10 Announced Movie Sequels NOBODY Expected

10. Blue Streak 2

Let's be real here, when was the last time you thought about Blue Streak? 

The Martin Lawrence-starring buddy cop joint was a box office hit back in 1999, yet despite Sony's attempts to get a sequel going shortly thereafter, it never materialised.That is, until now.

Back in October, more than 25 years after the original film was released, Sony announced that they were re-teaming with Lawrence on Blue Streak 2. 

This was almost certainly motivated by the box office success of the last two Bad Boys films, which grossed over $800 million combined, suggesting there was still some big-screen life left in the genre yet. Even so, there's not nearly the same nostalgia or reverence for Blue Streak as there was for Bad Boys, and the success of the third and fourth Bad Boys films can mostly be credited to the chemistry between Lawrence and Will Smith.

A Blue Streak sequel obviously won't have that, and will audiences really be clamouring to potentially see Lawrence and original co-star Luke Wilson hanging out again, if Wilson is even invited back? The time for a Blue Streak sequel was 2001 or 2003 - not more than a quarter-century after it was hot box office property.