Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It's for the distributor. The film becomes a brand.
'School of Rock' was just once in a lifetime things; I want to be a doctor, actually. I'd go an do the sequel if they asked me to.
Clearly any film company that makes a film is always going to talk about sequels particularly if they see something as being successful, which Werewolf was.
Even when people abroad see me, I'm often asked about a 'Zone of the Enders' sequel.
Maybe Oliver Stone doesn't lend himself well to remakes or sequels, because he does them so well the first time.
'Troll 2' is one of the rare sequels where you don't have to waste time watching the first one, since the films have absolutely nothing to do with one another.
I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories.
A lot of times in movies, especially in sequels, the characters become caricatures and just sort of improv machines and joke machines, rather than people you can actually connect to.
There are a lot of parallels between doing a sequel and doing low budget movies, which is they give creative parameters. As a creative person myself, I work better with parameters as opposed to anything goes.
Two minds with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.
I don't know about doing a sequel. I think you can retroactively damage a product by adding to it.
I never thought about doing a sequel when I was actually writing 'The Magicians.' I only ever considered it a standalone.
I like to leave a film open-ended, with a lingering feeling. I'll not do sequels of any of my films till I have subjects to explore.
I'm like the king of the low-budget sequel. People ask, 'What film are you gonna do next?' 'I don't know, but it's probably got a 3 or 4 in the title.'
Summer movie idea: take all the sequels that are out right now, and make movies about their backstories.
If I do do a sequel, I'm going to have to know for sure that the script is better than the original. So I'm going to be very careful about that because I'm not eager to repeat myself.
Sequels are very rarely a good idea, and in any case, the success of the book changed my relationship with the club in some ways.
I did not want to write one of those sequels that famous first-book authors get into where everybody says, 'Oh yeah.'
'Shantaram' is the second in the series of a quartet of novels that I have planned about my life but is the first to be written. The third book is a sequel to 'Shantaram,' the first a prequel.
I would love to see a sequel to 'The Rocketeer.' I'd love to see that! I don't know that I would be in it. I may be a little long in the tooth to play 'The Rocketeer.' But I would love to be a part of that in some form or fashion.
The first is that instead of writing a sequel, which is what most people do, this is in fact a prequel. Although we didn't know that when we began the process.
