10 Announced Movie Sequels NOBODY Expected
4. The Instigators 2
Doug Liman's heist comedy The Instigators came and went this past summer in the blink of an eye, the Matt Damon and Casey Affleck-starring romp scoring wildly mixed reviews from critics and swiftly evaporating into the void as the card-carrying piece of Streaming Content it undeniably was.
And yet, it's ended up quietly being one of 2024's biggest streaming hits to date, topping digital charts during its week of release, and reportedly becoming one of Apple TV+'s most watched films ever.
A tie-in Dunkin' Donuts commercial featuring Damon and Affleck went viral around the movie's release, which may have helped move the needle somewhat. Either way, Apple is reportedly ecstatic with the film's streaming figures, and currently developing a sequel with the two actors expected to return.
That's quite the outcome for one of the year's most aggressively mediocre genre films that had no presence in The Discourse whatsoever, no matter the talent in front of and behind the camera. But as ever, the streaming numbers don't lie.