Four years ago, movie industry reporters and insiders proclaimed that after a year of movie sequels, the future film slates from the major studios would be sequel-light. If the intervening years were intended as a unique opportunity to showcase new ideas and the ingenuity of the creative energy at the studios, then Hollywood is in trouble.
Between April and September of 2011 eighteen sequels, re-issues, remakes and re-boots were released. That number does not include popular sequels released at year’s end during the lucrative holiday season: “Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1”, “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked”, “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”, “Mission Impossible- Ghost Protocol” and “The Muppets”.
2011
Arthur (2011)
Scream 4
Fast Five
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
The Hangover Part II
Kung Fu Panda 2
X-Men: First Class
Cars 2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Final Destination 5
Conan the Barbarian (2011)
Fright Night (2011)
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
The Lion King 3-D
Straw Dogs (2011)
In ‘2012 Hollywood’s obsession with movies based on other movies will continue.
2012
Titanic 3-D
Scary Movie 5
The Avengers (2012)
Men In Black 3-D
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
The Amazing Spider-Man
Ice Age: Continental Drift 3-D
The Dark Knight Rises
Step Up 4
The Bourne Legacy
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Total Recall (2012)
Sparkle (2012)
The Expendables 2
Finding Nemo 3-D
Resident Evil 5
Savages (2012)
How long will movie goers be willing to watch the same six or seven movies over and over
again, year after year?