The plot follows leon reno, a professional hitman, who reluctantly takes in 12year old. The film that launched natalie portmans career wouldnt have starred the future oscar. But exceptions make rules, and wouldnt you know it there s a heck of a lot of followups out there. Prevailing wisdom would have it that a sequel is never as good as the original. Its just called leon the professional twenty four more minutes of extra footage. Sometimes a sequel is necessary or even planned as a director works to finalize a story. If you liked x from this first movie, then there will sure be more of x in the next one.
Jean reno and natalie portman leon in the professional. The films ending didnt leave any loose ends, but besson had a sequel planned. Why hasnt there ever been a proper sequel to the film. When the movie ended we looked straight away for the release date for part 2 and were all disappointed to read so much negativity from the critics. Jean reno, ever the professional, doing wet work in cold blood posted on june 29, 2019 by rogerinorlando the first cool image of cold blood comes after the girl has had her snowmobile accident, after shes crawled, battered and. Like so many things fans cant get enough of, there s been speculation about a potential sequel to the professional for years. Movie sequels surprising second films you didnt know. If you polled the worlds film lovers on the best sequel ever made, there s a.
Other times, the sequel is a result of a successful film. Best summer movie sequels 20 best movie sequels ever. Green room, it follows, mandy, looper, arrival, it, john wick, john wick chapt. That said, this concept is also quite similar to the blacklist, which may be one reason nothing has been heard about a salt series ever since. Its unclear whether fury road is a sequel or a reboot.
List of film sequels by boxoffice improvement wikipedia. Today, jolie has effectively said that she will not be a part of the sequel. With no fuel readily available for the delorean, the two must figure how to escape the old west before emmett is murdered. If mathilda was there, she should have done this or that. When who framed roger rabbit hit theaters in 1988, this marvel of a film combined live action and animated characters in a way that had never been done before. Movie sequels that were as good, or better, than the originals. For every attempt to wring more cash out of an established, brandname movie, there s another that. Leon, titled leon in the uk and australia and originally titled th e professiona l in the us, is a 1994 englishlanguage french action thriller film written and directed by luc besson. Maybe this is what led you to believe there was a sequel.
This post is authored by russ ball, a haiku writer and film fan. I had never seen the original marilyn tapes at all, portman says in starting. There should be a sequel to stallones 2012 movie bullet to the head. These 10 movie sequels are just as good as the originals. Stranded in 1955, marty mcfly learns about the death of doc brown in 1885 and must travel back in time to save him. Mathlida is all grown up and on her last mission for revenge. The characters in contact feel like my people in other words, we dont fit in. Natalie portman talks the professional 2 the movie blog. Especially if people have only seen the american version which is total robbed. But there s room to be hopeful because everybody involved still wants to make it. My parents were like, there is no way youre doing this movie. Disneys liveaction aladdin gets a sequel, and more movie news we saw the batman, porgy and bess is getting remade, texas chainsaw gets rebooted again, and new roles for awkwafina, cynthia erivo, margot robbie, and michael b.
Disneys liveaction aladdin gets a sequel, and more movie. There are hundreds of better horror, sciif, and action films to watch. We asked our readers to vote for their favorite sequels ever. The new zoe saldana action flick that hit theaters this past weekend, colombiana, arrived to pretty mediocre box office numbers and overall critical response. There are things that are simply supposed to happen.
The plot follows leon reno, a professional hitman, who reluctantly takes in 12yearold. Its been over two decades since writerdirector luc bessons leon. Movie sequels you had no idea are currently in the works. Whats the release date to the sequel of priest 2011. The proposed director of the sequel, olivier megaton, has told screen rant the film will more than likely never happen. Were there actually a sequels to classic movies like rocky horror picture show, donnie darko, and the birds. I have just watched this movie with my wife and 12 year old daughter and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. With no sign of salt 2 moving forwards, a report emerged in 2016 that sony was developing a salt tv series instead. This is a list of film sequels that outgrossed their predecessors. If you find priest2011 to be macabre, then damn son. Gene wilders willy wonka captivated audiences and it has become a classic film with new fans ever since. One movie i have watched over and over and over and over through the years is contact, starring jodie foster and matthew mcconaughey yes, there is a chapter in beating ana about contact. John wick 4 set for 2021 release, but dont expect a. The 10 best movie sequels of the 2010s taste of cinema.
