Movies you wish could have been a series

[GreenGaijin]

Was watching Bourne Identity, and by itself it's great as a stand alone. I found it interesting that they built upon it and made a trilogy. I'm surprised that some movies kept making more (i.e. The Hangover and Fast and the Furious).

So what would you think could have been a great trilogy or franchise from a movie that didn't get past one movie?

[spanky87]

The Dark Crystal

[wormraper]

John Carter of Mars..... it bombed so badly it ain't NEVER getting a sequel. and I loved the movie to death

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by GreenGaijin

Was watching Bourne Identity, and by itself it's great as a stand alone. I found it interesting that they built upon it and made a trilogy. I'm surprised that some movies kept making more (i.e. The Hangover and Fast and the Furious).

So what would you think could have been a great trilogy or franchise from a movie that didn't get past one movie?

I would say Zombieland, but they really screwed the pooch with that TV episode.

[DoubleDownAgain]

Big Trouble in Little China

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by wormraper

John Carter of Mars..... it bombed so badly it ain't NEVER getting a sequel. and I loved the movie to death

This. I loved John Carter as well.

[Visco.]

Dredd of course.

I think I'm the only one that wants an Inception sequel or prequel.

Others: Wreck It Ralph, Scott Pilgrim, The A-Team, etc.

[cinemaphile]

SERENITY!!. Close the thread, we have a winner.

...okay, also The A-Team.

I also think both Jumper and Push had a lot of potential (and felt like they shared a universe, come to think of it). Yes, I know Hayden's acting wasn't stellar, but both stories were great starting points for series. The problem is, both movies left this open ending begging for sequels before knowing if audiences/box office would demand one.

[wd40cloud]

The Crow
The Frighteners
Sunshine Cleaning (probably wouldn't watch as it would be on Lifetime)

Originally Posted by DoubleDownAgain

Big Trouble in Little China

Would have made a great late '80s Saturday morning cartoon.

[GaragePoet]

you people are aware that the A-Team movie is actually based on an old TV series, right?

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by GaragePoet

you people are aware that the A-Team movie is actually based on an old TV series, right?

duh. But we would have liked the movie to continue as a series as well... which is the subject of this thread.

[BJKH]

Dredd

[Abdrewes]

Serenity
Tokyo Drifter
Miami Vice
The New World
Master & Commander

[HD Canuck]

The Goonies
Dredd
Stargate - rather than having so many TV shows, would've been great to have a big screen trilogy.
The Rockeeter
Dick Tracy

[besi]

-Ghostbusters
-Bone Collector
-Goodfellas

[lilant2248]

Slaughter
Trouble Man
Black Dynamite

[remake]

Stand By Me. Their journey into high school as they drift apart and learn to deal with growing up.

[Steve]

John Carter
Green Lantern

[Al_The_Strange]

Agree with Dredd. I also think these movies could have been made into interesting shows:

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
AI: Artificial Intelligence
Apocalypse Now
Avatar
The Butterfly Effect
Cast Away
The Chronicles of Narnia movies
Conan the Barbarian, any rendition
Dances With Wolves
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series
The Godfather series
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Hunger Games series
I Am Legend
Both Kill Bill movies
Knowing
The Last Samurai
Lawrence of Arabia
The Lord of the Rings series (probably The Hobbit too)
Looper
Love Exposure (as an anime )
OldBoy
Red Cliff
Road to Perdition
Scarface
Both Sherlock Holmes movies
Troy
Wanted
Watchmen
The X-Men movies

I think these franchises could have good continuing story type of shows attached to them:

The Die Hard series
Inception
James Bond
The Mad Max series
The Matrix series
The Men in Black series
The Mission Impossible series with Tom Cruise
The Riddick series
JJ Abrams' Star Trek movies
The Tomb Raider movies
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There are probably oddles of others I could come up with.

[Awesome Sauce]

Dredd
Jack Reacher
John Carter