We have so many sequels these days, most of them completely unnecessary, many of them unwanted. But your predecessors made money, your producers want to make money more money, and so sequels are made.
A recent film that seemed primed for many sequels but never got one was The cool guyswriter/director shane black hilarious comedy starring Ryan Gosling It is Russell Crowe. At the end of the film, Gosling and Crowe’s characters have become fast friends and decide to open their own detective agency called “The Nice Guys.” In other words, the film was an origin story without the audience realizing it until that very moment. It was the perfect starting point for a franchise…except the franchise never happened.
Ryan Gosling explained why in a recent interview with ComicBook.com. According to him, the reason The cool guys I never got the sequel that it so deservedly was… The Angry Birds movie.
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“I think a lot of the sequel is decided on a movie’s opening weekend,” Gosling explained, “and we open against Angry Birds. Then angry Birds just, just destroyed us. angry Birds has a sequence.“
The cool guys It ended up earning $63 million in theaters. The Angry Birds movie grossed US$352 million worldwide. Both opened against Neighbors 2: Sisterhood on the Rise and overcame The cool guys also; it grossed more than $100 million in theaters. Numbers don’t lie, as they say, and by this metric The cool guys It didn’t deserve a sequel.
But when was the last time someone talked about Neighbors 2 or same The Angry Birds movie? About that, The cool guys became one of the most beloved comedies of its time. And what’s one of the things you always hear about this? “There should have been a sequel!” Sigh.
Gosling will be the next star The fallen guywhich opens in cinemas on May 3rd.
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