I will tell you 100 percent there will be a movie of wicked and it wont be that far away, but it wont be next year, because were still writing, says stephen schwartz about the upcoming film. Looking through all the upcoming movie sequels here, they should really do a follow up to the last starfighter. Screenwriter nat mauldin was brought in, and a sequel, or rather a prequel, was put on paper. When you place breadcontinue reading how has this not happened yet.
Every so often, though, we get a sequel that surprises and delights us by being just as good or better than the original. From the silent era to terminator 2 to yes michael bay. If you haunt seen the professional get the uncut version. A sequel to ready player one if there was one movie with a more interesting setting than its story, its this one. A sequel to the movie that made matt damon and ben affleck stars and oscar winners could work. Everything we know about the fifth element sequel that. There is, generally speaking, a law of diminishing returns when it comes to movie sequels. While there have been many fans of the movie, there was one important person who absolutely hated it. One of the main holdups has been whether star angelina jolie would return for a second run as evelyn salt. On the outside, you have a very mild dystopia, mild compared to the other stories in the genre. The movie was a huge success, and the studios decided to strike while the iron was hot. This is a fanfilm sequel to the 1994 action hit the professional starring jean reno and natalie portman. Leon the professional is still one film on my own personal top ten list of movies ever made.
But not every upcoming sequel has been so widely publicized. There have been some really, truly awful sequels since francis ford coppolas the godfather part ii sparked the idea of a major sequel, and. These are the films that everyone knows to be excited about. Natalie portman in a sequel to the professional what would bale. The oscar winner said she was so excited when the film was released in 1994. It stars jean reno, gary oldman, and natalie portman in her film debut. This unsuccessful rebootsequel was little more than a hodgepodge of plot elements from the first two terminator films, reusing iconic quote after quote to the brink of annoyance. Natalie portman speaks out about being sexualized at age 12.
Natalie portman in a sequel to the professional this is another guest post, the second in the new guest author series. It most definitely needs a sequel to see what kind of. Pretty corny dialogue at times but lots of great action. The legend goes that luc besson started working on what would end. I love genre movies thrillers, action, adventure, horror, science fiction. There should be a sequel to stallone s 2012 movie bullet to the head. There have been more sequels this decade than ever before in the history of hollywood, and while sequels are usually associated with the cynicism of repeating past success, there s also the off chance that returning to previously established material can develop it in new and exciting ways.
Best movie ever and in this version you find out why he is in deep crap with a woman. This is another guest post, the second in the new guest author series. It star s jean re no, gary oldm an, an d natalie portm an in her film debut. Luc besson and the disturbing true story behind leon. This list only includes north american grosses united states and canada, not worldwide totals. Besson wrote a script for a sequel, mathilda, but filming was delayed until. Rumors have circulated for years about a possible sequel to luc bessons fantastic 1994 film, the professional a. Whether you love it or hate it, chances are if youve seen jennifer lawrences new movie. None of us have ever watched the animated series or even new that it existed.
If you could make a sequel to any movie you have ever seen. Upcoming movie sequels list up to 2020 movie moron. Many sequels are wholly unnecessary, so unmemorable that you forgot they even existed. Many of the most anticipated movies of the next year or two are sequels, from jurassic world. Well it would be hard to have sequel to the professional. With jean reno, gary oldman, natalie portman, danny aiello. Before i begin, here are a few basic facts about me that you might already know by now. The sequel tease at the end of the movie would have been readymade for a show, with evelyn salt tracking down various moles. There is the french version and the international version.
Natalie portman wants to do a sequel to the professional. Without jean renos leon, the professional 2 could focus on mathildas journey. It was considered as the hollywood best movie ever made in the world by the critics. But did you know the movie actually started off as a sequel to the 1994 luc bessondirected film, leon. Most sequels dont live up to the film that came before them, but there are plenty of exceptions to that rule. Immediately after beetlejuice was released in 1988, there was talk of a sequel called beetlejuice goes hawaiian. I have never read it, because luc wont direct it himself. Not all sequels become blockbusters, or get a 93% rotten tomatoes score, as thor. By the end of the professional, mathilda is an orphan. Which brings to my point if there was to have some juice for a sequel i would make hitman vs hitman then one. This film got many awards because of the spectacular performances by the actors and director as well.
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