Movies that set up for sequels, but had none.

[indianasmith]

DR DETROIT promised us a sequel . . . they even gave the title:

DR DETROIT II:
THE WRATH OF MOM!

But then they never made it.
I LOVED DR DETROIT back in the day.  Seems pretty lame now.

[Paquita]

Paquita didn't you post at this board many years ago, like before 2005? I swear someone had a screenname like yours then disappeared.

Someone even made a topic, maybe Ash, asking 'where oh where is Paquita?'

That's me - The one and only!  I dropped off, grew up, got married, had a baby, and came back.

[Nukie 2]

Monster a-go-go

[metalmonster]

The Movie DRIVE THRU Had A Great Setup For A Sequel , It's A Real Shame That They Never Went Through With It

[BoyScoutKevin]

Two words. Stephen Sommers.

Someone has already mentioned his "Deep Rising," but there is also his "Van Helsing" and his "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," which all were seemingly made with an ending that would lead to a sequel. The set up ending for a sequel in his films is probably the best thing in his films.

The ending for the most recent "Sherlock Holmes" was seemigly set up, so there'd be a sequel.

As was the ending for the most recent "Robin Hood." That film should have ended with King John signing the Magna Carta, but by trying to set up a sequel, I think they just weaken a film that was at its best just mediocre.

[Trevor]

"The Long Good Friday" certainly deserved a sequel - if only for us to find out what happened to Bob Hoskins' character of Harold Shand.

[Psycho Circus]

Masters Of The Universe

Skeletor survived at the end and exclaimed "I'll be back!". The protracted script for the sequel was later adapted into the awful Jean Claude Van-Damme film Cyborg. Basically the first film ran out of money which in turn, hurt it's chances of making enough to greenlight a second outing.

[Chainsawmidget]

Monster a-go-go

Come on now.  That movie didn't even have enough plot  for the one they did make. 

[Nukie 2]

Monster a-go-go

Come on now.  That movie didn't even have enough plot  for the one they did make. 

Finally someone replies! I know it's impossible for it to have a sequel, I just wanted to see if anyone would catch on!

[JaseSF]

Obviously the 1998 Godzilla left open room for a sequel as did Lost In Space (1998). Probably a good thing we didn't get those though...

[vukxfiles]

Obviously the 1998 Godzilla left open room for a sequel as did Lost In Space (1998). Probably a good thing we didn't get those though...

The 1998 Godzilla was followed by the animated series, which acts as a direct sequel.

[AndyC]

Obviously the 1998 Godzilla left open room for a sequel as did Lost In Space (1998). Probably a good thing we didn't get those though...

There's  a whole category right there - movies intended to launch a franchise that misfired.

Lost in Space is one I kind of wondered about though, whether a sequel might have been better. I thought what really hurt that movie was that it had no focus and just tried to cram too much in. It took half the movie just to get the Robinsons Lost, and then we get the whole story with Future Will and the mutant Smith, as if people getting lost in space wasn't story enough. I'm curious what would have happened if the plot didn't have to shift gears midway through. I thought it was generally a good movie, apart from the choppy plot and a few cartoony moments. And actually, it's the only thing I've found Matt LeBlanc remotely tolerable in.