Sequel Bits: ‘Pitch Perfect 2’, ‘Taken 3’, ‘How I Met Your Dad’, ‘24: Live Another Day’
Sequels: They aren’t just for movies anymore! Today’s Sequel Bits includes updates on CBS’How I Met Your MotherspinoffHow I Met Your Dad, Lifetime’sFlowers in the AtticsequelPetals on the Wind, and Fox’s24follow-up24: Live Another Day. Also after the jump:
Anna Kendrickis sadly missing, but Wilson,Ester Dean,Brittany Snow,Alexis Knapp,Kelley Jakle,Hana Mae Lee, and directorElizabeth Banksare all present and accounted for.Pitch Perfect 2bowsMay 15, 2015. [Twitter]
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants could be getting back together for another sequel. Alloy Entertainment is developingSisterhood Everlasting, based on the book of the same title byAnn Brashares. In the new installment, the girls find that they’ve been drifting apart but reunite for a trip.
Ken Kwapis, who directed the original, is set to return. It’s less certain whether the leads from the first two movies (Blake Lively,Alexis Bledel,America Ferrara, andAmber Tamblyn) will also come back, as no deals are in place. But odds are good as all four are said to be in discussions. [TheWrap]Scarlett Johanssonfinally gets her own superhero movie this summer, sort of, withLuc Besson’sLucy. But you shouldn’t necessarily expect it to launch a superhero frachise. Here’s what Besson had to say about the possibility of aLucy 2.
That said, as he pointed out, he wasn’t necessarily planning to turnTakeninto a series either — but now he’s talking excitedly aboutTaken 3.
Taken 1 and 2 is, in fact, the same film in two parts. The first act, someone is taken, and the second act is that revenge. You can see the films back to back and they go together. The third film is another story that has nothing to do with him and his family. No one is taken. The dog is not taken. It’s another story with the same characters. It’s different, but it’s very good. It’s probably the best of the three for me, in terms of the script. The first one was really not pretentious. It was a small film.
TakenopensJanuary 9, 2015.LucypremieresAugust 8. [Collider]
Following a lengthy shoot for Peter Jackson’sThe Hobbittrilogy, New Zealand is about to welcome another fantasy film. TheCrouching Tiger, Hidden DragonsequelThe Green Destinyis set to shoot in the country, thanks in no small part to the production incentives being offered.
Yuen Woo-ping, who served as the action choreographer on the first film, is directing this time around.Michelle YeohandDonnie Yenwill star. Production begins this July in New Zealand and China. [THR]
CBS’How I Met Your MotherspinoffHow I Met Your Dadfound a newJosh RadnorinGreta Gerwig, and now it has a newBob SagetinMeg Ryan. The actress has been tapped to narrate the sitcom as a future version of Sally, the lead played by Gerwig. Like Saget, Ryan won’t physically appear on the show.
The romcom queen seems like kind of the perfect fit for a show that’s all about finding love. Let’s just hope that her version of the story doesn’t end with a cheap twist that pisses off millions of fans. [Deadline]
Lifetime has revealed the first trailer for itsFlowers in the AtticsequelPetals on the Wind. Fans of the last TV movie will be glad to see that the next one looks just as ridiculously, decadently cheesy as its predecessor.
Petals on the WindairsMay 26at 9 PM on Lifetime. [TheWrap]
A new batch of photos from behind the scenes of Fox’s24: Live Another Dayshow the cast and crew hard at work. Not as hard at work as the perpetually imperiled and sleep-deprived Jack Bauer, perhaps, but hard at work nonetheless.
24: Live Another DaypremieresMay 5at 8 PM on Fox.TVLine has more photos.
