10 Terrible 2017 Films That Will Get Sequels Anyway
Box office bucks are the only thing that matters.
It doesn't take much to get a sequel greenlit these days. As long as its predecessor raked in enough profit at the box office, it doesn't seem to matter whether the story calls for further chapters, or whether it was worth telling in the first place.
Bad reviews alone are rarely enough to derail franchise plans. If they were, Warner Bros wouldn't have another half dozen DC Extended Universe movies lined up and the Scary Movie series would consist of one instalment.
Sequels are a Hollywood obsession, and when a film hits at the box office, there's always a high probability of another chapter if the studio can get away with one.
Last year, dozens of follow-ups were pushed into development the moment the previous movie generated enough dough at cinemas around the world, and since the films that pull in the punters tend to vary in quality, many of them were terrible, and their sequels will almost certainly be terrible too.
Nevertheless, studios are pushing ahead with their franchise and cinematic universe plans undeterred by rotten reviews, and more of 2017's biggest stinkers are certain to score sequels at some point.
10. Baywatch
Anything starring the Rock is pretty much critic-proof, but even Dwayne Johnson couldn't stop the Baywatch remake from sinking like, well, a rock.
The reboot nobody asked for received a critical battering, and deservedly so. The humour was puerile and the story was forgettable, but somewhere between Johnson's biceps and $177.9 million in box office takings, it did enough to spark sequel chatter.
In an interview with Variety, producer Beau Flynn revealed Baywatch 2 could be washing up in theatres at some point. Writers Damian Shannon and Mark Swift are already working on a script, and the cast are poised to don their bathing suits again.
Given that the Rock is immune to commercial failure and the original made a tidy profit, Paramount Pictures will likely see another instalment as a no-brainer, which is also an accurate way of describing anyone who's excited about this.