Sequel Bits: ‘Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Sea Of Monsters;’ ‘Crank 3;’ ‘Insidious 2’ And More ‘Twilight’
The sequels never stop, and the first one we want to talk about today isPercy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters, the sequel to the 2010 filmPercy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. We know thatThor Freudenthalwill directthe movie based on the second book inRick Riordan’s YA series, with a script byEd WoodwritersScott AlexanderandLarry Karaszewski.Logan LermanandAlexandra D’addarioare said to be returning, and nowVarietyreports thatDouglas Smith(Big Love) is in final talks to play a co-starring role.
The Sea of Monsters, which sees the modern versions of characters inspired by Greek mythology seeking the famous and mythical Golden Fleece, is set for release on July 28, 2025. So we’ll probably hear about more casting and a shoot start soon.
After the break, slight news onCrank 3,Insidious 2and that still-theoreticalTwilightcontinuation.
CrankandGhost Rider: Spirit of Vengeanceco-directorBrian Taylorwas recently signed to make aTwisted Metalmovie for Sony, all on his lonesome. (That is, sansCrankandGhost Riderco-director Mark Neveldine.) ButCranksequel plans aren’t dead yet. Or Taylor is at least still talking about making another of theJason Statham-starring low-budget action films.
During a recent ‘Ask Me Anything’ session onReddit(viaBleeding Cool), Taylor talked aboutCrankin general, and promised a third film soon, perhaps next year:
[Crank’s poisoning] was a plot device designed to showcase the shit we do w/ cutting and camera movement but became a metaphor for our entire ADD approach to reality
try explaining to amy smart that she has to take stripper pole lessons and roll around in horse manure naked for the integrity of the film. now that’s directing.
[Crank 3] will happen, prob 2013.
we were going to have chelios track down bin laden [in Crank 3] but that got fucked up…
Next up, we know that a sequel to the horror filmInsidiousis in the offing; the film was announced in the past couple weeks after speculation began last year thatJames Wan’s movie would be granted a follow-up. NowDread Centralreports that the characters Specs and Tucker, played byLeigh WhannellandAngus Sampson, will return. Whannell said,
I can say that yes, my character will be seen in Insidious 2. It may probably bum a lot of people out, though, to hear this news. It’s part of the reason I don’t even read the internet message boards anymore; there was this hatred that spewed out from fans saying ‘I hated those guys! They sucked! They ruined the movie!’ so there will probably be a lot of people out there who will be disappointed to hear that the Specs and Tucker characters will be coming back.
Finally, let’s stoke the fiery ire that is burning in anyone that hopesTwilightwill be done after the release ofBreaking Dawn Part 2this year. The purchase of Summit by Lionsgate opened up the conversation about moreTwilightmovies, with company execs saying they’re up for more movies ifStephenie Meyerwill write more books. (Surprise, right?)
If that does happen we might not haveRobert Pattinsonto kick around any longer as the vampire Edward Cullen. The actor, who has been very entertainingly open in the past few years about his dislike of theTwilightfilms, says he’s probably aged beyond the point of being able to play the hundred-year-old high school vampire: “I’d be curious what Stephenie would write, but I just think I’d probably be too old. I’m already too old. But yeah, it’d be kind of interesting.” Say it ain’t so! [Reuters]
