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Some Movies Are So Worried About Setting Up a Sequel They Forget to be Good

Germain Lussier
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You can’t blame Hollywood for its non-stop deluge of remakes, sequels, and prequels. Audiences keep showing up for them, and they take one of the most difficult parts of art—the idea—out of the equation. What’s unforgivable though is making a movie under the assumption a sequel will be made after it.

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What's The Secret Of Turning A Single Story Into An Endless Franchise?

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We know how (and where) franchises go to die, but what turns a one-off movie or a standard TV series into a franchise that can go on, sometimes even for generations?

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Happy 20th Anniversary, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie

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Twenty years ago today, the live-action take on Eastman and Laird's trailblazing indie comic hit the big screen. And you should thank it for changing Hollywood for the geekier.

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Did Lionsgate Just Start A Terminator Bidding War?

Meredith Woerner
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Earlier this week, everyone thought the Terminator rights were in the bag for Lionsgate, since no-one else wanted it. But now Sony, Warner, Summit and Legendary are rumored to be readying their own bids. Did Terminator get sexy again?

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