(Image courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox via EPK.tv) DEADPOOL 2 — 4 STARSWith Deadpool 2, an escalated budget from the
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Though it was clearly made only to capitalize upon the
financial success of the first film (and without the participation of Howard or original screenwriter Tom Benedek), Cocoon: The Return, has some nice touches.
Following the box
office success of the first film, which was directed by Phyllida Lloyd and written by Catherine Johnson, this sequel has been turned over to writer / director Ol Parker.
With Deadpool 2, an escalated budget from the
smash success of the first film has amplified both the genius marketing and the souped - up product on screen.
So, like a movie studio that green lights two sequels after
the success of the first film, I went into The Falling Star knowing how Police at the Funeral would end.
The Ring Two is a deadly dull, frequently hilarious attempt to cash in on
the success of the first film that doesn't have the first ghost of an idea of what it was about The Ring that tapped into the despair of the technological wasteland in a millennial United States.
Much of
the success of the first film was down to the on - screen chemistry between Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, a sharp script and a few logistical changes (mechanical rather than genetic web slinging for example).
So confident is this in its brand appeal after
the success of the first film, there's not a lot of re-capping exposition (prepare to be mystified if you didn't actually read or see The Hunger Games; I was wishing I had seen it again more recently to get back up to speed).
Given
the success of the first film, it's shocking such a poorly rendered image got into the sequel.
Thanks to
the success of that first film, the sequel benefits from an increased budget and the visual effects are first - rate, without becoming the only focus of the movie.
Ball's currently in production on sequel «The Scorch Trials,» but after
the success of the first film, we'd be very surprised if Marvel, Lucasfilm, etc don't come knocking in the next few years.
Many suspect Deadpool 2 could nicely fit here, Fox capitalising on
the success of the first film.
«One of the keys to
the success of the first film was that the Iron Man armor was a believable piece of advanced technology and hardware,» says Iron Man 2 producer Kevin Feige.
Even though Deadpool screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are really busy writing Deadpool 2 at the moment, we managed to get them into our Collider Video studio a few days ago to talk about
the success of the first film and where the character might go next.
The success of the first film evidently went to the head of Steven Soderbergh as he decided to step out from conventional filmmaking to go for a more artistic approach on OCEANS 12.
Deadpool 3 seemed a sure thing after
the success of the first film, but Reynolds recently revealed the franchise will likely move toward X-Force instead of the threequel.
More than that, though,
the success of the first film, as well as last year's Furious 7, had obviously given Wan a lot more freedom to do whatever the heck he wants to.
And with
the success of the first film, which took in over $ 130 million worldwide on a $ 20 million budget, it's obvious that a sequel would be something worked out.
X2: X-Men United came out in May 2, 2003 and this time we had a bigger world to play in, after
the success of the first film.
By trying to replicate
the success of the first film, this sequel falls a -LSB-...]