Sequel Bits: ‘Jurassic World’, ‘Spectre’, ‘Alien’, ‘Terminator Genisys’, ‘Sharknado 3’
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The apocalypse isn’t getting cancelled completely, but it might be delayed. Production onSharknado 3has halted as crew members go on strike over a union contract.
Sharknado 3has less than a week of filming left in Los Angeles, and as of now it’s still scheduled to air on Syfy in July. However, insiders say it may get pushed back if the strike continues for longer than a week.
Early this morning outside of Los Angeles, the#Sharknado3crew went on strike for a union contract.pic.twitter.com/fwpI57DOBh
— IATSE // #IASolidarity (@IATSE)July 03, 2025
#SharknadoStrikeDay 2: Crew’s picketing of@SharknadoSyfycontinues. No contract, no airborne marine mega-predators!pic.twitter.com/FJQ6TvTNlw
— Motion Picture Editors Guild – Local 700 (@MPEG700)August 01, 2025
Probably not helping matters are mocking statements like this one, from the producers' attorneyScott Meehan:
We are happy to report that we have reached an agreement with the International Brotherhood of Selachimorpha, which represents the sharks in our film. We will be increasing the amount of chum at the craft services table and will no longer require our employees to sleep without moving.
Union members have declined to dignify the statement with a response. [Deadline]
The Maze Runnerwas a hit and its sequelThe Scorch Trialsseems to be coming along nicely, so Fox is going to keep a good thing going. The studio has closed a deal withT.S. Nowlin, who co-wrote the first film and wrote the second, to pen the third.The Maze Runner: The Death Curewill be based on the third installment ofJames Dashner’s YA series.The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trialsdoesn’t hit theaters untilSeptember 18,but locking Nowlin in early gives Fox a headstart on the next one. [Deadline]
At this point even the most devotedJoe Carnahanfans have made their peace with the fact thatThe A-Team 2is unlikely to ever happen. Instead, you’ll have to settle for this bit of concept art originally intended for the sequel.
They’re baaack… and they’re arriving sooner than expected. 20th Century Fox has bumpedPoltergeistup by two months, from July 24 toMay 22. The new date pits it against Disney’s sci-fi adventureTomorrowlandand Lionsgate’s horror flickThe Vatican Tapes.
The shift has caused a minor ripple through Fox’s upcoming slate.Melissa McCarthy’sSpy, which was originally slated for May 22, will now landJune 5, and theJohn GreenadaptationPaper Towns, which was set for June 5, will take overPoltergeist’s oldJuly 24date. [Coming Soon]
Neill Blomkampis very excited to be the new director of the nextAlien:
And he has the support of Ripley herself,Sigourney Weaver. “I would love to take Ripley out of orbiting around in space and give a proper finish to what was such an excellent story,” she said.
Weaver also shared a cute little anecdote about the moment she found out herChappiedirector was also going to be herAliendirector. Apparently they’d already had several discussions about the potential for anotherAlien film. And then, she continues:
I finally said, ‘Yeah, yeah, you know it’s a pity we didn’t really finish the story. It’s such a good story, it’s really loved.’ I said, ‘I should probably talk to Jim Cameron about that.’ And he said, ‘Don’t talk to Jim Cameron about that, talk to me about that.’ So we kept talking about it."
[THR,Variety]
There have been some pretty crazy rumors about the plot ofTerminator: Genisys, and today we have a few more to add to the pile. Be warned thatmajor spoilersmight lie ahead.
An alleged script leak has revealed that the T-1000, the T-850, and the younger T-800 will be pursuing Kyle Reese and Sarah Connor early in the film, only to be taken out before the second half. The real villain, it turns out, will be John Connor, who’s been infected by a sort of Terminator nano-virus.
There are many more juicy details atWhat Culture, but we’d caution you to take all of this with a huge grain of salt.Terminator: GenisysopensJuly 1. [viaio9]
WhenJurassic Worldisn’t being overrun by angry dinosaurs, it actually seems like a pretty nice place. In the latest still from the movie,Bryce Dallas HowardandIrrfan Khanseem to be enjoying the view. They might as well, because they aren’t likely to have many more moments of peace in the movie.
Howard plays Claire Dearing, the park operations manager at Jurassic World, and Khan is Simon Masrani, owner of the park and CEO of its parent company Masrani Global Corporation.Jurassic Worldopens its doors onJuly 12. [Comic Book Movie]
The latest video from the Rome set ofSpectreconfirms that James Bond still enjoys chasing bad guys in an expensive car around a fancy European city. That’s his silver Aston Martin, and who knows who’s in the orange Jaguar.
SpectrearrivesNovember 6. [USA Today]
