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Author Topic: Cars 2? Why bother?? Sally Ann Burgess Expert Film Handler Posts: 120 From: Queenstown, New Zealand Registered: Apr 2008 posted 09-25-2008 07:13 AM                     Am I the only one who thinks this is totally unnecessary? Apparently the sequel will follow Lightning McQueen and Mater around the world meeting up with foreign cars. The sequel is due out in 2011....  |  IP: Logged Kurt Zupin Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 989 From: Maricopa, Arizona Registered: Oct 2004 posted 09-25-2008 07:52 AM                     Where did you hear read this? PIXAR is really against sequels to there movies, except for the Toy Story franchise? I havn't heard this any where.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-25-2008 12:29 PM                        It is legit. During the Rocky Mountain convention, there was a seminar put on by Rentrak. The guy was demonstrating the release calendar feature and was showing how far it goes into the future... I remember seeing Cars 2 on Disney's list.  |  IP: Logged Matt Fields Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 545 From: Ohio, United States Registered: Jun 2005 posted 09-25-2008 01:25 PM                     I know it was not everyones cup of tea, but the first Cars movie did do north of $250 million, and it sells a ton of merchandise to this day.  |  IP: Logged Robert E. Allen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1078 From: Checotah, Oklahoma Registered: Jul 2002 posted 09-26-2008 12:22 AM                     The bottom line Sally is if it makes money they'll produce it. I've managed theatres playing films I wouldn't walk across the street to see for free. I actually enjoyed "Cars" at a theatre I was managing and booking. Packed the house too.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-26-2008 01:12 AM                     IMDB has it as a 2012 release. I really enjoyed Cars and don't mind at all that they want to take it for another spin.  |  IP: Logged Sally Ann Burgess Expert Film Handler Posts: 120 From: Queenstown, New Zealand Registered: Apr 2008 posted 09-26-2008 07:27 AM                     Cars 2 will be released in 2011, John...it was originally 2012 but now Pixar's "Newt" will be taking that space. Nearly all the films I'm looking forward to are sequels...Pirates 4 is confirmed, Ghostbusters 3 is on it's way, apparently there could be another Bourne installment, and Toy Story 3 of course. After all that I'm not sure there's any movies left I'll want to watch. Apart from The Hobbit of course, which will be filming near us very soon!  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 09-26-2008 01:25 PM                    I liked Cars, and I would go see a second one. I thought some of the photo realistic animation was spectacular, and I hope they try to push it even further. Of course the first one took over 2000 processor years to render, sooo they better get hoppin!  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 09-26-2008 02:59 PM                     quote: Sally Ann Burgess Ghostbusters 3 is on it's way Why, why, why?!  |  IP: Logged Dustin Mitchell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1865 From: Mondovi, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-26-2008 04:25 PM                     Ghostbusters 2 was complete crap. A third one isn't pre-destined to share the same crappiness but probably will.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-26-2008 05:51 PM                        Agreed completely. A total waste of digital bits. At least one of the original cast (Aykroyd) is too fat to run around chasing ghosts! Maybe they can digitally put him back into shape.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-26-2008 11:19 PM                     I loved Pixar's Cars. Some members of F-T hated it, but that's not going to change how I feel about the movie. Cars was awesome. It also happens to be one of the very best looking movies one can buy on Blu-ray. As much as I liked Cars, I have some feelings of dread about a sequel for that movie. However, Toy Story 2 was a lot of fun. And I'm pretty sure Toy Story 3 3D will be pretty good as well. Pirates 4 and Ghostbusters 3? Yeesh. I'm already smelling poo poo fumes from that. quote: Sally Ann Burgess apparently there could be another Bourne installment That is all but guaranteed. My father's literary agent is Henry Morrison, executor to the estate of Robert Ludlum, the author of the Bourne novels. He was an executive producer on the two previous Bourne movies and is talking with Universal about the movie. Hardly anything specific can be reported about it other than Matt Damon and director Paul Greenglass are attached and Scott Burns is working on the screenplay. Morrison is dealing with that project and working on a lot of other things -like my dad's own books and now screenplay work. Through that association I know a new Bourne movie is pretty certain (even IMDB has stuff posted about it). Morrison just finished working an optioning deal on a classic and controversial western novel so it can be made into a new movie. It was previously adapted into a movie decades ago. This one will be more true to the book, and R-rated for it. Obviously I'm not going to specifically say what the novel is since the movie deal isn't final yet. I'm hoping the best for my father since he has been working his ass off writing for the last 22 years and he's long overdue for some big success.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-27-2008 09:29 AM                        quote: Bobby Henderson This one will be more true to the book, and R-rated for it. I'd be willing to bet they'll PG-13 it. You don't make a PG-13 rated franchise and then all of a sudden put in an R-rated segment (unless you're trying to kill it). You can make the PG-to-PG13 transition, but that's about it.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 09-27-2008 10:47 AM                        Wasn't Paul Newman's voice in the shitty first movie? Since he just croaked and is now a rotting corpse (maybe even being embalmed as I type this), I see this as a sign that Cars 2 should absolutely NOT even be attempted. If they make it closer to the book as Bobby says it could be decent, but I doubt Cars 2 will be R or PG-13.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-27-2008 12:17 PM                     quote: Mike Blakesley I'd be willing to bet they'll PG-13 it. You don't make a PG-13 rated franchise and then all of a sudden put in an R-rated segment (unless you're trying to kill it). The original western I'm hinting to was released in 1943. It was based on a novel written in 1940. There's no current "franchise" in place on it. The novel definitely has some stuff in it, that if accurately visualized, would get an R-rating. My father's screenplay of that old novel keeps much of that stuff intact. Anyway, that's off topic. I only brought it up to show my father's business relationship with Henry Morrison -and that gives him a bit of an inside view on what's happening with the 4th Bourne movie. quote: Joe Redifer I see this as a sign that Cars 2 should absolutely NOT even be attempted. If they make it closer to the book as Bobby says it could be decent, but I doubt Cars 2 will be R or PG-13. There's no doubt Cars 2 will be G-rated.  |  IP: Logged

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