Hollywood loves sequels, because Hollywood also loves money. If a movie proves to be a massive hit at the box office and there's even the slightest hint of ambiguity leftover in the narrative, you can bet your bottom dollar that the studios will have a writer penning a sequel faster than you can say cocaine frenzy. That's to say, a lot of sequels get made these days, and a lot of them turn out badly. Sometimes, though, lady luck plays exhausted movie fans a hand - in the cases of the once proposed movie sequels we've assembled here, we're terribly thankful that these projects never came to fruition. It's almost as if somebody realised that they were... dumb as hell?
10. Mrs. Doubtfire 2: College Dayz
I'm not sure whether or not the original
Mrs. Doubtfire - which had Robin Williams assuming the identity of a Scottish nanny in an attempt to "see his kids a bit more" - is a good movie or not. Having digested it, like, a hundred and sixty times over the course of my adolescence, I've been numbed to its quality entirely. What I will say, though, is that the movie's central premise is downright barmy - it's truly a wonder that it works, given the weird concept lurking at the core, which essentially involves a dad dressing up as a woman, putting on a weird voice, breaking a whole bunch of laws and lying to everybody that he cares about. Still, a lot of people remember
Mrs. Doubtfire with a great fondness, perhaps because the movie still manages to somehow make an emotional connection that resonates - Robin Williams just really loved those kids, didn't he? And we could all understand that. Sort of. The proposed sequel might've been taking things a bit too far, though, given its... uh, awkwardness. Rumoured to involve a plot about ol' Mrs. Doubtfire dressing up for a second time so he could spy on his daughter whilst she was attending college, here's a sequel with an inherent feel bad vibe. Which is to say, the concept - which was set to be penned by Bonnie Wright - was downright weird and creepy. Just imagine all the horrible, experimental things he'd have to witness. Thankfully, Williams got nervous about it all and pulled out before anything could get seriously going, and now we can all sleep soundly at night knowing that this thing doesn't exist. Unless
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son counts. Which sort of has this plot (and is just as weird and creepy as you'd expect).