What You Think: Every proper film fan felt a pit in their stomach when a sequel to It's Wonderful Life, subtitled The Rest Of The Story, was announced in November 2013. Telling the story of original hero George Bailey's grandson who is a rather despicable character, the film would see Bailey's daughter Zuzu (a role reprised by Karolyn Grimes who played the character in the 1946 original) as an angel attempt to right his ways, Scrooge-style. Mooted for a Christmas 2015 release, the film embodies Hollywood's sequel obsession; we'd ask what's next, but the usual punchline of that joke is It's A Wonderful Life 2. The Truth: Yeah, that sequel ain't happening. The publicty wasn't to announce a start of shooting or even giving a release date; it was merely a statement of intent by the wannabe-producers. And they quickly realised they couldn't do it. It's A Wonderful Life is notorious for a copyright loophole making its TV rights were free, cementing it as a Christmas classic. This created the illusion the film in all forms was in the public domain forever, which is far from the truth; the rights belong to Paramount, who were not involved at all with the announced sequel. It's like us saying we're making Casablanca: Resurrection; it's not just stupid, it's legally impossible. General audiences are so used to hearing about films at most a couple of months before release that whenever they hear of a project it's assumed it's a definite reality. That's what allowed this unsubstantiated production to spread - the public don't really know that much about the film-making process; unless you're working on a small scale, films take upwards of two years to go from conception to release.