Mike Mitchell Had a Sequel Planned for SKY HIGH
Do you guys remember that movie Sky High? It was a decent movie. Not great, but decent, and it has a surprising following. Sadly, it didn’t take off like Disney was hoping, which meant that the sequel never happened. Mike Mitchell, the director, had plans for a sequel called Save U, and Disney was hoping to spin it into a franchise.
“I am hugely proud of it and they should make it a franchise. In fact, the same writers that didn’t get credit on it, [Jonathan] Aibel and [Glenn] Berger, they did a lot of writing on that film, and we have a whole sequel that’s called Save U [which stands for] Save University.
[But] the only way you can do it is if you bring back all [the actors]. Mary Elizabeth Winstead has to be in it. Michael Angarano, Kurt Russell has to come back. But that was such a fun film to make.
Except for Kurt Russell and Kelly Preston, every actor signed a contract to make it into a TV show. That was going to be Disney’s plan. But what happened was, when it came out, it was kind of an underdog that no one knew about. [Also] it came out against Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the Tim Burton-Johnny Depp one, and then no one knew that March of the Penguins, a documentary, [would become] the hugest family film of all time.”
One thing that Mitchell is proud of is how it resonated with comic book fans. Back in 2005, superhero movies weren’t the norm yet, and in fact, many were cringey.
“If you remember, at the time, comic book fans were not into the jokes. There was the Ben Stiller movie Mystery Men and people were like ‘No, thank you.’ My Super Ex-Girlfriend? That was [another]. A bunch of parodies were happening and the comic book fans were not into it. And I think with Sky High they could tell that we loved comic books, and we’re just having fun in that world. I’m so thankful that everyone noticed it.”
If you’ll excuse me, I think I’m going to go rewatch Sky High now. Maybe I’ll walk away hoping for Save U to still be a thing after all these years.
Via: io9