheEdge76

    I think everyone already knows my view with Spider-man 3....I am glad to hear that a fourth X-Men movie could happen. I want to see atleast two more Transformer movies. I think that if they stick with a solid storyline this franchise could stay afloat.

    5 years agoby @cwalkenisthemanFlag

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