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... and of course, didn't give us one. 

It's just something I was thinking about.  Plenty of movies have ended with a cliffhanger or a setup for a sequel that never happened.  I've always kind of wondered what the sequels to things like Masters of the Universe, Mario Bros, Street Fighter, Remo Williams, and those sort of things would have been like. 

Well, maybe not Remo Williams.  That movie was kinda horrible. 

The others, though, sure.  I would have watched another He-man movie or a Mario bros. 

So, come on.  Share some thought about what you think sequels could have been or of other movies that intended to continue but never followed through.

Two that definitely promised sequels but did not deliver:

DOCTOR DETROIT

THE SWORD AND THE SORCEROR

Buckaroo Bonsai

Mac and Me

^ You beat me to it. xD Was going to say that.

Titanic 2: Yo Ho And Up She Rises  :wink:

apparently Airplane 2 finishes with a teaser-trailer for Airplane 3. I can't find a clip of said trailer though, but a few places on the net mention it...

The end of Battlefield Earth promises a sequel that thankfully never happened. I'm told that the events of the film only covered the first half of the novel and the second film would've been the other half.


Yep, the very end of the credits for "Airplane II" state "Coming soon...AIRPLANE III!" and then show a shot of William Shatner (in character as Lunar Commander Buck Murdock) saying something like "Of course...that's just what they'd expect us to do."

Not sure if it meant that they were seriously planning to make a "III," or if it was just one last silly gag, though.

ah, okay. sounds like it was probably meant to be taken as seriously as the rest of the movie then  :smile:

THE GOLDEN COMPASS and ERAGORN were definitely trying to start franchises.
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN, which I was kind of surprised how much I enjoyed. I would've watched continued adventures for sure...

In that regards, I'll add the ending for Mel' Brook's History of the World.

One obscure, stupid movie: SCALPS.
At the very end it told of an upcoming sequel called SCALPS II: THE RETURN OF D.J..  Thank God it never happened.

LOL SCALPS! I watched that movie last year and thought it was strange and terrible but kind of funny and weirdly entertaining at the same time. I also thought the very end "twist" scene was kind of cool. With that said it's a terrible movie and I wouldn't recommend it. ha. I had no clue it hinted for a sequel...

At the end of the credits, it even says "Buckaroo Banzai will return in Buckaroo Banzai: Against the World Crime League"

Godzilla (1998)
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)

perhaps best we never got those though...

Apparently there was to be a Karate Kid crossover with that film, where Mr. Miyagi teaches Peter Weller how to care for small Japanese plants.

GODZILLA (1998) - The camera pans in, the baby bursts out of the egg, screams and... now walks the streets of New York with a cell phone and a latte. I don't know.


I was glad Eragon fizzled out. You could use it as a textbook case in failed literary adaptation, so many lazy devices and horribly written.

Ozzymandias speaks: Doc Savage - Man of Bronze ended with an announcement of a sequel that never happened.

Ozzymandias has spoken!!!

Spaceballs but more then likely just part of the joke.

A third Conan movie, it keeps leading on with that is another story. 

We never got HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART 2 either!  :twirl:

True but I thought it was mentioned earlier.  Also, what happened to Manos 2: Electric Bugaloo. 

"Jews In Space" totally deserved its own stand-alone film.
Jews in Space (Mel Brooks) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAZhtT-dUyo#ws)

The Monster Squad (1987)

They didn't outright promised a sequel but there was a strong hint/vibe for a sequel.

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2001) promised a sequel. They even added a preview of the sequel before the end credits. IMDb listed a sequel in production for nearly a decade before said info disappeared.

I've heard rumors that the original writer and director are planning to do a remake of it.

Yeah, what happened to that?  The life and times of Evil Betty must be known to complete the world. 

I actually wouldn't mind a sequel to Monster Squad.  A little late at this point, but still.

At the end of Masters of the Universe, Skeletor pops up and says "I'll be back."  But he never was back.  He's just a liar.  A dirty, filthy, boneheaded (yep) liar.  I thought he was better than that...

Also, Bubba Ho-Tep promised a sequel, but, like a lot of others listed here, that might have just been a gag.

"Robin Hood" The 2010 version with Russell Crowe as the title character. The end of the first one obviously ended that way so they could do a sequel, which has yet to happen.

I don't know why there hasn't been a sequel. Lack of box office I would presume. I do know why the next one didn't get a sequel. Though, it was suppose to get a sequel. A script even being written for the sequel.

"Lair of the White Worm" was suppose to get a sequel called "Return of the White Worm," but when the film company making the original went out of business, that was the end of the idea for a sequel.

Anoither film that was suppose to get a sequel, but did not, apparently because of poor business was "I Am Number 4." And the book series upon which the first one was based, certainly sets up room for one or more sequels. One I'd like to see, as I really enjoyed the first one. Though, again apparently, I was one of the few who did.

And then there is the sequel, another sequel I'd like to see,  to "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters." That one just may get made, as the end of the first one set up a possible sequel, and there is a listing for it on imdb.com under the title "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 2." And this one is a little more advanced than other possible sequels, as the idea is that the original witchhunters still living, plus a white witch and a witch hunter who is also a werewolf, would take on the great Russian witch Baba Yaga and her two sisters.