10 Upcoming Movie Sequels That Really Aren't Wanted

Call Me By Your Name was one of the best films of 2017, revolving around the relationship between 17-year-old Elio and 24-year-old Oliver, who share a brief romance during the summer of 1983.

It received standing ovations at film festivals, Academy Award nominations, and even turned a profit at the box-office. This success led to sequel conversations, and in early 2020, director Luca Guadagnino confirmed that it was going to happen.

Why It Isn't Wanted

Besides the fact that it's one of those films you would least expect to get a sequel, Call Me By Your Name is intently focused on a single period in Oliver and Elio's lives. It's about how they come together, but it's also about how their relationship ends.

Oliver gets engaged to someone else, and Elio's father even gives this grand speech about the importance of moving on, and not getting stuck in that post-relationship cesspool of grief. To make a sequel where Oliver and Elio reunite would almost betray this message, and the first film works so perfectly as a standalone story that a follow-up couldn't possibly hope to recapture that same magic.

Plus, all the recent controversy surrounding star Armie Hammer has killed a lot of the buzz around his upcoming projects, and he's even dropped out of a few of them. Call Me By Your Name 2 might soon be added to that list.