Film Sequels Quotes

Sequels are scary. And making a sequel to something as good as 'Scanners' is even scarier.

I'm like the king of the low-budget sequel. People ask, 'What film are you gonna do next?' 'I don't know, but it's probably got a 3 or 4 in the title.'

I think it went Twilight, Welcome to the Rileys, New Moon, Runaways, then Eclipse, so it was like one of those movies between each Twilight movie.

I always like to make sequels. It's a nice business to be in.

When a movie becomes very successful, it's automatic that people will start thinking a sequel, a prequel, a quel-quel.

I wasn't offered a role in 'Expendables 1,' and I'm a guest star in 'Expendables 2.'

Everything about 'Avunu 2' will be many notches higher than its prequel. The sequel is scarier, and there'll be more thrills and chills. I myself felt it when I was shooting.

You only have to go hardcore humiliation on the first film. On the subsequent sequels, you can coast.

I have an allergy to sequels and remakes in general.

The thing I do miss about the way some sequels were in the past was that each film felt like its own unique, complete tone. Now, sequels are tonal facsimiles of the ones before them, like a television series, whereas back in the past sequels would often be radically different from the ones before.

There's a thing with genre movies and science fiction movies that number two is the charmed; two seems to be the best. I loved 'Terminator 2.'

Obviously, if people love a movie, and it has the possibility of continuation, then there is going to be a question of whether it's worth doing another one. There's also cynicism and skepticism about sequels.

I basically went from finishing 'Venom.' I had a week off with my family. And then went straight into prep on 'Zombieland 2.'

I am a fan of sequels even though they are inevitably awful.

The trouble with that movie is that you had to see Chinatown the day before you saw The Two Jakes.

I don't like talking about sequels or spinoffs or franchise until they actually happen, until they actually work with the audience.

That's always the trick with the sequels, is how much do you repeat from the first one. Because we all get bummed out when you go see a sequel and it's beat for beat.

Believe me, sequels are just as hard to make as original films.

The 'Saw' sequels went in a direction I wouldn't have gone in. With 'Insidious 2,' I wanted to push a potential franchise in the direction I thought it should go in.

My favorite sequels are basically all Mike Myers films - 'Wayne's World 2,' 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,' 'Shrek 2.' Anything he does, it's best the second time around. He needs to do 'So I Married an Axe Murderer 2.'

Maybe Oliver Stone doesn't lend himself well to remakes or sequels, because he does them so well the first time.

In 'Scream 2', they have this discussion about how sequels always suck.

In my opinion, where comedy sequels tend to go bad is that they get sillier and lighter.

I take a firm stand against sequels. My industry brethren are a little shocked at how firmly I'm committed to not doing sequels.

'Terminator' is one of my favorite films, and so is 'Terminator 2.'