PROJECT X and JOURNEY 2 Getting Sequels
Project X and Journey 2: The Mysterious Island are getting sequels. Project X cost $12 million to make and then brought in over $21 million opening weekend. THR reports that Michael Bacall is writing a treatment. Bacall came up with the story concept and co-wrote the screenplay with Matt Drake. He began writing a treatment for the sequel weeks before Project X opened. It is not known if that treatment will become the script. That decision will be in the hands of producers Todd Phillips and Joel Silver.
At this time it is not known if the actors will return for a sequel or whether the studio has options on the stars. Warner Bros. learned their lesson from The Hangover, where they did not have options and were forced to pay a premium to make a sequel.
Journey 2 has killed it at the box office, making over $270 million worldwide. THR reports that a sequel is being fast-tracked to have the third movie in theaters in 2014. The film is planned as a 3D family adventure based on Jules Verne's writings. Brad Peyton and writers Brian Gunn and Mark Gunn have signed deals to return for another sequel. Deals have not been inked with any cast members, but producers Beau Flynn, Tripp Vinson, and Charlotte Huggins will return.
Here is what Peyton had to say:
I grew up a fan of Verne, so I know a lot about the mythologies. Mysterious Island was one of eight or nine really seminal works. I know we've just scratched the surface of what we can do. This one's going to be a lot bigger. We're going to go to a completely different world. It's just going to be a bigger experience, and we're going to grow the mythology. Journey 2 was about rebooting a franchise; now it's about making the seminal work in the franchise.
I have yet to see Journey 2, and may wait for DVD. Project X was mindless fun. I could live vicariously through these teens, and watch as the party got out of hand. Did you see Project X or Journey 2? Are you interested in seeing sequels?
