Joss Whedon summed up the attitude movie fans have towards second films when he said, "I am a fan of sequels even though they are inevitably awful." When they're bad - as they often are - fans love to hate them, but when they're great they stir up feelings of nostalgia, transporting audiences back to cherished characters inhabiting familiar worlds. It's been a while since we've had anything the calibre of the Godfather Part II, but Mad Max: Fury Road once again proved that sequels don't have to be committee-made cash cows - as well as showing that even the passage of several decades is no hindrance to reigniting a franchise, if the story's right. George Miller's delirious ode to the car chase bridges the gap between different generations of filmmaking, reinventing the genre as much as it pays it respect. With films like X-Men: Days Of Future Past and the upcoming Jurassic World and Star Wars: The Force Awakens dropping old storylines, sequels aren't strictly bound by what has gone before. Continuity can be eschewed in favour of updating and streamlining the canon, giving filmmakers and audiences alike a great opportunity for something which is paradoxically familiar and fresh, In a sense, the concept of the sequel itself is in a process of reinvention. From long-awaited sequels and classic 80s adventure movies, to revisiting recent blockbuster franchises still in their infancy, here are ten upcoming sequels which could be well worth your time.
